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    The document discusses the complex origins and lack of a clear definition for the term "Malay". It notes that anthropologists view there was no single "Malay" race, as the groups now considered Malay migrated from different areas over thousands of years and include various ethnicities. There is no consensus on who can truly be considered Malay given the diversity of origins, languages, and identities among groups in the region.

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    The document discusses the complex origins and lack of a clear definition for the term "Malay". It notes that anthropologists view there was no single "Malay" race, as the groups now considered Malay migrated from different areas over thousands of years and include various ethnicities. There is no consensus on who can truly be considered Malay given the diversity of origins, languages, and identities among groups in the region.

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    The document discusses the complex origins and lack of a clear definition for the term "Malay". It notes that anthropologists view there was no single "Malay" race, as the groups now considered Malay migrated from different areas over thousands of years and include various ethnicities. There is no consensus on who can truly be considered Malay given the diversity of origins, languages, and identities among groups in the region.

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    Subject: Malayness "Contesting Malayness"? Written by a Professor from National University of Singapore. Costs about S !".

    #t reflects t$e %nt$ropologists vie&s t$at t$ere is no suc$ race as t$e "Malays" to begin &it$. #f &e follo& t$e original migration of t$e Sout$ern C$inese of '())) yrs ago( t$ey move* into +ai&an( ,no& t$e %lisan-( t$en into t$e P$illipines ,no& t$e %eta- an* move* into .orneo ,/(0))yrs ago- ,1aya2-.+$ey also split into Sula&esi an* progresse* into 3a&a( an* Sumatera. +$e final migration &as to t$e Malayan Peninsular !()))yrs ago. % sub4group from .orneo also move* to C$ampa in Cambo*ia about /(0))yrs ago. #nterestingly( t$e C$ampa *eviant group move* bac2 to present *ay 5elantan.+$ere are also traces of t$e 1ong Song an* 6oa.in$ migration from 7ietnam an* Cambo*ia. +o confuse t$e issue(t$ere &as also t$e Sout$ern +$ai migration( from &$at &e 2no& as Pattani to*ay. ,see also "8arly 5ing*oms of t$e #n*onesian %rc$ipelago an* t$e Malay Peninsular"-. 9f course( &e also $ave t$e Minang2abau:s &$ic$ come from t$e *escen*ants of %le;an*er t$e <reat an* a West #n*ian Princess. ,Sejara$ Melayu page =4!- So t$e million 1ollar >uestion #s t$ere really a race calle* t$e "Malays"? %ll ant$ropologists 19 N9+ S88M +9 +6#N5 S9.Neit$er *o t$e "Malays" &$o live on t$e West Coast of 3o$or. +$ey:* rat$er be calle* 3avanese. W$at about t$e &est coast 5e*a$ in$abitants &$o prefer to be 2no&n as "%c$enese"? or t$e #bans &$o simply &ant to be 2no&n as #.%NS. +ry calling a 5elabit a "Malay" an* see &$at response you get? you:ll be so gla* t$at t$eir 6ea*46unting *ays are over. +$e *efinition of "Malay" is t$erefore simply a collection of people:s &$o spea2 a similar type language. Wit$ &$at is meant by a similar type language *oes not mean t$at t$e &or*s are similar. ?inguists call t$is t$e "?ego4type" language( &$ere &or*s are a**e* on to t$e root &or* to ma2e meaning an* give tenses an* suc$. Some$o&( t$e #n*onesians *isagree &it$ t$is classification. +$ey refuse to be calle* Malay. %ny$o& you may *efine it. Watc$ "Malays in %frica"@ a Museum Negara pro*uce* 171. %lso( t$e "C$ampa Malays" by t$e same. Wit$ t$is classification( t$ey MUS+ also inclu*e t$e P$illipinos( t$e Papua Ne& <uineans( t$e %ustralian %boroginies( as &ell as t$e Polynesian %boroginies. +$ese are of t$e %ustralo Melanesians &$o migrate* out of %frica ')()))yrs ago. "Malay" s$oul* also inclu*e t$e +ai&anese singer "%$ Mei" &$o is %lisan as $er tribe are t$e anscestors of t$e "Malays". %n* finally( you &ill nee* to *efine t$e Sout$ern C$inese ,Aunan Province- as Malay also( since t$ey are from t$e samestoc2 '()))yrs ago. +ry calling t$e .ugis a "Malay". #nterestingly( t$e .ugis( &$o pre*ominantly live on Sula&esi are not even #n*onesians. Neit$er *o t$ey fall into t$e same group as t$e migrating Sout$ern C$inese of '()))yrs ago nor t$e %ustralo Melanesian group from %frica. +$e .ugis are t$e cross4bree* bet&een t$e C$inese an* t$e %rabs. ,AB#( a runa&ay Ming 1ynasty official &$om C$eng 6o &as sent to $unt *o&n- #nterestingly( t$e .ugis &ere career Pirates in t$e 3o$or4Ciau #slan* areas. No& t$e nep$e& of 1aeng 5emboja &as appointe* t$e Airst Sultan of Selangor. +$at ma2es t$e entire Selangor Sultanate part %rab( part C$ineseD +ry tal2ing to t$e .ugis Museum curator near 5u2up in 3o$or. 5u2up is locate* near t$e most sout$4&estern tip of 3o$or.,1ue sout$ of Pontian 5ec$il-. ?et:s not even get into t$e 6ang +ua$( 6ang 3ebat( 6ang 5asturi( 6ang ?e2iu( an* 6ang ?e2ir( &$o s$are* t$e same family last name as t$e ot$er super famous "6ang" family member 6ang ?i Po$. %n* &$o &as s$e 4 t$e princess of a Ming 1ynasty 8mperor &$o &as sent to marry t$e Sultan of Malacca. Won:t t$at ma2e t$e entire Malacca Sultanate *o&nline ".abaE?

