%20(14778446871).jpg)
Proto-Malay
Sign in to saveThe term Proto-Malay, which translates to Melayu Asli (aboriginal Malay) or Melayu Purba (ancient Malay) or Melayu Tua (old Malay), refers to Austronesian speakers who moved from mainland Asia, to the Malay Peninsula and Malay Archipelago in a long series of migrations between 2500 and 1500 BCE, before that of the Deutero-Malays about a thousand years later. The Proto-Malays have ancestry of the first humans living in Southeast Asia.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Proto-Malay
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Malaysia: Melayu Asli, Melayu PurbaIndonesia: Melayu Tua, Melayu Kuno
- Ethnic group.image
- 300px
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- A group of Proto-Malay Aboriginal people in Behrang, Perak, Malaysia, 1906.
- Ethnic group.popplace
- Malay Archipelago:
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 13,000,000–15,000,000 (2010)
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 65,189 (2010)
- Ethnic group.rels
- Animism, Islam, Christianity
- Ethnic group.langs
- Malayic languages, Semelaic languages, Batak languages, Dayak languages, Indonesian language, Malaysian language, English language
- Ethnic group.related
- Senoi (Semaq Beri people, Mah Meri people), Orang laut, Malays (ethnic group), Native Indonesians, Malagasy people
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Origin
- Geographical regions
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- The Philippines
- Modern scientific consensus
- Historical perspectives and misconceptions
- 20th-century "Waves of Migration" theory
- See also
- References
The term Proto-Malay, which translates to Melayu Asli (aboriginal Malay) or Melayu Purba (ancient Malay) or Melayu Tua (old Malay), refers to Austronesian speakers who moved from mainland Asia, to the Malay Peninsula and Malay Archipelago in a long series of migrations between 2500 and 1500 BCE, before that of the Deutero-Malays about a thousand years later. The Proto-Malays have ancestry of the first humans living in Southeast Asia.
The Proto-Malays are believed to have been seafarers knowledgeable in oceanography who possessed advanced fishing as well as basic agricultural skills. Over the years, they settled in various places and adopted various customs and religions as a result of acculturation and inter-marriage with most of the people they come in contact with, such as the Semang and Senoi peoples.