Friday, September 4, 2009

DEMOGRAPHY

Demographics Ethnicity and Anchestries in Malaysia

Our Malaysia

Malaysia is a beautiful country with many wonderful ethnic with different custom and anchestries. we are here to give you all the information regarding to ethnicity and a anchestries in our beloved country Malaysia. Here we begin....

Group

Total

Malay at peninsular

9,041,091

Malay at East malaysia

271 979

Han Chinese

  1. Hokkien
  2. Tamil
  3. Hakka
  4. Cantonese

1848 211

1 743922

1 679 027

1 355 541

Banjar (Malay)

1 237 615

Minangkabau (Malay)

874 536

Iban

666 034



The languages

In Malaysia different ethnics using different languages to comunicate. For example, malay languages is used by malay people,the chinese use mandarin at school but they are most cantonese. While for indians, they mostly used tamil for their language. Also for other ethnic like Iban, Kadazan and others they also have thier own language. However, when all the Malaysian with different ethnics want to comunicate, they will used malay language as the lingua franca but now, some of people prefer to speak in english language becouse of globalisation.


Ancestry Claimed

Population

Acehnese

20 000 - 1 000 000

Arab

600 000 - 1 000 000

Bangarese

3 000 000

Bugis

1 284 000 - 7 500 000

Cham

10 000 – 100 000

Chinese

217 000 – 500 000

Indian

200 000 – 1 000 000

Javanese

1 283 946 – 3 000 000

Minangkabau

300 000 – 1 000 000

Victnamese

1 000 000



Ethnic Group in Malaysia.

  • Nationwide: Banjorese, Malay, Chinese, Indian, Bugis
  • Peninsular Malaysia: Baba Nyonya, Malaccan, Malaysian Siam, Minangkabau
  • Sarawak:bidayuh, Bisaya, Bukitan, Iban, Kayan, Kedayan, Kelabit, Kenyah, Lun Bawang, Melanau, Penan, Punan, Selako Ukit
  • Sabah: Bajau, Dusun, Ida'an, Kadazan, Lotud, Murut, Orang Sungai, Rungus, Sulut