Senoi - The Native People of Malaysia
1.0 Indigneous Group : Senoi
Main Name : Senoi
Also Known as : Semai, Sakai (a term meaning ‘Slave’), Sengoi.
2.0 Location : Malaysia.
Northwest Pahang and southern Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, central mountain area.
3.0 Estimated Population : 18,327 (1981, Wurm and Hattori).
Source :
Ethnologue Web Site page for Senoi/Semai.
4.0 Habitat : Tropical forest. Mountain slope at heights from 2,500 to 3,000 feet.
5.0 Lifestyle : Sedentary.
6.0 Subsistence : Hunter / Gatherers / Agriculture,
7.0 Level of Assimilation :
The west Senoi is Fairly Traditional but the east Senoi remains Nearly Untouched.
8.0 Language : Semai, Bilingualism in Malay.
Classification : .Austro Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Aslian, Senoic.
Alternate names :
Dialects : Jelai, Orang Tanjong of Ulu Langat, Sungkai, Perak I, Perak II, Cameron, Telom, Bidor, Betau, Lipis, Bil, Ulu Kampar,(Kampar).
9.0 Web Site URLs :
10.0 NGOs : None found.
