Orang Asli, the Glossary
Orang Asli (lit. "native people", "original people", or "aboriginal people" in Malay) are a heterogeneous indigenous population forming a national minority in Malaysia.[1]
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198 relations: Aboriginal Australians, Aborigines Museum, Aceh Sultanate, Amani Williams Hunt Abdullah, Andamanese peoples, Animism, Anthropology, Aquaculture of tilapia, Arabs, Aslian languages, Association football, Austroasiatic languages, Austronesian languages, Austronesian peoples, Baháʼí Faith, Bali, Ban Kao, Batak, Batek language, Batek people, Bomoh, Briggs Plan, British Malaya, Buddhism, Bumiputera (Malaysia), Cambodia, Cameron Highlands (federal constituency), Central Thailand, Chamic languages, Cheq Wong language, Cheq Wong people, Christianity, Common Era, Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989), Constitution of Malaysia, Court of Appeal of Malaysia, Customary law, Dawah, Department of Orang Asli Development, Dewan Rakyat, Dravidian peoples, Duanoʼ language, Durio pinangianus, Earth Summit, East Asian people, Endonym and exonym, Epicanthic fold, Ethnic groups in South Asia, Ethnologue, Evangelism, ... Expand index (148 more) »
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Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands.
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Aborigines Museum
The Aborigines Museum (Muzium Orang Asli) is a museum in Ayer Keroh, Malacca, Malaysia, which showcases the native people relics found in the country.
See Orang Asli and Aborigines Museum
Aceh Sultanate
The Sultanate of Aceh, officially the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam (Nanggroe Acèh Darussalam; Jawoë), was a sultanate centered in the modern-day Indonesian province of Aceh.
See Orang Asli and Aceh Sultanate
Amani Williams Hunt Abdullah
Amani Williams-Hunt bin Abdullah, (born 21 May 1953 in Tapah, Perak, Malaysia) is a notable indigenous Malaysian social activist, and politician who campaigned for most of his life seeking greater social justice, land rights, and improved life opportunities for Aboriginal Malaysians in Peninsular Malaysia.
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Andamanese peoples
The Andamanese are the various indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands, part of India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the union territory in the southeastern part of the Bay of Bengal.
See Orang Asli and Andamanese peoples
Animism
Animism (from meaning 'breath, spirit, life') is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.
Anthropology
Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans.
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Aquaculture of tilapia
Tilapia has become the third most important fish in aquaculture after carp and salmon; worldwide production exceeded in 2002 and increases annually.
See Orang Asli and Aquaculture of tilapia
Arabs
The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.
Aslian languages
The Aslian languages are the southernmost branch of Austroasiatic languages spoken on the Malay Peninsula.
See Orang Asli and Aslian languages
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
See Orang Asli and Association football
Austroasiatic languages
The Austroasiatic languages are a large language family spoken throughout Mainland Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia.
See Orang Asli and Austroasiatic languages
Austronesian languages
The Austronesian languages are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples).
See Orang Asli and Austronesian languages
Austronesian peoples
The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Micronesia, coastal New Guinea, Island Melanesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar that speak Austronesian languages.
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Baháʼí Faith
The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people.
See Orang Asli and Baháʼí Faith
Bali
Bali (English:; ᬩᬮᬶ) is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Ban Kao
Ban Kao (บ้านเก่า,; lit: 'old village') is a tambon (sub-district) of Mueang Kanchanaburi District, in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.
Batak
Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra, Indonesia, who speak Batak languages. Orang Asli and Batak are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
Batek language
Batek is an Aslian language of Malaysia, spoken by the Batek people.
See Orang Asli and Batek language
Batek people
The Batek (or Bateq) people are an indigenous Orang Asli people (numbering about 1,519 in 2000); belonging to the Semang group, who live in the rainforest of peninsular Malaysia. Orang Asli and Batek people are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
See Orang Asli and Batek people
Bomoh
A bomoh (โต๊ะบอมอ) is a Malay shaman and traditional medicine practitioner.
