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Overseas Malays
Overseas Malays refer to individuals with Malay race ancestry (inc. Javanese, Malays (ethnic group), Minangkabau, Buginese people) living outside Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, South Thailand and neighbouring Malay home areas. Statistics Asia * Yunnan of China * Cambodia Malays: 15,000 * Myanmar (Burma) Burmese Malays: 26,000 * Philippines Malays: 2,000,000 * Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Malays are also known as Ja-minissu: 50,000 * Japan Malays: 12,000 Africa * South Africa There are 253,000 Cape Malays living in South Africa. These are a population of multi-racial ancestry. Oceania * Australia Australia's ethnic Malay population number around 10,000 people. * New Zealand Malays: 2,200 North America * Canada Malays: 16,920 * United States There are over 95,000 Malays living in the United States. Europe * United Kingdom The Malay population in the United Kingdom is 49,000. See also * Overseas Indonesian * Overseas Minangkabau * Cape Malays * Cocos Malays * Malays in Sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malay Race
The concept of a Malay race was originally proposed by the German physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840), and classified as a brown race. ''Malay'' is a loose term used in the late 19th century and early 20th century to describe the Austronesian peoples. Since Blumenbach, many anthropologists have rejected his theory of five races, citing the enormous complexity of classifying races. The concept of a "Malay race" differs with that of the ethnic Malays centered on Malaya and parts of the Malay Archipelago's islands of Sumatra and Borneo. History The linguistic connections between Madagascar, Polynesia and Southeast Asia were recognized early in the colonial era by European authors, particularly the remarkable similarities between Malagasy, Malay, and Polynesian numerals. The first formal publications on these relationships was in 1708 by the Dutch Orientalist Adriaan Reland, who recognized a "common language" from Madagascar to western Polynesia; although t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
