orang asli

See also: Orang Asli

Malay

Etymology

Compound of orang (“people”) +‎ asli (“native”), calque of English aborigine. Not used prior to World War II.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o.raŋ ʔas.li]

Noun

orang asli (plural orang-orang asli)

  1. The indigenous people of a land or place.

See also

References

  1. ^ Asmah Haji Omar (2018) “Malayic aborigines of Malaysia: A study in subgrouping”, in Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal‎[1], volume 5, number 3, page 452:
    The Malaysian aborigines are better known by the Malay term Orang Asli (Original People). This is in fact a new term, a translation from the English word aborigines which came into effect after the Second World War, when it was deemed expedient on the part of the British colonial government to place the various groups of these peoples into one category vis-à-vis the Malays who formed the majority section of the native population of Malaya (now Peninsular Malaysia).

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