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The Orang Seletar of Singapore

The Orang Seletar of Singapore, numbering approximately 1,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a sea-nomadic people who call themselves Kon Seletar, historically moving freely by boat across the Tebrau Strait between Singapore and Johor until the 1965 separation of the two nations ended their free passage, now settled along Johor's south coast. They mostly adhere to Animism and Orang Seletar is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Orang Seletar

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Singapore
People Cluster: West Malaysia Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Orang Seletar (ors)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 1,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG010715
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Pray for the Orang Seletar of Singapore

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

92%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Orang Seletar
Language Family: Austronesian

85%
%
Orang Seletar Speakers

Media Resources in Orang Seletar:

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Bible Resources in Orang Seletar:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Orang Seletar are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Orang Seletar:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Orang Seletar of Singapore

For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
readPsalm 47:7

Pray for those who live for idols that will never satisfy their hearts, asking that someone will tell them that God is the King of all the earth so that they will turn to Him in repentance and praise.

Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
readMark 10:14b

Praise Jesus for the way He loves children, asking that many will learn the truth about Him and come to Him unhindered.

And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him and have assurance that He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will patiently endure hardships as they share the gospel, knowing that the Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise.

Orang Seletar Across Countries (ROP3 - 107671) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▲PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Orang SeletarPG018223Orang SeletarMalaysia1,300No Longer UnreachedOrang SeletarAnimism
Orang SeletarPG010715Orang SeletarSingapore1,200No Longer UnreachedOrang SeletarAnimism

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