Briggs Plan
The Briggs Plan (Rancangan Briggs) was a military plan devised by British General Sir Harold Briggs shortly after his appointment in 1950 as Director of Operations during the Malayan Emergency (1948–1960).
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British Malaya
The term "British Malaya" (Tanah Melayu British) loosely describes a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore that were brought under British hegemony or control between the late 18th and the mid-20th century.
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Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.
Bumiputera (Malaysia)
Bumiputera or bumiputra (Jawi: بوميڤوترا, Native) is a term used in Malaysia to describe Malays, the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia, and various indigenous peoples of East Malaysia. Orang Asli and Bumiputera (Malaysia) are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.
Cameron Highlands (federal constituency)
Cameron Highlands is a federal constituency in Cameron Highlands District and Lipis District, Pahang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2004.
See Orang Asli and Cameron Highlands (federal constituency)
Central Thailand
Central Thailand (Central plain) (historically also known as Siam or Dvaravati) is one of the regions of Thailand, covering the broad alluvial plain of the Chao Phraya River.
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Chamic languages
The Chamic languages, also known as Aceh–Chamic and Acehnese–Chamic, are a group of ten languages spoken in Aceh (Sumatra, Indonesia) and in parts of Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Hainan, China.
See Orang Asli and Chamic languages
Cheq Wong language
Cheq Wong (Ceq Wong, Chewong) is an Austroasiatic language spoken in the Malay Peninsula by the Cheq Wong people.
See Orang Asli and Cheq Wong language
Cheq Wong people
Cheq Wong people are an indigenous Orang Asli people of the Senoi branch in Peninsular Malaysia. Orang Asli and Cheq Wong people are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Common Era
Common Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era.
Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989)
The Communist insurgency in Malaysia, also known as the Second Malayan Emergency (Perang insurgensi melawan pengganas komunis or Darurat Kedua), was an armed conflict which occurred in Malaysia from 1968 to 1989, between the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and Malaysian federal security forces.
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Constitution of Malaysia
The Federal Constitution of Malaysia (Perlembagaan Persekutuan Malaysia), which came into force in 1957 as the Constitution of the Federation of Malaya and was amended in 1963 to form the Constitution of Malaysia, is the supreme law of Malaysia and contains a total of 183 articles.
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Court of Appeal of Malaysia
The Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan Malaysia; Jawi) is an appellate court of the judiciary system in Malaysia.
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Customary law
A legal custom is the established pattern of behavior within a particular social setting.
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Dawah
(دعوة,, "invitation", also spelt dâvah,,, or dakwah) is the act of inviting people to Islam.
Department of Orang Asli Development
The Department of Orang Asli Development (Jabatan Kemajuan Orang Asli; Jawi), abbreviated JAKOA, is the Malaysian government agency entrusted to oversee the affairs of the Orang Asli.
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Dewan Rakyat
The Dewan Rakyat (Jawi:; English: 'House of Representatives') is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament, the federal legislature of Malaysia.
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Dravidian peoples
The Dravidian peoples are an ethnolinguistic supraethnicity composed of many distinct ethnolinguistic groups native to South Asia (predominantly India).
See Orang Asli and Dravidian peoples
Duanoʼ language
Duano is a Malayic language of Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Durio pinangianus
Durio pinangianus is a species of tree in the family Malvaceae.
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Earth Summit
The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Rio de Janeiro Conference or the Earth Summit (Portuguese: ECO92, Cúpula da Terra), was a major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992.
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East Asian people
East Asian people (also East Asians or Northeast Asians) are the people from East Asia, which consists of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.
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Endonym and exonym
An endonym (also known as autonym) is a common, native name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate themselves, their homeland, or their language.
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Epicanthic fold
An epicanthic fold or epicanthus is a skin fold of the upper eyelid that covers the inner corner (medial canthus) of the eye.
