Orang Cocos 2474856 129427718 2007-05-09T03:39:34Z Robert Brockway 58939 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. {{Sabah}} [[Category:Cocos (Keeling) Islands]] [[Category:Ethnic groups in Asia]] [[Category:Ethnic groups in Sabah]] {{Asia-ethno-group-stub}}