

(1986), Stokhof (1987), Collins (1988) dan Collins (1995), pemetaan dan deskripsi yang menyeluruh tentang variasi bahasa Suku Laut Melayik ini belum tersedia sampai sekarang.

Walaupun keterangan awal tersedia dalam penelitian-penelitian yang dipublikasikan oleh Skeat dan Blagden (1906), Kähler (1946a 1946b 1960), Sopher (1977:178–180), Kadir et al. Informasi tentang bahasa yang digunakan oleh suku-suku ini sangat terbatas dan belum terkumpul dengan baik. Mereka yang tinggal di perairan antara pulau Sumatra dan Semenanjung Malaysia berbahasa rumpun Melayik. Abstrak (Bahasa Indonesia) Asia Tenggara merupakan tempat menetap bagi kelompok Orang (Suku) Laut. It is proposed that Sea Tribe lects can be assigned to four groupings: Kedah, Riau Islands, Duano and Sekak. While much is still unknown, this paper demonstrates relationships within and between individual Sea Tribe varieties and neighbouring canonical Malay lects. This study brings together disparate sources, including a bit of original research, to sketch a unified linguistic picture and point the way for further investigation. (1986), Stokhof (1987), Collins (1988) and Collins (1995), a comprehensive account and description of Malayic Sea Tribe lects has not been provided to date. Information about their speech is paltry and scattered while starting points are provided in publications such as Skeat and Blagden (1906), Kähler (1946a 1946b 1960), Sopher (1977:178–180), Kadir et al. Those located between Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula are all Malayic-speaking. ""Southeast Asia is home to many distinct groups of sea nomads, some of which are known collectively as Orang (Suku) Laut.
