• Melanau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Daro-Matu Melanau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Sibu Melanau at...
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  • North Borneo subgroup. He classifies the languages as follows. Melanau (Dalat, Sarikei, Mukah, Balingian, Matu, Sibu, Kanowit) Kajang (Kejaman, Sekapan, Lahanan)...
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    Melanau (Malay: Orang Melanau, Melanau: Tenawan Melanau) or A-Likou (meaning River people in Mukah dialect) is an ethnic group indigenous to Sarawak,...
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    other ethnic groups such as Iban, Malay, and Melanau are also present, they are not as prominent in Sibu as in other parts of Sarawak. As of 2010, the...
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  • of Melanau descent. Pangeran Matusin (also known as Pangeran Mat Hussin Gagah) – Mukah Governor during Sultanate Brunei. His mother was a Melanau from...
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    population of Sibu Division (year 2000 census) was 257,300. Ethnically, the population was mostly Iban, Chinese, Malay, and Melanau. Sibu Division consists...
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    Dalat, Sarawak (category CS1 Malay-language sources (ms))
    Corpses lying in the village attracted flies. "Dalat" means "fly" in the Melanau language, and therefore, the locals named the village Dalat, which is now a...
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    Kanowit (category CS1 Malay-language sources (ms))
    hour by boat from Sibu. The main ethnic groups are Iban, Chinese, Malay, and Melanau. The town takes its name from the Kanowit, a Melanau ethnic group called...
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  • for Sidki railway station, Pakistan sdx, the ISO 639-3 code for Sibu Melanau language, Malaysia and Brunei Sadako DX, a 2022 Japanese supernatural comedy...
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  • major ethnic groups in Sarawak: Iban, Chinese, Malay, Bidayuh, Orang Ulu, Melanau and several minor ethnic groups placed collectively under 'Others', such...
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    Rajang River (category Articles containing Malay (macrolanguage)-language text)
    a famine. Alternatively, it may originate with the Sibu Chinese immigrants regarding the Melanau people as "Go" people because their staple food was...
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    Bintulu (category CS1 Malay-language sources (ms))
    (380 miles) northeast of Kuching, 216 kilometres (134 miles) northeast of Sibu, and 200 kilometres (120 miles) southwest of Miri. With a population of 114...
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    established in Sibu on 27 July 1987. They were divided into 5 zones. On 28 May 1991, deacon Joseph Sebastian of Kampung Tellian become the first Melanau to be...
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    Sarawak (category CS1 Indonesian-language sources (id))
    Chinese, Malay, Bidayuh, Melanau, Orang Ulu, Indian, Eurasian and Kedayan. English and Malay are the two official languages of the state; there is no...
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    Rosli Dhobi (category Melanau people)
    March 1950) also Rosli Dhoby, was a Sarawakian nationalist from Sibu of mixed Malay-Melanau descent during the British crown colony era in that state. He...
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    Mukah (category CS1 Malay-language sources (ms))
    adopted a Malay name instead of a Melanau name as the majority of the population here are the Melanau people. The Melanau word for face is "jawai". Mukah...
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    Crown Colony of Sarawak (category CS1 Chinese-language sources (zh))
    mixed response from the Sarawak people. The Iban, the Chinese, and the Melanau community received the news positively. However, the majority of the Malays...
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    Song, Malaysia (category Articles containing Malay (macrolanguage)-language text)
    came from the legend of the Melanau people. There was once a Melanau widow named Song who came from Nangka village, Sibu. She went to the present day...
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    Kapit (category Articles containing Malay (macrolanguage)-language text)
    more than 2 hours from Sibu by express boat), light aircraft, and most recently by road. Reaching Kapit by car and bus from Sibu takes about 1 hour 30...
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    Tebedu District (category CS1 Malay-language sources (ms))
    Melayu, Bahagian Betong dan Kapit (Iban), Bahagian Mukah (Melanau), Bahagian Sarikei dan Sibu (Cina) dan Bahagian Miri serta Limbang (Orang Ulu) maka Serian...
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    Sarawakian cuisine (category Articles containing Central Melanau-language text)
    cooked in bamboo) and sup ponas Bidayuh (soup dish made of tapioca). The Melanau make tebaloi (Sago palm crackers), sagu (extracted from Sago palm) and...
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  • schools are located in Kapit, Sibu, Sri Aman, and Sarikei Divisions where there are significant Iban population. The Iban language subject is also offered in...
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    Abang Muhammad Salahuddin (category Melanau people)
    well as the oldest elected to the office. Born in 1921 at Kampung Nangka, Sibu, Raj of Sarawak (present-day Sarawak, Malaysia) Abang Muhammad Salahuddin...
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  • Ratu Teluwaih Jinih (category CS1 Malay-language sources (ms))
    lady" in the Melanau language and is one of the main event during Kaul Mukah festival. The pageant is open for participants of Melanau descent ages 18...
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  • Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (category Articles containing Malay (macrolanguage)-language text)
    into two wings namely: BUMIPUTERA wing which consisted of Muslim-Malay, Melanau, Kedayan, Brunei-Malay, Jatti Mereik, and Orang Ulu members PESAKA wing...
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  • Abdul Rahman Ya'kub (category Melanau people)
    يعقوب; 3 January 1928 – 9 January 2015) was a Malaysian politician of Melanau descent from Mukah. He was the third Chief Minister of Sarawak and the...
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  • Sarawak Malay (category CS1 Malay-language sources (ms))
    Sarawak Malay can be divided into three dialects which are: Kuching Saribas Sibu Sarawak Malay has features that are not found in Standard Malay, of which...
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    Raj of Sarawak (category Articles containing Latin-language text)
    Penan, while coastal areas were dominated by the Sarawak local Malays, Melanau, Bruneian and Kedayan. The government of Sarawak welcomed the migration...
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    Dalat District (category CS1 Malay-language sources (ms))
    per day. Most of the people use the Melanau language to communicate here. There is a slight difference of the language between each villages, yet they can...
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    Kuching (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    non-Malaysian citizens (5,048), other Sarawak Bumiputras (Orang Ulu) (4,076), Melanau (1,840) and Indian (3,257), with around a thousand people of other groups...
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