Jahai people

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The Jahai people are an indigenous Orang Asli group of the Malay Peninsula, traditionally semi-nomadic forest dwellers known for their unique Aslian language and deep ecological knowledge.

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Jahai people canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Orang Asli group
indigenous people
contemporaryIssues deforestation impacts
land rights
resettlement pressures
continent Asia
country Malaysia
culturalDomain oral tradition
ritual practices
traditional medicine
traditional music
economy subsistence economy
ethnicClassification Negrito
linked to: Negrito people
ethnonym Jahai
knowledgeDomain ethnobotany
ethnozoology
knownFor deep ecological knowledge
detailed knowledge of forest biodiversity
rich odor vocabulary in language
language Jahai language
languageFamily Aslian languages
languageStatus endangered language
languageSubfamily Northern Aslian languages
legalStatus indigenous minority
locatedIn Malay Peninsula
partOf Negrito Orang Asli
linked to: Orang Asli

Orang Asli
populationStatus endangered community
small population
recognizedBy Government of Malaysia
region Belum-Temengor Forest Complex
Kelantan
Royal Belum State Park
northern Perak
relatedGroup Batek people
Kensiu people
Kintak people
linked to: Kensiu people

Lanoh people
Mendriq people
religion Islam (part of population)
animism
traditional beliefs
traditionalHousing temporary forest shelters
traditionalLifestyle forest-dwelling
semi-nomadic
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
small-scale shifting cultivation

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