Urak Lawoiʼ language
Austronesian language spoken in Thailand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Urak Lawoiʼ or Urak Lawoc (Urak Lawoiʼ: อูรักลาโวยจ, IPA: [ˈurʌk ˈlawʊjʔ]) is a Malayic language spoken in southern Thailand.
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Urak Lawoiʼ | |
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อูรักลาโวยจ | |
Native to | Thailand |
Region | Phuket, Langta islands |
Ethnicity | Urak Lawoiʼ |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2012)[1] |
Austronesian
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Thai script (usually oral) | |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Regulated by | Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | urk |
Glottolog | urak1238 |
ELP | Urak Lawoi' |
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The Orang (Suku) Laut who live between Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula speak divergent Malayic lects, which bear some intriguing connections to various Sumatran Malay varieties.[2]