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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 |
| Semai |
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| Indigenous Group |
Semai (Also
known as: Semai Senoi, Orang Asli) |
| Location |
Malaysia,
Peninsular. Particularly Northwest Pahang and southern Perak, Selangor,
Negri Sembilan, and the central mountain area. |
| Estimated Population |
26,046
(retrieved 2005, Department of Orang
Asli Affairs) |
| Habitat |
Tropical
Forest and Mountains |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary
(Traditionally Nomadic) |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture /
Hunter / Gatherer / Trade Goods |
| Level of Assimilation |
Assimilated |
| Language Family |
Semai
Classification: Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Aslian, Senoic
Alternative Names: Central ‘Sakai’, Senoi, Sengoi
Dialects: Jelai, Orang Tanjong of Ulu Langat, Sungkai,
Perak I, Perak II, Cameron, Telom, Bidor, Betau, Lipis, Bil, Ulu Kampar
(Kampar).
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| Website URLs |
The Orang
Asli of Peninsular Malaysia
Changing sex ratio of mortality in
the Semai Senoi, 1969-1987.
Paper on “The Semai: Aboriginal
People of Malaysia”
Semai terms: Bood
Ethnologue report for language code:
SEA
Virtual Malaysia
Malaysian Embassy in Seoul
Orang Asli: Almost Forgotten
Orang Asli
Department of Orang Asli Affairs |
| NGOs |
United Nations Development Programme:
Small Grants Programme |
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