Chinese Malaysians

E54459

ethnic group ethnic minority in Malaysia

Chinese Malaysians are a major ethnic minority in Malaysia, largely descended from Chinese immigrants, who play a significant role in the country’s commerce, culture, and politics while maintaining distinct linguistic and cultural traditions.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ ethnic minority in Malaysia ⓘ
citizenship	Malaysian ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Malaysia ⓘ
culturalPractice	Chinese New Year celebrations ⓘ Chinese clan associations ⓘ Chinese vernacular education ⓘ Dragon dance ⓘ Hungry Ghost Festival observance ⓘ Lion dance ⓘ Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations ⓘ Qingming Festival ⓘ surface form: Qingming Festival observance
demographicCharacteristic	predominantly urban ⓘ
diasporaComponentOf	Overseas Chinese communities ⓘ surface form: Chinese diaspora
economicSectorInvolvement	manufacturing ⓘ retail trade ⓘ services ⓘ
educationInstitutionType	Chinese independent high schools ⓘ Chinese national-type primary schools (SJK(C)) ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Han Chinese ⓘ
historicalMigrationFrom	Fujian ⓘ Guangdong Province ⓘ surface form: Guangdong southern China ⓘ surface form: Southern China
historicalMigrationPeriod	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
historicalRole	development of rubber industry in Malaya ⓘ development of tin mining in Malaya ⓘ
language	Cantonese ⓘ English ⓘ Hainanese language ⓘ surface form: Hainanese Hakka ⓘ Hakka ⓘ surface form: Hokkien Malay ⓘ Mandarin Chinese ⓘ Teochew ⓘ
legalStatus	non-Bumiputera group in Malaysia ⓘ
mainSettlement	Ipoh ⓘ Johor Bahru ⓘ Kota Kinabalu ⓘ Kuala Lumpur ⓘ Kuching ⓘ Malacca ⓘ surface form: Malacca City Penang ⓘ
maintainsDistinct	cultural traditions ⓘ linguistic traditions ⓘ
majorEthnicMinorityIn	Malaysia ⓘ
nationalLanguage	Malay ⓘ
notableCuisineContribution	Malaysian Chinese cuisine ⓘ hawker food culture in Malaysia ⓘ
politicalPartyTraditionallySupported	Democratic Action Party ⓘ Malaysian Chinese Association ⓘ
politicalRepresentationIn	Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ surface form: Malaysian Parliament
primaryAncestralOrigin	China ⓘ
primarySecondLanguage	English ⓘ
region	Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedGroup	Chinese Filipinos ⓘ Chinese Indonesians ⓘ Chinese Singaporeans ⓘ Chinese Thais ⓘ Chinese ⓘ surface form: Chinese Vietnamese Han Chinese ⓘ Overseas Chinese communities ⓘ surface form: Overseas Chinese
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Chinese folk religion ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Taoism ⓘ no religion ⓘ
scriptUsed	Chinese characters ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ
significantRoleIn	commerce in Malaysia ⓘ education in Malaysia ⓘ industry in Malaysia ⓘ politics in Malaysia ⓘ urban economy in Malaysia ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Penang → ethnicGroup → Chinese Malaysians ⓘ

Kuala Lumpur → hasEthnicGroup → Chinese Malaysians ⓘ

Malaysia → hasEthnicGroup → Chinese Malaysians ⓘ

Sabah → hasEthnicGroup → Chinese Malaysians ⓘ

Overseas Chinese communities → hasSubgroup → Chinese Malaysians ⓘ