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The Orang Laut are several seafaring ethnic groups and tribes living around Singapore, Peninsular Malaysia and the Indonesian Riau Islands. The Orang Laut are commonly identified as the Orang Seletar from the Straits of Johor , but the term may also refer to any Malayic -speaking people living on coastal islands, including those of the Mergui ...
The Sama-Bajau include several Austronesian ethnic groups of Maritime Southeast Asia.The name collectively refers to related people who usually call themselves the Sama or Samah (formally A'a Sama, "Sama people"); [5] or are known by the exonym Bajau (/ ˈ b ɑː dʒ aʊ, ˈ b æ-/, also spelled Badjao, Bajaw, Badjau, Badjaw, Bajo or Bayao).
They are also considered as Orang Laut due to them residing in settlements that are nearby seasides and work as fishermen. [12] They are believed to have migrated from the islands in southern Johor to the coastal shores of Selangor in order to escape from their enemies.
The Orang Seletar are also considered as part of the Orang Laut, [6] natives of the Straits of Johor; separating Singapore from Peninsula Malaysia. Despite their proximity to developed countries, the Orang Seletar largely retain a traditional way of life. In Singapore, the Seletar people are considered to be part of the Malay community.
Orang Laut, Urak Lawoi’ people, Moken people, Orang Seletar 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 ...
The first recorded inhabitants at Batam Island are Malays known as Orang Laut, from the year 231 AD. [10] The island group once served as the field of struggle of Admiral Hang Nadim , against Portuguese invaders in the 16th century, and was utilised by the Indonesian government in the 1960s, who maintained a petroleum logistics base on Sambu ...
The indigenous inhabitants of Malacca and the strait, the Orang Laut, who were variouslt known as the loyal servants of Malay rulers since the time of Singapura and Srivijaya and ferocious pirates, were said to have been employed by Parameswara to patrol the adjacent seas, to repel other petty pirates, and to direct traders to their Malay ...
The group includes the Moken proper, the Moklen (Moklem), the Orang Sireh (Betel-leaf People), and the Orang Lanta. The last, the Orang Lanta, are a hybridized group formed when the Malay people settled the Lanta Islands where the proto-Malay Orang Sireh had been living. The Moken are considered to be mostly sedentary with more permanent ...