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Bajau |
Batek |
Bidayuh |
Bugis |
Chewong |
Iban |
Jahai |
Jah Hut |
Jakun |
Kadazan
Dusun |
Kedayan |
Kensiu |
Lanoh |
Mah Meri |
Melanaus |
Mendriq |
Murut |
Penan |
Semai |
Semang |
Semelai |
Semoq
Beri |
Senoi | Temiar |
Temuan |
| Jakun |
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| Indigenous Group |
Jakun (Also known as: Djakun, Orang Asli, Orang Hulu) |
| Location |
Malaysia, Peninsular. Particularly, East coast and inland, Pairang River, Pekan to Sri Gading, east to Benut, northwest to around middle Muat River. |
| Estimated Population |
21,484 (1999, COAC) |
| Habitat |
Lowland Tropical Rainforest |
| Lifestyle |
Nomadic |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Hunter / Gatherer |
| Level of Assimilation |
Traditional |
| Language Family |
Jakun
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Western Malayo Polynesian, Sundic, Malayic, Malayan, Aboriginal Malay
Alternative Names: Aki'd, Jakud'n, Jakoon, Orang Hulu
Dialects: none found
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| Website URLs |
The Jakun of Malaysia
Joshua Project - Jakun
Britannica: Jakun
Swidden Cultivators
Wikipedia: Jakuns
Map of the Orang Asli groups
Kubu and Jakun as Proto-Malays
Orang Hulu: A Report on Malaysian Orang Asliin the 1960s
Orang Asli Archives: Population Tables
The Orang Asli of Penninsular Malaysia, by Colin Nicholas
Orang Asli Project
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| NGOs |
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Centre for Orang Asli Affairs
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