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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 130 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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JAKUNS , an aboriginal See also:

RACE

race of the See also:

MALAY

Malay See also:

Peninsula. They have become much mixed with other tribes, and are found throughout the See also:

south of the peninsula and along the coasts. The purest types are straight-haired, exhibit marked Mongolian characteristics and are closely related to the See also:

MALAYS

Malays. They are probably a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Pre-Malays, the " See also:

savage Malays " of A. R. See also:

Wallace. They are divided into two See also:

groups: (1) Jakuns of the See also:

JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle, (2) Jakuns of the See also:

sea or Orang See also:

LAUT

Laut. The latter set of tribes now comprise the remnants of the pirates or " seagipsies " of the Malaccan straits. The Jakuns, who must be studied in See also:

CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with the other aboriginal peoples of the Malay Peninsula, the Semangs and the Sakais, are not so dwarfish as those. The See also:

head is See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round; the skin varies from See also:

OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive-See also:

brown to dark See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper; the See also:

FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face is See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat and the See also:

LOWER

lower See also:

JAW (Mid. Eng. jawe, jowe and geowe, O. Eng. cheowan, connected with " chaw " and " chew," and in form with " jowl ")

jaw square. The See also:

NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose is thick and See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short, with wide, open nostrils. The cheek-bones are high and well marked.

The See also:

HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair has a See also:

BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue-See also:

black tint, eyes are black and the See also:

beard is scanty. The Jakuns live a See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

FOREST

forest See also:

LIFE

life, and in See also:

general habits much resemble the See also:

SAKAI

Sakai, being but little in advance of the latter in social conditions except where they come into See also:

close contact with the Malay peoples.

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