Aboriginal Malay languages
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The Aboriginal Malay languages is a group of languages spoken by the Orang Asli
(Proto Malay
) community in Peninsular Malaysia
. There are four languages in the group:
Orang Asli
Orang Asli , is a generic Malaysian term used for people indigenous to Peninsular Malaysia...
(Proto Malay
Proto Malay
The term Proto-Malay which translates to Melayu asli or Melayu purba , are the Mongoloids and Austronesian speakers from mainland Asia who moved to the Malay peninsular and Malay archipelago in a long series of migration between 2500 and 1500 BC.The Proto-Malays are believed to be seafarers...
) community in Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia , also known as West Malaysia , is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula. Its area is . It shares a land border with Thailand in the north. To the south is the island of Singapore. Across the Strait of Malacca to the west lies the island of Sumatra...
. There are four languages in the group:
- JakunJakun languageJakun is an Austronesian language spoken in Malaysia. Specifically it is spoken on the east coast and inland of Peninsular Malaysia, around the Pairang River, from Pekan in Pahang to Sri Gading, east to Benut, northwest to middle Muar river area around the districts of Segamat, Muar and Ledang in...
, Orang KanaqOrang Kanaq languageOrang Kanaq language is one of the Aboriginal Malay languages and it is grouped under the Austonesian Language family. It is spoken by the Orang Kanaq, which is one of the 19 Orang Asli groups living in Peninsular Malaysia...
(lit. Kanaq people), Orang SeletarOrang Seletar languageOrang Seletar is a language spoken by 1,737 people on the Malay Peninsula.There are 853 speakers in Malaysia and 884 in Singapore as of 2000....
(lit. Seletar people) TemuanTemuan languageThe Temuan language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Temuan people, one of the Orang Asli or indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia in the states of Selangor, Pahang, Johor, and Negeri Sembilan. It has a degree of mutual intelligibility with the Malay language.-External links:* Orang...
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