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Ethnic groups in South Asia
Ethnic groups in South Asia are ethnolinguistic groupings within the diverse populations of South Asia, including the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
See Orang Asli and Ethnic groups in South Asia
Ethnologue
Ethnologue: Languages of the World is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world.
Evangelism
In Christianity, evangelism or witnessing is the act of preaching the gospel with the intention of sharing the message and teachings of Jesus Christ.
FELCRA Berhad
Felcra Berhad is a corporate organisation wholly owned by the Malaysian Government, under the Minister of Finance (Incorporated).
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Folk costume
A folk costume (also regional costume, national costume, traditional clothing, traditional garment or traditional regalia) expresses a national identity through clothing or costume, which is associated with a specific region and period of time in history.
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Forced conversion
Forced conversion is the adoption of a religion or irreligion under duress.
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Glottochronology
Glottochronology (from Attic Greek γλῶττα tongue, language and χρόνος time) is the part of lexicostatistics which involves comparative linguistics and deals with the chronological relationship between languages.
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Greater North Borneo languages
The Greater North Borneo languages are a proposed subgroup of the Austronesian language family.
See Orang Asli and Greater North Borneo languages
Gua Musang District
Gua Musang (Jawi: ڬوا موسڠ; Chinese: 话望生, Kelantanese: Guo Musae) is a town, district and parliamentary constituency in southern Kelantan, Malaysia.
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High court (Malaysia)
The high courts in Malaysia are the third-highest courts in the hierarchy of courts, after the Federal Court and the Court of Appeal.
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Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
Hoabinhian
The Hoabinhian is a lithic techno-complex of archaeological sites associated with assemblages in Southeast Asia from the late Pleistocene to the Holocene, dated to –2000 BCE.
Homogeneity and heterogeneity
Homogeneity and heterogeneity are concepts relating to the uniformity of a substance, process or image.
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Hunter-gatherer
A hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living in a community, or according to an ancestrally derived lifestyle, in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local naturally occurring sources, especially wild edible plants but also insects, fungi, honey, bird eggs, or anything safe to eat, and/or by hunting game (pursuing and/or trapping and killing wild animals, including catching fish).
See Orang Asli and Hunter-gatherer
Ice age
An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.
Independence Day (Malaysia)
Independence Day (Hari Merdeka), also known as National Day (Hari Kebangsaan), is the independence day of the Federation of Malaya from the British Empire.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Indigenous peoples
There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territory, and an experience of subjugation and discrimination under a dominant cultural model.
See Orang Asli and Indigenous peoples
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Infant mortality
Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the infant's first birthday.
See Orang Asli and Infant mortality
Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
Jah Hut language
Jah Hut (Jah Het) is an Austroasiatic language spoken around the Krau river in peninsular Malaysia.
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Jah Hut people
Jah Hut people are one of the Orang Asli tribes living in Pahang, Malaysia. Orang Asli and Jah Hut people are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Jahai language
Jahai (Jehai) is an aboriginal Mon–Khmer language spoken by the Jahai people living in the montane rainforests of northern Peninsular Malaysia and southernmost Thailand.
See Orang Asli and Jahai language
Jahai people
The Jahai or Jehai people are an indigenous people (Orang Asli) of the Semang people group found in Perak and Kelantan, Malaysia and parts of Thailand. Orang Asli and Jahai people are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
See Orang Asli and Jahai people
Jahaic languages
The Northern Aslian languages (also called Jehaic or Semang) are a group of Aslian languages spoken by about 5,000 people in inland areas of Peninsular Malaysia, with a few pockets in southern Thailand.
See Orang Asli and Jahaic languages
Jakun language
Jakun is an Austronesian language, perhaps a dialect of Malay, spoken in Malaysia.
