Semai people
E860215
The Semai people are an indigenous Orang Asli group of Peninsular Malaysia known for their horticultural lifestyle, relatively egalitarian and non-violent social structure, and distinctive Austroasiatic (Aslian) language and culture.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chewong people | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Orang Asli group
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ |
| anthropologicalStudySiteOf | Robert Knox Dentan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| avoidWar | yes ⓘ |
| conflictResolution |
avoidance
ⓘ
group discussion ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Malaysia ⓘ |
| culturalArea | Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalClassification | Aslian peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
small-scale cash cropping
ⓘ
wage labor ⓘ |
| ethnicityOf | Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| housing | stilt houses ⓘ |
| indigenousTo |
Pahang
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Perak NERFINISHED ⓘ central Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ |
| kinshipSystem | bilateral descent ⓘ |
| language | Semai language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austroasiatic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSubfamily | Aslian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marriagePattern | monogamy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
low levels of interpersonal violence
ⓘ
non-authoritarian child-rearing ⓘ sharing norms ⓘ |
| officialCategory | Orang Asli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oneOfLargestGroupsIn | Orang Asli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oralTradition | strong ⓘ |
| partOf | Orang Asli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationGroupOf | Orang Asli of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Government of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Peninsular Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ animism ⓘ folk religion ⓘ |
| settlementPattern | dispersed villages ⓘ |
| socialCharacteristic |
emphasis on conflict avoidance
ⓘ
relatively non-violent ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
acephalous
ⓘ
egalitarian ⓘ |
| subsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
foraging ⓘ horticulture ⓘ hunting and gathering ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle |
horticulture
ⓘ
swidden agriculture ⓘ |
| useScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chewong people