A - NOMAD HUNTER-GATHERERS
They have been integrated for over a thousand years in the
trading networks (rattan, incense, etc). The nomad populations occasionally
work with local farmers (for the rice harvest, to clear the forest) and with
the Department of Aboriginal Affairs. But they retain the independence
necessary to their survival. However, they now seem to be setting up permanent
residence in settlements under pressure from the government, though without
necessarily adopting agriculture.
Ethnic
group
|
population
|
territory
|
density
|
Batek
|
5
to 600 (SIL, 1986)
|
1500
miles 2
|
1/50
miles 2
|
Chewong
|
260
(SIL, 1985)
|
190
miles 2
|
1,2/
miles 2
|
Jahai
|
800
(V. De SLUYS, 1993)
|
|
1/2
miles 2
|
Kensiu,
Kintak
|
100
(SIL, 1976)
|
|
|
Lanoh
|
260
(SIL, 1976)
|
|
|
Mendrik,
Menri
|
120
(SIL, 1976)
|
|
|
Semaq
Beri
|
1700
(SIL, 1988)
|
|
|
Temoq
|
350
(W & H, 1981)
|
|
|
Total
|
approx.
20.000 (1992)
|
|
|
See SS IV-A for detailed information on these groups
The Orang Asli in the north of Peninsular Malaysia (ENDICOTT,
1979)