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Orang Asli
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Orang Asli | | Orang Asli near Cameron Highlands playing anose flute. | Total population | 149,512[1] | Regions with significant populations | Malaysia | Languages | Aslian languages (Austro-Asiatic)
Aboriginal Malay languages (Austronesian) | Religion | Animism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism | Related ethnic groups | Semang, Senoi, and Proto Malay |
Orang Asli (lit. "original people", "natural people" or "aboriginal people" in Malay), is a generic Malaysian term used officially forindigenous or known as Orang Asal in Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia. Officially, there are 18 Orang Asli tribes, categorised under three main groups according to their different languages and customs: * Semang (or Negrito), generally confined to the northern portion of the peninsula * Senoi, residing in the central region * Proto-Malay (or Aboriginal Malay), in the southern region.
There is an Orang Asli museum at Gombak, about 25 km north of Kuala Lumpur. Contents [hide] * 1 History * 2 Slavery * 3 Economy * 4 Demography * 5 Languages * 6 Lifestyle and religion * 7 Negritos of Peninsular Malaysia * 8 Social and legal status * 9 Notes and references * 9.1 Other references * 10 External links |
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[edit]History
Orang Asli kept to themselves until the first traders from India arrived in first millennium AD.[2] Living in the interior they bartered inland products like resins, incense woods and feathers for salt, cloth and iron tools. The rise of the Malay sultanates, coinciding with trade in Orang Asli slaves, forced the group to retreat further inland to avoid contact with outsiders. The arrival of British colonists brought further inroads in the lives of Orang Asli. They were the target of Christian missionary and subjects of anthropological research.[3]
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Orang Asli
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Orang Asli | | Orang Asli near Cameron Highlands playing anose flute. | Total population | 149,512[1] | Regions with significant populations | Malaysia | Languages | Aslian languages (Austro-Asiatic)
Aboriginal Malay languages (Austronesian) | Religion | Animism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism | Related ethnic groups | Semang, Senoi, and Proto Malay |
Orang Asli (lit. "original people", "natural people" or "aboriginal people" in Malay), is a generic Malaysian term used officially forindigenous or known as Orang Asal in Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia. Officially, there are 18 Orang Asli tribes, categorised under three main groups according to their different languages and customs: * Semang (or Negrito), generally confined to the northern portion of the peninsula * Senoi, residing in the central region * Proto-Malay (or Aboriginal Malay), in the southern region.
There is an Orang Asli museum at Gombak, about 25 km north of Kuala Lumpur. Contents [hide] * 1 History * 2 Slavery * 3 Economy * 4 Demography * 5 Languages * 6 Lifestyle and religion * 7 Negritos of Peninsular Malaysia * 8 Social and legal status * 9 Notes and references * 9.1 Other references * 10 External links |
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[edit]History
Orang Asli kept to themselves until the first traders from India arrived in first millennium AD.[2] Living in the interior they bartered inland products like resins, incense woods and feathers for salt, cloth and iron tools. The rise of the Malay sultanates, coinciding with trade in Orang Asli slaves, forced the group to retreat further inland to avoid contact with outsiders. The arrival of British colonists brought further inroads in the lives of Orang Asli. They were the target of Christian missionary and subjects of anthropological research.[3]
During