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JAKUNS , an aboriginal See also: race of the See also: Malay Peninsula
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They have become much mixed with other tribes, and are found throughout the See also: south of the peninsula and along the coasts
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The purest types are straight-haired, exhibit marked Mongolian characteristics and are closely related to the See also: Malays
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They are probably a branch of the Pre-Malays, the " savage Malays " of A
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R
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See also: Wallace
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They are divided into two See also: groups: (1) Jakuns of the See also: jungle, (2) Jakuns of the See also: sea or Orang See also: Laut
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The latter set of tribes now comprise the remnants of the pirates or " seagipsies " of the Malaccan straits
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The Jakuns, who must be studied in conjunction with the other aboriginal peoples of the Malay Peninsula, the Semangs and the Sakais, are not so dwarfish as those
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The See also: head is round; the skin varies from See also: olive-See also: brown to dark copper; the face is flat and the
See also: lower jaw square
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The nose is thick and See also: short, with wide, open nostrils
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The cheek-bones are high and well marked
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The hair has a blue-black tint, eyes are black and theSee also: beard is scanty
.
The Jakuns live a See also: wild See also: forest See also: life, and in general habits much resemble the See also: Sakai, being but little in advance of the latter in social conditions except where they come into close contact with the Malay peoples
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