• PEOPLE NAME: ORANG SELETAR OF MALAYSIA

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PEID: 18223

ROP: 107671

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: West Malaysia Indigenous

Language: Orang Seletar - (ors)

Alternate Name(s): Orang Asli

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Malaysia

Also found in: Singapore

Population: 1,300

Global Population: 2,500


PEID: 18223

ROP: 107671

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Orang Seletar of Malaysia, numbering 1,300, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the West Malaysia Indigenous people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 2,500 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Orang Seletar. The primary religion practiced by the Orang Seletar is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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