 Temuan people in traditional clothing. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 19,343 (2010)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Malaysia (Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Malacca, Johor) | |
| Languages | |
| Temuan language, Malay language, Malaysian English | |
| Religion | |
| Ancestral worship (predominantly) and a significant population practice Christianity or Islam[2] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Semelai people,[3] Malays |
The Temuan people (Temuan: Uwang/Eang Temuan, Malaysian: Orang Temuan) are a Proto-Malay ethnic group indigenous to western parts of Peninsular Malaysia. They can be found in the states of Selangor, Pahang, Johor, Negeri Sembilan and Malacca. The Temuans are classified as part of Orang Asli group according to the Malaysian government. They are also one of the largest (only smaller in population in comparison to the Semai people and Jakun people) and the most widespread of the Orang Asli ethnic groups.
Outwardly, the Temuan people; like the other Proto-Malays, are virtually indistinguishable from the Malays themselves. They have straight hair and light brown skin, but strong individual variations are found among the Temuan people. Their average height is approximately 153 cm for men and 142 cm for women.[4] Culturally, the Malays and the Proto-Malays are also closely related.
They speak Temuan, an Austronesian language closely related to Malay.
- ^ Kirk Endicott (2015). Malaysia's Original People: Past, Present and Future of the Orang Asli. NUS Press. ISBN 978-99-716-9861-4.
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- ^ Alberto G. Gomes (September 1982). "Ecological Adaptation and Population Change: Semang Foragers and Temuan Horticulturists in West Malaysia" (PDF). East-West Environment and Policy Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii. Retrieved 2020-01-05.