See Orang Asli and Jakun language
Jakun people
Jakun people or Orang Ulu/Orang Hulu (meaning "people of the upstream") are an ethnic group recognised as Orang Asli (indigenous people) of the Malay Peninsula in Malaysia. Orang Asli and Jakun people are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Japanese occupation of Malaya
Malaya, then under British administration, was gradually occupied by Japanese forces between 8 December 1941 and the Allied surrender at Singapore on 15 February 1942.
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Java
Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia.
Javanese people
The Javanese (Orang Jawa; ꦮꦺꦴꦁꦗꦮ, Wong Jawa; ꦠꦶꦪꦁꦗꦮꦶ, Tiyang Jawi) are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the central and eastern part of the Indonesian island of Java. Orang Asli and Javanese people are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Johor
Johor (also spelled Johore or historically, Jahore) is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula.
Kalimantan
Kalimantan is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo.
Kedah
Kedah, also known by its honorific Darul Aman and historically as Queda, is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia.
Kelantan
Kelantan (Jawi: کلنتن; Kelantanese Malay: Klate) is a state in Malaysia.
Kensiu language
Kensiu (Kensiw) is an Austroasiatic language of the Jahaic (Northern Aslian) subbranch.
See Orang Asli and Kensiu language
Ketuanan Melayu
Ketuanan Melayu (Jawi:; "Malay Overlordship" or "Malay Supremacy") is a political concept that emphasises Malay preeminence in present-day Malaysia.
See Orang Asli and Ketuanan Melayu
Khmer Empire
The Khmer Empire was a Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia, centered around hydraulic cities in what is now northern Cambodia.
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Kintaq language
Kintaq, or Kentaq Bong, is an Austroasiatic language spoken in Malaysia and Thailand.
See Orang Asli and Kintaq language
Kra Isthmus
The Kra Isthmus (คอคอดกระ,; Segenting Kra) in Thailand is the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula.
See Orang Asli and Kra Isthmus
Kuala Lipis
Kuala Lipis (Pahang Malay: Kole Lepeh; Jawi:كوالا ليڤيس) is a mukim and capital of Lipis District, Pahang, Malaysia with a population of 20,000.
See Orang Asli and Kuala Lipis
Language family
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language or parental language, called the proto-language of that family.
See Orang Asli and Language family
Lanoh language
Lanoh, also known by the alternative name Jengjeng, is an endangered aboriginal Aslian language spoken in Perak, a state of western Malaysia.
See Orang Asli and Lanoh language
Lanoh people
The Lanoh are a group classified as "Orang Asli" ("original people") of the Semang branch by the government of Malaysia. Orang Asli and Lanoh people are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
See Orang Asli and Lanoh people
Life expectancy
Human life expectancy is a statistical measure of the estimate of the average remaining years of life at a given age.
See Orang Asli and Life expectancy
Lingua franca
A lingua franca (for plurals see), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, vehicular language, or link language, is a language systematically used to make communication possible between groups of people who do not share a native language or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both of the speakers' native languages.
See Orang Asli and Lingua franca
Literacy
Literacy is the ability to read and write.
Mah Meri language
Mah Meri, also known as Besisi, Cellate, Hma’ Btsisi’, Ma’ Betisek, and “Orang Sabat” (pejorative term), is an Austroasiatic language spoken in the Malay Peninsula.
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Mah Meri people
The Mah Meri are an ethnic group native to western part of Peninsular Malaysia. Orang Asli and Mah Meri people are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Mahathir Mohamad
Mahathir bin Mohamad (italic;; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, author, and doctor who served as the fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia.
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Mainland Southeast Asia
Mainland Southeast Asia (also known Indochina or the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia.
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Malacca
Malacca (Melaka), officially the Historic State of Malacca (Melaka Negeri Bersejarah), is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, facing the Strait of Malacca.
Malay language
Malay (Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of Thailand.
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Malay Peninsula
The Malay Peninsula is located in Mainland Southeast Asia.
