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JAKUNS
, an aboriginal See also:race of the See also:Malay See also: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 See also:branch of the Pre-Malays, the " See also: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 See also: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 See also:round; the skin varies from See also:olive-See also: The See also:hair has a See also:blue-See also:black tint, eyes are black and the See also:beard is scanty . The Jakuns live a See also:wild See also:forest See also:life, and in See also:general habits much resemble the See also:Sakai, being but little in advance of the latter in social conditions except where they come into See also:close contact with the Malay peoples . |
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