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Negrito (Semang)
Comprise the Kensiu
people (northeast
Kedah), Kintak people
(Kedah-Perak border),
Jahai people
(northeast Perak and
West Kelantan), Lanoh
people (North-central
Perak), Mendriq
people (Southeast
Kelantan) and Batek
Smallest category people (Northeast
of the Orang Asli, Pahang and South
population-wise. Kelantan)
They are believed Mon-Khmer or
to be the the Austroasiatic
oldest indigenous family of
group in Malay languages
Peninsula. Suggests
Less sedentary, historical links
with indigenous
more hunter- people of Burma,
gathering Thailand and
Indo-China
