Negrito people

E574313

The Negrito people are diverse indigenous hunter-gatherer groups of short-statured populations found in isolated forested regions of Southeast Asia, particularly in the Philippines, Malaysia, and the Andaman Islands.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Negrito 6
Negrito people canonical 4
Negrito peoples 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
hunter-gatherer society
areIndigenousTo Andaman Islands
Malay Peninsula
Philippines
Southeast Asia
hasCharacteristic curly hair
dark skin
short stature
hasCulturalPractice animist beliefs
oral tradition
use of bamboo and wood tools
use of bows and arrows
hasEconomicActivity fishing
foraging
gathering wild plants
hunting
hasGeneticCharacteristic early divergence from other Eurasian populations
high genetic diversity between groups
hasHabitat forested regions
tropical rainforest
hasHistoricalStatus among earliest inhabitants of Southeast Asia
hasLanguageFamily Andamanese languages
linked to: Andamanese

Austroasiatic languages
linked to: Austroasiatic

Austronesian languages
hasLanguageType non-genetically related languages
hasLifestyle hunter-gatherer
hasPopulationCharacteristic often isolated communities
small population size
hasSocialIssue land rights conflicts
marginalization
pressure to assimilate
locatedIn Andaman Islands
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Southeast Asia
Thailand
subgroup Aeta people
Agta people
Ati people
Jarawa people
linked to: Jarawa

Maniq people
linked to: Temiar people

Onge people
Semang people
Sentinelese people
Shompen people

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manide spokenBy Negrito people
Alabat Island Agta language spokenBy Negrito people
Alabat Island Agta language ethnicGroup Negrito peoples
linked to: Negrito people
Mount Iraya Agta language spokenBy Negrito people
Orang Asli subgroup Negrito
linked to: Negrito people
Orang Asli ethnicClassificationByMalaysia Negrito
linked to: Negrito people
Agta ethnicity Negrito
linked to: Negrito people
Agta people relatedGroup Negrito peoples
linked to: Negrito people
Rinconada Agta spokenBy Negrito people
Rinconada Agta associatedEthnicity Negrito
linked to: Negrito people
Dumagat people relatedEthnicGroup Negrito peoples
linked to: Negrito people
Aeta people relatedGroup Negrito peoples
linked to: Negrito people
Senoi otherOrangAsliGroups Negrito
linked to: Negrito people
Jahai people ethnicClassification Negrito
linked to: Negrito people