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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 |
| Temuan
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| Indigenous Group |
Temuan (Also
known as: Belanda; Biduanda; Benua; Mantera) |
| Location |
Malaysia,
Peninsular. Particularly Negri Sembilan, Melaka and North Selangar.
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| Estimated Population |
18,560 (1999,
COAC)
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| Environment |
Tropical
Forest |
| Lifestyle |
Semi-nomadic |
| Subsistence |
Hunter /
Gatherer / Fishing / Agriculture / Trade |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly
Traditional |
| Language Family |
Temuan
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayic,
Malayan, Aboriginal Malay
Alternative Names: Benua, Niap
Dialects: Beduanda (Biduanda), Belanda (Belana, Blanda,
Landa, Belanas, Belandas), Berembun (Birmun), Mantra (Mentera, Mintra),
Temuan, Udai. |
| Website URLs |
Akar Umbi: Songs of
the Dragon, Indigenous Identity and Temuan Rights to the Forest
Kelau Dam: Malaysia
Population
of Orang Asli Sub-Groups, 1999
Temuan Gallery
Ethnologue
report for language code: tmw
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| NGOs |
World
Rainforest Movement
Forest People’s
Programme
Rainforest
Foundation
Asian
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network
Persatuan Orang Asli Semenanjung Malaysia (POASM) or the Peninsula
Malaysia Orang Asli Association
Centre for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC)
The Orang Asli Assistance Fund (OAAF)
Friends of the Earth: Malaysia |
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