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Tebu is divided further into two closely related languages, called Tedaga (Téda Toubou) and Dazaga (Daza Toubou). Of the two groups, the Daza, found to the south of the Teda, are more numerous. [12] The Toubou people are also referred to as the Tabu, Tebu, Tebou, Tibu, 'Tibbu, Toda, Todga, Todaga, Tubu, Tuda, Tudaga, or Gorane people.
The term "Iban" is commonly believed to have originated as a corruption of the Kayan word hivan, meaning "wanderer." The Kayan people, who lived in the upper reaches of the Rejang River , used the term disparagingly to refer to the Iban pioneers, whose restless nature and migration patterns made them unwelcome neighbors.
Tebu is a small family of two Saharan languages, consisting of Daza and Teda. It is spoken by the two groups of Toubou people, the Daza and Teda. Tebu is predominantly spoken in Chad and in southern Libya by around 580,000 people. Daza and Teda have an estimated 537,000 and 42,500 speakers, respectively. [1]
The loanwords from Arabic are mainly concerned with religion, in particular with Islam. Allah is the word for God even in Christian Bible translations. Many early Bible translators, when they came across some unusual Hebrew words or proper names, used the Arabic cognates. In the newer translations, this practice has been discontinued.
The word Tebu can refer to the Tubu people in Chad, Niger and Libya the Tebu languages spoken by the Tubu people; Tebu is also a name for sugar cane in Indonesia; TEBU Abrv. in railroad terminology, a "Tractive Effort Booster Unit", or Slug; Teerbedrijf Uithoorn (TEBU), Dutch coal tar processing company; Tebu mountain, high point in Apetina ...
The Batek (or Bateq) people are an indigenous Orang Asli people (numbering about 1,519 in 2000 [2]); belonging to the Semang group, who live in the rainforest of peninsular Malaysia. As a result of encroachment, they now primarily inhabit the Taman Negara National Park .
The Lun Bawang (formerly known as Trusan Murut and Mengalong Murut or Southern Murut) is an ethnic group found in Central Northern Borneo.They are indigenous to the southwest of Sabah (Interior Division including Labuan) and the northern region of Sarawak (Limbang Division), highlands of North Kalimantan (Long Bawan , Krayan, Malinau, Mentarang) and Brunei (Temburong District).
In order to bring them to the government's side in the confrontation against the communist rebels, a special department was established, the Department of Orang Asli Affairs (Jabatan Hal Ehwal Orang Asli, JHEOA); which was to provide education, health and economic development of the Orang Asli.