Temoq people

Temoq people
Total population
(Less than 100 (2014)[1] - 475[2])
Regions with significant populations
 Malaysia (Pahang)
Languages
Temoq language, Malay language
Religion
Perman (Ethnic religion)[1]
Related ethnic groups
Semelai people, Jakun people

Temoq people belong to the Proto-Malay[3] of the Orang Asli ethnic group that are found in Pahang, Malaysia.[4]

Due to their small population, they have been declared extinct several times by the government by simply absorbing them into other neighbouring Orang Asli groups such as the Semelai people for census and administrative purposes.[1] The Temoq people that are officially recognized are known to settle in two kampungs; on the eastern side of Tasik Bera[5] and on the southern side of Tasik Chini, in between the settlements of the Jakun people and the Semelai people.[6]

There are two versions on the origins of the Temoq people:-[6]

The language of the Temoq and Semelai people are of the Austroasiatic languages branch, which is different from the Malayic languages of the Austronesian languages branch.[7][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kirk Endicott (2015). Malaysia's Original People: Past, Present and Future of the Orang Asli. NUS Press. ISBN 99-716-9861-7.
  2. ↑ "Temoq of Malaysia". People Groups. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  3. 1 2 Robert Parkin (1991). A Guide to Austroasiatic Speakers and Their Languages. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 08-248-1377-4.
  4. ↑ Peter Laird (1979). "Ritual, Territory and Region: The Temoq of Pahang, West Malaysia". Social Analysis. Department of Anthropology, University of Adelaide.
  5. 1 2 Nicole Kruspe (2004). A Grammar of Semelai. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 05-218-1497-9.
  6. 1 2 Peter A. van der Helm. "The Tasik Bera Connection: Tales of Two Lakes". Sri Gumum. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  7. ↑ Colin Nicholas. "Orang Asli and the Bumiputera Policy". Centre For Orang Asli Concerns. Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
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