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 |
Temiar |
|
Indigenous Group |
Temiar (Also
known as: Temiar Senoi; Bumiputera) |
Location |
Malaysia,
Peninsular. Mostly in Perak and Kelantan; also Pahang. |
Estimated Population |
12,000
(retrieved
from 2005, Windows
to Malaysia) |
Environment |
Tropical
Rainforest |
Lifestyle |
Sedentary
(Traditionally Semi-nomadic) |
Subsistence |
Agriculture /
Hunter / Gatherer / Fishing |
Level of Assimilation |
Assimilated
(A few untouched Temiar’s exist in the depths of the rainforest,
resisting the Malaysian programme of assimilation) |
Language Family |
Temiar
Classification: Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Aslian, Senoic
Alternative Names: Temer, Northern Sakai, Seroq, Pie
Dialects: Grik, Kenderong, Kenering, Po-Klo, Sakai of
plus Korbu, Sungai Piah, Tanjong Rambutan, Tembe (Tembi), Ulu Kinta
(Kinta Sakai), Lanoh Kobak
|
Website URLs |
Ethnologue for language code: TMH
Temiar
Music of Malaysia
Journey
Malaysia
Windows
to Malaysia: Indigenous People
|
NGOs |
Temiar
Web |
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