Orang Cocos
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Robert Brockway
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Est pop on the Cocos Is is around 500, so this pop is 8 times larger, not 10
The '''Orang Cocos''' are an [[ethnic group]] residing in [[Sabah]], eastern [[Malaysia]] on the island of [[Borneo]]. They primarily reside in Kampung Cocos near [[Lahad Datu]] in [[Tawau Division]]. Originally from the [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]] (now part of [[Australia]]), they settled this area in the 1950s. Their current population of around 4000 is about eight times larger than the population remaining in the Cocos Islands themselves. They are accorded [[bumiputra]] status by the federal government. Their language, a variant of standard [[Malay language|Malay]], has the ISO designation of [[ISO 639-3]] coa.
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[[Category:Cocos (Keeling) Islands]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Asia]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Sabah]]
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