• Critically endangered

  100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 2,000

  Native speakers worldwide
• CHILDREN

  0

• YOUNG ADULTS

  0

• ELDERS

  2,000

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

No

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

No

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

• English

• Malay

• Mandarin Chinese

• Hokkien

PLACES

Singapore; Malaysia

• Vulnerable

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• <15,000

  Native speakers worldwide
• Ethnic population

  ~300000

• MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

  There were 10000 speakers in Singapore from an ethnic population of 250000 to 400000 (Pakir 1986). Ethnologue postulates that there is an ethnic population of 5000 people in Malaysia.

DATE OF INFO

Singapore (1986), Malaysia (unknown)

MORE ON VITALITY

Mainly used at home among older adults

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

• Southern Min

• Standard Malay

• English

• Mandarin

PLACES

Malaysia; Singapore