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Temuan (Malaysian people)


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    • Belandas (Malaysian people)
    • Bemua (Malaysian people)
    • Benua (Malaysian people)
    • Niap (Malaysian people)
    • Orang Hulu (Malaysian people)
    • Temuans (Malaysian people)
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    • found: Work cat.: Malaysian indigenous youth in the city, 2013:cover (a photography project by eight indigenous youth) p. ix (Temuans) pp. 2-3 (Ahmed, 20, a Temuan; Yusmalaily (Elly), 22, a Temuan) pp. 4-5 (Mor Ajani, 29, is a freelance designer and artist. He feels strongly about being a Temuan and wants to retain the Temuan identity; Shereen Ajani, 16, a Temuan; sister of Mor)
    • found: LCSH, May 10, 2016(Temuan (Malaysian people). UF Bemua (Malaysian people); Benua (Malaysian people); Niap (Malaysian people); Temuan (Malayan people). BT Jakun (Malaysian people))
    • found: Wikipedia, May 10, 2016:Temuan people (The Temuans are one of the indigenous peoples or Orang Asli of Malaysia. They speak Temuan, an Austronesian language closely related to Malay)
    • found: Nicholas, C. The Orang Asli and the UNDRIP, 2010:p. 11 (sub-group: Temuan; category: Aboriginal Malay; population: 22,162) p. 63 (Temuan community) p. 80 (Temuans)
    • found: Nicholas, C. The Orang Asli and the contest for resources, 2000:p. 4 (At about 43 per cent of the Orang Asli population, the Aboriginal Malays are the second largest group of Orang Asli. They live mainly in the southern half of the Peninsula--in Selangor and Negri Sembilan (Temuan), Central Pahang and East Negri Sembilan (Semelai), South Pahang and North Johor (Jakun), East Johor (Orang Kanaq) and West and Central Coasts of Johor (Orang Kuala, Orang Seletar))
    • found: Jean Pala. Profil orang asli di Semenanjung Malaysia = Profile of the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia, 1997:English section, p. 9 (Detailed group: Temuan. Sub-group: Temuan. Major group: Proto Malay)
    • found: Malaysia and the "original people", c1997:p. 47 (With a population of over 10,000, the Temuan are one of the largest Orang Asli groups. They reside in small villages in lowland valleys in Selangor and Negri Sembilan, with a few villages in Pahang and Malacca. Temuan are physically indistinguishable from Malays. They speak colloquial rural Malay, but with a few distinctive terms of their own and a slightly unusual accent)
    • found: Carey, I. Orang Asli, 1976:p. 240 (The Temuan are a comparatively large tribe of Proto-Malays, most of whom are found in Selangor and Negri Sembilan. However, there are also fairly large groups of Temuan living in Pahang, Melaka and Johor and this wide geographical distribution is a special characteristic of the Temuan; some of the Temuan cll themselves Belandas, but when questioned further, these people admitted that there was no difference between the two terms. Temuan and Belandas are one and the same tribe)
    • found: Linville Jumper, R.D. Power and politics : the story of Malaysia's Orang Asli, c1997:p. ix (Temuans: A land Jakun people living in riverain areas of Johore, Malacca, and Selangor. Referred to sometimes as Orang Hulu)
    • found: Ethnologue, via WWW, May 10, 2016(Temuan. A language of Malaysia. ISO 639-3: tmw. Alternate Names: Benua, Niap. Ethnic population: 22,700 (2008 JHEOA). Location: Peninsular, south half of the peninsula, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, Johor, and Putrajaya states, Kuala Langat and scattered settlements. Dialects: Beduanda (Biduanda), Belanda (Belana, Belanas, Belandas, Blanda, Landa), Berembun (Birmun), Mantra (Mentera, Mintra), Temuan, Udai. A member of macrolanguage Malay [msa])
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