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Malayan Communist Party
The Malayan Communist Party (MCP), officially the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), was a Marxist–Leninist and anti-imperialist communist party which was active in British Malaya and later, the modern states of Malaysia and Singapore from 1930 to 1989.
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Malayan Emergency
The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti-British National Liberation War was a guerrilla war fought in British Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces of the Federation of Malaya, British Empire and Commonwealth.
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Malayan National Liberation Army
The Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA), often mistranslated as the Tentera Pembebasan Kebangsaan Malaya, was a communist guerrilla army that fought for Malayan independence from the British Empire during the Malayan Emergency (1948–1960) and later fought against the Malaysian government in the Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989).
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Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army
The Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) was a communist guerrilla army that resisted the Japanese occupation of Malaya from 1941 to 1945 in World War II.
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Malayic languages
The Malayic languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family.
See Orang Asli and Malayic languages
Malayisation
Malayisation (Commonwealth spelling) or Malayization (North American and Oxford spelling) is a process of assimilation and acculturation, that involves acquisition (Masuk Melayu, literally "embracing Malayness") or imposition (Pemelayuan or Melayuisasi) of elements of Malay culture, in particular, Islam and the Malay language, as experienced by non-Malay populations of territories fully controlled or partially influenced by historical Malay sultanates and modern Malay-speaking countries.
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Malayness
Malayness (Kemelayuan, Jawi) is the state of being Malay or of embodying Malay characteristics.
Malayo-Polynesian languages
The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers.
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Malays (ethnic group)
Malays (Orang Melayu, Jawi) are an Austronesian ethnoreligious group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as the smaller islands that lie between these locations.
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Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.
Malaysian Chinese
Malaysian Chinese, Chinese Malaysians, or Sino-Malaysians are Malaysian citizens of Han Chinese ethnicity.
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Malaysian Indians
Malaysian Indians or Indo-Malaysians are Malaysian citizens of Indian or South Asian ancestry. Orang Asli and Malaysian Indians are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Malaysian Malays
Malaysian Malays (Orang Melayu Malaysia, Jawi: ملايو مليسيا) are Malaysians of Malay ethnicity whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in the Malay world. Orang Asli and Malaysian Malays are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Malaysian New Economic Policy
The New Economic Policy (NEP) (Dasar Ekonomi Baru (DEB)) was a social re-engineering and affirmative action program formulated by the National Operations Council (NOC) in the aftermath of the 13 May Incident in Malaysia.
See Orang Asli and Malaysian New Economic Policy
Malaysian ringgit
The Malaysian ringgit (plural: ringgit; symbol: RM; currency code: MYR; Malay name: Ringgit Malaysia; formerly the Malaysian dollar) is the currency of Malaysia.
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Malaysian Siamese
The Malaysian Siamese (Malay: Orang Siam Malaysia) are an ethnicity or community who principally resides in Peninsular Malaysia which is a relatively homogeneous cultural region to Southern Burma and Southern Thailand but was separated by the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Siam. Orang Asli and Malaysian Siamese are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Maniq people
The Maniq or Mani are an ethnic group of Thailand.
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Māori people
Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa).
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Minriq language
Menriq, Mendriq or Minriq is an aboriginal Mon–Khmer language of Malaysia spoken in the Northeast peninsular, Bertam area.
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Mintil language
Mintil (alternatively Batek Tanum, Tanɨm, or Mayah) is an Aslian language of Malaysia.
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Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.
Mon kingdoms
Mon kingdoms were polities established by the Mon-speaking people in parts of present-day Myanmar and Thailand.
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Mongoloid
Mongoloid is an obsolete racial grouping of various peoples indigenous to large parts of Asia, the Americas, and some regions in Europe and Oceania.
Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.
Najib Razak
Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak (italic,; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician who served as the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2009 to 2018.
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Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.
