Orang Kanaq

ORN

nearly extinct

Alternate Names: Kanaq

Dialects: A member of macrolanguage Malay ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Malayo-Chamic
Malayic
Malay

Demographics: Ethnic population: 160 (2008 JHEOA).

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Malaysia

Other Comments: May be better considered a dialect of Malay ,. Originally from Sumatra, previously a sea tribe which settled on the land in the mid-19th century (Musa 2011).