orang

Example Sentences

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The Orang Laut had already given refuge to others fleeing from Majapahit, and a mixed population of Hindus, Buddhists, and Muslims had taken up residence there.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Like many other Orang Rimba, elder Siti Maninah scrapes a living picking up fruitlets that fall to the ground when the oil palms are harvested.

From BBC • May 22, 2022

The development has pushed most Orang Rimba, an ethnic group on Sumatra whose name literally means the “people of the forest,” to a life of poverty in remote areas.

From Time • Dec. 1, 2016

“I think there’s a level of sympathy for these claims,” said Steven Thiru, co-chairman of the Malaysian Bar Council’s Committee on Orang Asli.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2011

People are making a clearing on the hill— Orang ber-ladang di-atas bukit.

From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Maxwell, William Edward, Sir