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Orang Kanaq are one of the 18 Orang Asli ethnic groups in Malaysia. They are classified under the Proto-Malay people group, which forms the three major people group of the Orang Asli. The Orang Kanaq are considered as the smallest Orang Asli group with the population of approximately 90 people only.Despite its negligible numbers, most representatives of this micro-ethnos have well maintain their identity. However, the sad dynamics of the Kanaq people's population shows that there is a real threat of disappearance over their unique language and culture. They continue to exist only because of the low level of contact with other people; due to the fact that the traditions of the people do not approve of mixed marriages with other ethnic groups.Indigenous inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia have a special status, which is enshrined in the legislation of the country. They use the special term Orang Asli, which means, "ancient inhabitants", "original peoples", "first peoples", "aborigines" in the Malay language. They are sponsored by the state Department of Orang Asli Development (JAKOA), until 2011 then it was the Department of Orang Asli Affairs (Jabatan Hal Ehwal Orang Asli, JHEOA). The purpose of the department's activities is to raise the living standard of the indigenous people to the country's average.
The Orang Asli do not form a united community, in fact it is a conglomerate of different origins, culture, way of life, language and racial features of tribes and peoples. For ease of administration, JHEOA divides them into 18 tribes, uniting in 3 groups of 6 tribes in each. This group are the Negritos, the Senoi and the Proto-Malays. Kanaq people belong to the last of them.
Despite belonging to the indigenous population, the Kanaq people are relatively a recent inhabitants of the country. They live on the Malay Peninsula for only about 200 years. Their motherland is the islands of the Riau-Lingga Archipelago located further south, within the present-day Indonesia. There, on a small island called Daik are still inhabited by a tribe of Sekanak people; which is believed to be related to the Kanaq people of Peninsular Malaysia.Kanaq people are the least studied group of Orang Asli. Usually they avoid contact with other people, hence researchers paid little attention to them. Only recently, Malaysian scholars published a number of materials devoted to this tribe.
The spoken language of the Orang Kanaq resembles the Malay language but with a distinct coarse accent. Although, the population of the Orang Kanaq is dwindling, according to the Center of Orang Asli Concern (COAC), the Orang Kanaq language has still managed to survive.