Ethnic groups in Malaysia

The Tamils ( ), also known by their demonym Tamilar, are a Dravidian ethnic group who natively speak the Tamil language and trace their ancestry mainly to the southern part of the Indian subcontinent. Tamil is one of the longest-surviving languages, with over two thousand years of written history, dating back to the Sangam period (between 300 BCE and 300 CE). Tamils constitute about 5.7% of the Indian population and form the majority in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. They also form significant proportions of the populations in Sri Lanka (15.3%), Mal

Javanic-speaking ethnic originally from central and eastern regions of Java Island

Sumatran indigenous group native to Minangkabau Highlands in western Sumatra

ethnic group native to western regions of the Indonesian island of Java and Peninsular Malaysia

The Chams (Cham: , چام, cam), or Champa people (Cham: , اوراڠ چمڤا, Urang Campa; or ; , ), are an Austronesian ethnic group in Southeast Asia and are the original inhabitants of central Vietnam and coastal Cambodia before the arrival of the Cambodians and Vietnamese, during the expansion of the Khmer Empire (802–1431) and the Vietnamese conquest of Champa (11th–19th century).

Batak is a collective term used to identify a number of closely related Austronesian ethnic groups predominantly found in North Sumatra and parts of adjacent provinces, Indonesia, who speak the Batak languages. The term always includes the Toba, Karo, Simalungun, Pakpak-Dairi, Angkola and Mandailing, as well as other related ethnic groups with distinct languages and traditional customs (adat).

The term Negrito (; ) refers to several diverse ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia and the Andaman Islands. Populations often described as Negrito include: the Andamanese peoples (including the Great Andamanese, the Onge, the Jarawa, and the Sentinelese) of the Andaman Islands, the Semang peoples (among them, the Batek people) of Peninsular Malaysia, the Maniq people of Southern Thailand, as well as the Aeta of Luzon, the Ati and Tumandok of Panay, the Mamanwa of Mindanao, and about 30 other officially recognized ethnic groups in the Philippines.

The Buginese (, Lontara script: ; Serang script: ; ), or simply Bugis, are an Austronesian ethnic group who are the most numerous of the three major linguistic and ethnic groups of South Sulawesi (the others being Makassarese and Torajan), in the south-western province of Sulawesi, third-largest island of Indonesia. The Bugis converted from animism to Islam in 1605. A small minority adhere to Christianity and a pre-Islamic indigenous belief called Tolotang.

Sumatran indigenous group native to Aceh in northern Sumatra

Indigenous ethnic group of Malaysia

term describing Malay people in Malaysia generally, including indigenous people in Sabah and Sarawak

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ethnic group native to the Banjar region in southeastern Kalimantan

The Semang are an ethnic-minority group of the Malay Peninsula. They live in mountainous and isolated forest regions of Perak, Pahang, Kelantan and Kedah of Malaysia and the southern provinces of Thailand. The Semang are among the different ethnic groups of Southeast Asia who, based on their dark skin and other perceived physical similarities, are sometimes referred to by the superficial term Negrito.

several seafaring ethnic groups and tribes living around Singapore, peninsular Malaysia and the Indonesian Riau Islands

The Senoi (; also spelled Sengoi and '''Sng'oi''') are a group of Malaysian peoples classified among the Orang Asli, the indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia. They are the most numerous of the Orang Asli and widely distributed across the peninsula. The Senois speak various branches of Aslian languages, which in turn form a branch of Austroasiatic languages. Many of them are also bilingual in the national language, the Malaysian language (Bahasa Melayu).

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Malay subethnic group settled in Malaysia

ethnic group originated from Riau Archipelago

Ethnic group originated from Thailand

one of Batak ethnic groups

Indigenous people of Malaysia

ethnic group of Malaysia

ethnic group in Malaysia

ethnic group in Malaysia

Ethnic group originated from Malaysia

ethnic group originally from Malaysia

ethnic group of Peninsular Malaysia

A Chindian (; ; ; ) is an informal term used to refer to a person of mixed ancestry originating from India and China. This includes individuals from the various ethnic groups native to modern-day China and India.

ethnic group originated from Malaysia and Singapore

ethnic group originated from Sukana island in Riau Archipelago

ethnic group originated from Malay Peninsular and Bengkalis Island.

East Asian ethnic group

Group of indigenous people of Malaysia

Ethnic group originated from Thailand

descendants of Tamil immigrants in other countries

ethnic group native to China

Aboriginal Malay ethnic group of Central Pahang and East Negri Sembilan

subgroup of Chinese peoples who speak Min Chinese

Malaysians of full or partial Chinese ancestry from the State of Penang, Malaysia

ethnic group originated from Thailand