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THE aborigines in Malaya form a distinct group of the Malayan population. They live more or less separated from the other groups and are genetically as well as socially entirely different from the group at present known as Malays. They are divided racially, according to WilliamHunt1, into the Negritos, the Senoi and the aboriginal Malays. The Senoi group is the largest and consists of many different sub-groups, of which the Temiar (or Temer), Semai and Temuan are the most important. Of the aboriginal Malays, the Jakun and the Semelai are the largest sub-groups. This classification is not universally accepted, but it forms a convenient basis for further discussions. Most of the aborigines live in the jungle, where the frequency of parasitic and tropical diseases is high and where infant mortality from malaria and dysentery is high.
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LUAN ENG, LI., CHIN, J. Abnormal Hæmoglobin and Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency in Malayan Aborigines. Nature 204, 291–292 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204291a0
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