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Native Indonesians
Native Indonesians, also known as Pribumi or Bumiputra, are Indonesians whose ancestral roots lie mainly in the archipelago, distinguished from Indonesians of known (partial) foreign descent, like Chinese Indonesians (Tionghoa), Arab Indonesians, Indian Indonesians, Japanese Indonesians, and Indo-Europeans (Eurasians).
See Orang Asli and Native Indonesians
Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan (Negeri Sembilan Malay: Nogori Sombilan, Nismilan), historically spelled as Negri Sembilan, is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
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Negrito
The term Negrito refers to several diverse ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia and the Andaman Islands. Orang Asli and Negrito are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
New village
New villages (Kampung baru), also known as Chinese new villages (Kampung baru Cina), were internment camps created during the waning days of British rule in Malaysia.
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NUS Press
NUS Press is an academic press in Singapore.
Orang Asal
The Orang Asal are the indigenous peoples of Malaysia. Orang Asli and Orang Asal are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
Orang Asli Museum
The Orang Asli Museum (Muzium Orang Asli) is a museum in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia that showcases the history and tradition of the indigenous Orang Asli people.
See Orang Asli and Orang Asli Museum
Orang Kanaq
Orang Kanaq are one of the 18 Orang Asli ethnic groups in Malaysia. Orang Asli and Orang Kanaq are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Orang Kanaq language
Orang Kanaq language is one of the Aboriginal Malay languages, grouped under the Austronesian language family.
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Orang Kuala
The Duano' people, also called Desin Dolak or Desin Duano' are an indigenous people of Malaysia and Indonesia (where they are also referred to as Orang Kuala, meaning "People of the Estuary") and can be found in islands along the northeastern region of Sumatra, Indonesia where most Duano' people have traditionally lived. Orang Asli and Orang Kuala are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Orang Laut
The Orang Laut are several seafaring ethnic groups and tribes living around Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia and the Indonesian Riau Islands. Orang Asli and Orang Laut are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
Orang Seletar
Orang Seletar (also known as Selitar or Slitar) are one of the 18 Orang Asli ethnic groups in Malaysia. Orang Asli and Orang Seletar are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Orang Seletar language
Orang Seletar (Slitar) is a language of the Orang Laut of the south coast of the Malay Peninsula.
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Pacific Affairs
Pacific Affairs (PA) is a Canadian peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes academic research on contemporary political, economic, and social issues in Asia and the Pacific.
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Pahang
Pahang (Jawi: ڤهڠ, Pahang Hulu Malay: Paha, Pahang Hilir Malay: Pahaeng, Ulu Tembeling Malay: Pahaq), officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific Darul Makmur (Jawi: دار المعمور, "The Abode of Tranquility") is a sultanate and a federal state of Malaysia.
Palawan
Palawan, officially the Province of Palawan (Probinsya i'ang Palawan; Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa.
Palm oil
Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of oil palms.
Parkia speciosa
Parkia speciosa, the bitter bean, twisted cluster bean, sator bean, stink bean, or petai is a plant of the genus Parkia in the family Fabaceae.
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Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia, historically known as Malaya, also known as West Malaysia or the "Malaysian Peninsula", is the western part of Malaysia that comprises the southern part of the Malay Peninsula on Mainland Southeast Asia and the nearby islands.
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Perak
Perak (Perak Malay: Peghok; Jawi) is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula.
Permodalan Nasional Berhad
Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) is a Malaysian investment management company headquartered at the Merdeka 118 in Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur.
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Persians
The Persians--> are an Iranian ethnic group who comprise over half of the population of Iran.
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
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Poverty threshold
The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.
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Proto-Malay
The term Proto-Malay, primeval Malays, proto-Hesperonesians, first-wave Hesperonesians or primeval Hesperonesians, which translates to Melayu Asli (aboriginal Malay) or Melayu Purba (ancient Malay) or Melayu Tua (old Malay), refers to Austronesian speakers who moved from mainland Asia, to the Malay Peninsula and Malay Archipelago in a long series of migrations between 2500 and 1500 BCE, before that of the Deutero-Malays about a thousand years later.
