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Orang Rimba

People Jambi PEO-0003

Dormant Contested

Other and rejected name forms (4)

A rejected form remains searchable so that older sources stay findable, but it is never used in the prose of an entry.

Orang Rimba Primary name
Orang Kubu (eksonim) Alternate name
Kubu Rejected exonym
Penyebutan luar, dipakai luas dalam sumber kolonial dan resmi
Carries a demeaning sense in local Malay usage. Expressly rejected; recorded here only so that older sources remain findable.
Suku Anak Dalam Administrative term
Istilah administratif pemerintah
Used in state documents and assistance programmes. Some communities use it when dealing with government, but it is not a self-designation.

Every source carries its tier. Tier 1 is material originating from the community itself; tier 6 is a tertiary source recorded only as a marker of a circulating claim and never as the basis of a statement.

  1. 1 T2 Tier 2 — Peer-reviewed scholarshipMonograph Sandbukt, Øyvind. Deforestation and the People of the Forest: The Orang Rimba of Jambi. Oslo: Universitetet i Oslo, 1988.
  2. 2 T4 Tier 4 — Documentary and reportageReportage Liputan lapangan Tempo perihal ruang hidup Orang Rimba, seri 2019–2022.