Chipmunk:
The Malays originated in Yunnan, China. They Proto-Malays were also known as Jakun. They were seafaring people. Probably because of their seafaring way of life or trading, they were believed to have lived in coastal Borneo.
They then expanded into Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula. A Portuguese historian, Godinho de Eredia, referred to the Malays as Saletes (Orang Selat, or People of the Straits). Hindu influence on Malay culture is historically very great.
A large number of the Malays were Hindus before they were converted to Islam in the 15th century. So Zaini, who is the ‘keling'?
P/S: Other than the Orang Asli, everybody else in Malaysia is also a DK-something (Darah Keturunan - something).
They are either ‘Darah Keturunan Cina, Indonesia (Java, Aceh, etc), Thailand, Burma, Philippines, English, Dutch, Portugese, Japan, Arab.
A commentator has pointed out that ‘Melayu' means ‘runaways' in the Javanese language. Thus all of who originated from another locality are Melayu in Malaysia.
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