Interdisciplinar y Behavior and Social Sciences – Lumban Gaol (Ed.)
© 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-02735-0
Batek Hep in the Malay world: Preliminary analysis of loanwords
T.S. Tengku Intan Suzila
Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi Mara Pahang, Jengka, Malaysia
K.S. Teo
Institute of Malay World & Civilization, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
ABSTRACT: The Malays may have propelled Malaysia’s independence yet like most aborigines or natives,
the Orang Asli, the original people of Malay Peninsula, struggles to exist in modern civilization. The Orang
Asli’s civilization is buried without due recognition when literary records are molded or replaced with Malay
culture orientations. Economic independence ...