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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (PMP) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, which is by far the largest branch (by current speakers) of the Austronesian language family.
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Ramli Mohd Nor
Dato' Ramli bin Dato' Mohd Nor (Jawi: رملي بن محمد نور; born 1 October 1958) is a Malaysian politician and former police officer who has served as the Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat I under Speaker Johari Abdul since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cameron Highlands since January 2019 and Non-Executive Chairman of Amanah Raya Berhad (ARB) since May 2020.
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The Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Pihak Berkuasa Kemajuan Pekebun Kecil Perusahaan Getah), abbreviated RISDA, is a Malaysian federal government agency under the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development.
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Sabah
Sabah, or given nickname Sabah Bumi Di Bawah Bayu (means Sabah Land Below The Wind) is a state of Malaysia located on the northern portion of Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia.
Sagong Tasi
The Sagong Tasi case (Sagong bin Tasi & Ors v Kerajaan Negeri Selangor, 2002) was a landmark land rights case in Malaysia, in which the courts ruled against the Selangor State in favour of the Temuan-Orang Asli (also known as Temuan) plaintiffs.
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Sarawak
Sarawak is a state of Malaysia.
Selangor
Selangor, also known by the Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia.
Semai language
Semai (engrok Semai) is a Austroasiatic language of western Malaysia spoken by about 60,438 Semai people.
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Semai people
The Semai (also known as Mai Semai or Sengoi Hik) are a semi-sedentary ethnic group living in the center of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia, known especially for their nonviolence. Orang Asli and Semai people are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Semang
The Semang are an ethnic-minority group of the Malay Peninsula. Orang Asli and Semang are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
Semaq Beri language
Semaq Beri (Semoq Beri) is an Austroasiatic language spoken in the Malay Peninsula in the states of Pahang and Terengganu.
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Semaq Beri people
Semaq Beri or Semoq Beri people are the native Orang Asli people belonging to the Senoi branch, who live in the states of Pahang and Terengganu in peninsular Malaysia. Orang Asli and Semaq Beri people are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Semelai language
Semelai is an Austroasiatic language spoken in the Malay Peninsula.
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Semelai people
Semelai people are an Orang Asli people of the Proto-Malay people group found in Negeri Sembilan and Pahang states of Malaysia. Orang Asli and Semelai people are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Senoi
The Senoi (also spelled Sengoi and Sng'oi) are a group of Malaysian peoples classified among the Orang Asli, the indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia. Orang Asli and Senoi are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
Senoic languages
The Senoic languages (also called Sakai) are a group of Aslian languages spoken by about 33,000 people in the main range of the Malay Peninsula.
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In financial markets, a share (sometimes referred to as stock or equity) is a unit of equity ownership in the capital stock of a corporation, and can refer to units of mutual funds, limited partnerships, and real estate investment trusts.
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Slash-and-burn
Slash-and-burn agriculture is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden.
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Southern Aslian languages
The Southern Aslian languages are a sub-branch of the Aslian branch of the Austroasiatic language family.
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Srivijaya
Srivijaya (Sriwijaya), also spelled Sri Vijaya, was a Buddhist thalassocratic empire based on the island of Sumatra (in modern-day Indonesia) that influenced much of Southeast Asia.
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia.
Sunda Islands
The Sunda Islands (Kepulauan Sunda; Tetun: Illa Sunda) are a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago.
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Sundaland
Sundaland (also called Sundaica or the Sundaic region) is a biogeographical region of Southeast Asia corresponding to a larger landmass that was exposed throughout the last 2.6 million years during periods when sea levels were lower.
Surau
A surau is an Islamic assembly building in some regions of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula used for worship and religious instruction.
