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For information on the indigenous peoples of Malaysia, please see: Orang Asal, a general term for Indigenous peoples;
Orang Asal is an overarching term, encompassing all indigenous people on both Peninsula and East Malaysia. [ 1 ] Those on the Peninsula are known more specifically as the Orang Asli ; they number around 149,500 [ 1 ] and make up only 0.7% of the total Malaysian population.
A Senoi woman, 1899. The Malaysian government classifies the indigenous people of Peninsular Malaysia as Orang Asli (meaning "indigenous peoples" in Malay).There are 18 officially recognized tribes under the auspices of the Department of Aboriginal Affairs (Jabatan Kemajuan Orang Asli, JAKOA).
The Orang Asli makes up one of 95 subgroups of indigenous people of Malaysia, the Orang Asal, each with their own distinct language and culture. [12] The British colonial government classified the indigenous population of the Malay Peninsula on physiological and cultural-economic grounds upon which the Aboriginal Department (responsible for dealing with Orang Asli issues since the British ...
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 .
These indigenous groups became the minority that rejected assimilation. During the British Malaya colonial period, the Bedouin Muslims were already considered Malays, and indigenous groups of Temuan people began to be counted among the aborigines (obsolete official name for Orang Asli). The aborigines were defined as primitive people in need of ...
According to the 2023 population estimate, with a total population of 17.6 million, Malaysian Malays form 57.9% of Malaysia's demographics, the largest ethnic group in the country. They can be broadly classified into two main categories; Anak Jati (indigenous Malays or local Malays) and Anak Dagang (trading Malays or foreign Malays). [2] [3]
The Jahai or Jehai people are an indigenous people of the Semang people group found in Perak and Kelantan, Malaysia and parts of Thailand. [3] They are hunter-gatherers and they occasionally practice swidden agriculture.