    Since t$e ol*er son of t$e collapse* Malaccan Sultanate got 2ille* in 3o$or( ,t$e current Sultanate is t$e *o&nline of t$e t$en( .en*a$ara- t$e only ot$er son became t$e Sultan of Pera2. 1o &e see any C$inese4ness in Caja %Flan? #s $e t$e *escen*ant of 6ang ?i Po$? Ne;t Guestion. #f t$e .aba:s are part Malay( &$y $ave t$ey been marginaliFe* by N9+ .8#N< .UM#PU+8C%? W$ic$ part of "Malay" are t$ey not? W$atever t$e ans&er( &$y t$en are t$e Portugese of Malacca .UM#PU+8C%? 1i* t$ey not come =))yrs %A+8C t$e arrival of t$e first .aba:s? Parames&ara foun*e* Malacca in =/==. +$e Portugese came in =0==( an* t$e 1utc$ in t$e =')):s. Strangely( t$e .aba:s &ere in fact once classifie* a .umiputera( but *eci*e* t$at t$ey &ere strangely "*eclassifie*" in t$e =H'):s. W6B? +$e Sultan of 5elantan $a* similar roots to t$e Pattani 5ing*om ma2ing $im of +$ai origin. %n* &$at is t$is "coffee table boo2" by t$e Sultan of Perlis claiming to be t$e *irect *escen*ant of t$e prop$et Mu$amme*? 6o& many of you $ave met &it$ orang %slis? +$e more nort$ern you go( t$e more %frican t$ey loo2. W$y are t$ey calle* Negrito:s? #t is a Spanis$ &or*( from &$ic$ *irectly transalates "mini Negros". +$e more sout$ern you go( t$e more "#n*onesian" t$ey loo2. %n* t$e ones &$o live at Cameron 6ig$lan*s 2in*a loo2 0)40). Bou can see t$e .ate2 at +aman Negara( &$o really loo2 li2e 8**ie Murp$y to a certain *egree. 9r t$e Negritos &$o live at t$e +$ai bor*er near +emenggor ?a2e ,nort$ Pera2-. +$e Ma$ Meri in Carrie #slan* loo2 almost li2e t$e 3a2uns in 8n*au Compin. 6alf %frican( $alf #n*onesian. .y *efinition(t$ere &as a 6in*u Malay 8mpire in 5e*a$. #t &as( by t$e ol* name ?ang2asu2a. +o*ay 2no&n as ?emba$ .ujang. +$is 6in*u Malay 8mpire &as "())) yrs ol*. Pre4*ating .orrobu*or %N1 %ng2or Watt. W$o came about aroun* 0))4'))yrs later. ?emba$ .ujang &as +$e mig$ty tra*ing empire( an* its biggest influence &as by t$e #n*ians &$o &ere $ere to $elp start it. .y *efinition( t$is s$oul* ma2e t$e #n*ians .UM#PU+8C%S too since t$ey &ere $ere "()))yrs agoD W$y are t$ey marginaliFe*? So( in a nuts$ell( t$e "Malays" ,ant$ropologists &ill *isagree &it$ t$is "race" *efinition- are +CU?B %S#% DDD

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