Taiwanese indigenous peoples
Taiwanese indigenous peoples, also known as Formosans, Native Taiwanese or Austronesian Taiwanese, and formerly as Taiwanese aborigines, Takasago people or Gaoshan people, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 600,303 or 3% of the island's population.
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Tambun rock art
Tambun rock art, is a series of Neolithic-era cave paintings at the Gunung Panjang limestone hill in Tambun, on the outskirts of Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
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Temiar language
Temiar is a Central Aslian (Mon–Khmer) language spoken in Western Malaysia by the Temiar people.
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Temiar people
The Temiar are a Senoic group indigenous to the Malay Peninsula and one of the largest of the eighteen Orang Asli groups of Malaysia. Orang Asli and Temiar people are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Temoq language
Temoq is a severely endangered Austroasiatic language spoken in the state of Pahang in the Malay Peninsula.
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Temoq people
Temoq people belong to the Proto-Malay of the Orang Asli ethnic group that are found in Pahang, Malaysia. Orang Asli and Temoq people are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Temuan language
Temuan language (Temuan:,,,,, Bahasa Temuan) is a Malayic language (part of the Austronesian language family) spoken by the Temuan people, one of the Orang Asli or indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia which can be found in the states of Selangor, Pahang, Johor, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan.
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Temuan people
The Temuan people (Temuan: Uwang/Eang Temuan, Malaysian: Orang Temuan) are a Proto-Malay ethnic group indigenous to western parts of Peninsular Malaysia. Orang Asli and Temuan people are ethnic groups in Malaysia.
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Terengganu
Terengganu (Terengganu Malay: Tranung, Jawi), formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu, is a sultanate and federal state of Malaysia.
Thai people
Thai people (ชาวไทย; endonym), Chao Phraya Thai (ไทยลุ่มเจ้าพระยา; exonym and also academic), Central Thai people (คนภาคกลาง; exonym and also domestically), Southern Thai people (คนใต้; exonym and also domestically), Siamese, Thai Siam (ไทยสยาม; historical exonym and sometimes domestically), Tai Noi people (ไทน้อย; historical endonym and sometimes domestically), are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Thailand.
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Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.
The Malay Dilemma
The Malay Dilemma is a 1970 book by Malaysian politician and writer Mahathir Mohamad, who went on to be the country's longest serving Prime Minister.
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Titiwangsa Mountains
The Titiwangsa Mountains (Malay: Banjaran Titiwangsa; Jawi), also known as Banjaran Besar (lit. 'main range') by locals, is the chain of mountains that forms the backbone of the Malay Peninsula.
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Traditional knowledge
Traditional knowledge (TK), indigenous knowledge (IK), folk knowledge, and local knowledge generally refer to knowledge systems embedded in the cultural traditions of regional, indigenous, or local communities.
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Trance
Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the directions of the person (if any) who has induced the trance.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.
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United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
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Upland rice
Upland rice (also called dry rice) is rice grown in drier environments.
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Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
Ward (law)
In law, a ward is a minor or incapacitated adult placed under the protection of a legal guardian or government entity, such as a court.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Yosri Derma Raju
Yosri a/l Derma Raju (born 15 July 1982 in Negeri Sembilan) is a former Malaysian footballer.
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See also
Malay words and phrases
- Acar
- Adat
- Amok syndrome
- Banana fritter
- Barat
- Cendol
- Daïra
- Duit
- Emas bond
- Gunung
- Istana
- Kembar
- Latah
- List of loanwords in Malay
- Mak nyah
- Mat Salleh
- Merdeka
- Mukim
- Murtabak
- Nasi goreng pattaya
- Nasi katok
- Nasi lemak
- Nasi paprik
- Nasi tumpang
- Orang Asli
- Pantoum
- Pasar malam
- Pasar pagi
- Pelesit
- Pendekar
- Polong
- Sambal
- Selatan
- Sembah
- Tanah
- Tengah
- Tenggara
- Tong Tong Fair
- Utara
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orang_Asli
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