Jakun people
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Jakun people or Orang Ulu/Orang Hulu are an ethnic group recognised as Orang Asli of the Malay Peninsula in Malaysia.
Jakun teenagers playing pick-up sticks in a community centre.
The area circled in red indicates the location of the Jakun people in southern Peninsula Malaysia.
A group of Jakun people at Blanja, Perak Tengah District, Perak, June 1874.
A group of Jakun men from the Langkap Pass, Negeri Sembilan, 1906.
Proto-Malay
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The term Proto-Malay, which translates to Melayu Asli or Melayu Purba or Melayu Tua, refers to Austronesian speakers who moved from mainland Asia, to the Malay Peninsula and Malay Archipelago in a lon
Jakun people
…Malaysian government recognises 18 different sub-groups of Orang Asli, including three broad divisions: the Negrito (Semang), Senoi and aboriginal Malays (Proto-Malay). The Jakun people are the largest sub-group in the Proto-Malay division, and the second-largest Orang Asli sub-group overall, after the Semai. In the…
A group of Proto-Malay Aboriginal people in Behrang, Perak, Malaysia, 1906.
Houses of Proto-Malays near Lubuk Kelubi, Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia, 1908.