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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 |
| Melanaus |
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| Indigenous Group |
Melanaus
(Also known as: Balingian, Belanau, Bruit, Dalat, Sarikei, Muka,
Melanau, Melenau) |
| Location |
Malaysia,
Sarawak. Particularly Kuala Rejang, Matu-Daro, Igan, Oya-Dalat,
Balingian to Bintulu, Mukah. |
| Estimated Population |
29,899
(2000, SIL
International) |
| Environment |
Coastal /
Rainforest |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture /
Fishing |
| Level of Assimilation |
Assimilated |
| Language Family |
Melanau
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian,
Northwest, Melanau-Kajang, Melanau
Alternative Names: Milanau, Milano, Belana'u
Dialects: Mukah-Oya (Mukah, Muka, Oya, Oya', Oga),
Balingian, Bruit, Dalat (Dalad), Igan, Sarikei, Segahan, Prehan,
Segalang, Siteng.
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| Website URLs |
Ethnologue
Report for language code: mel
Joshua Project –
Peoples by Country Profiles
Sarawk Tourism
Sarawaks
Population
The Melanaus:
An Overview
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| NGOs |
Rengah
Sarawak
Angkatan
Zaman Mansang
Asian
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network
Sarawak Indigenous Peoples Network (SIPEN) |
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