ABORIGINAL TRIBES: DIVISIONS OF RACE. 1 3 
The dialect of these SaJcai Jeher is distinct^ as Mr. 
Berkeley points outj from that of the negritoes of the 
Perak valley (who have really exchanged their own 
language for tlie speech of their Sakai neighbours), but it 
is closely akin to the Semang dialect spoken by the 
swamp-negritoes of Ijok and also to that spoken by the 
Pangan negritoes of Kelantan. Quite apart from the 
evidenca of race there can be no doubt of the Semang 
affinities of these SaJial Jeher. 
The so-called " Semang of Plus " may be ignored. 
True negi^itoes may be found occasionally in the low- 
lands of the Plus valley; but they are either nomadic 
SaJaii Jf'vam from the Perak river or nomadic Pangmi 
from Kelantan. Moreover, as we have seen, the term 
" Semang is applied erroneously to the Plus moim tain- 
tribes that are not true negritoes. The Pangan of 
Pahang may also be disregarded, as their real habitat 
lies in Kelantan and outside the geographical limit of 
this paper. The negrito tribes of the Federated Malay 
States are three in number: the Semang Faya, the 
Salmi Mrarn^ and the Salmi Jeher. It is difficult to find 
any racial or cultural difference between them, beyond 
the fact that those nearest the Sakai have borrowed 
a certain amount of their neighbours* culture and show 
slight traces of Sakai blood. In the matter of language 
the distinction is marked .more clearly : the Semang 
Faija speak a Semang dialect and cannot pronounce the 
letter r;^ the SaJmi Jeram speak a Sakai dialect but 
retain many Semang words as well the inability to 
sound the letter r; the Sahai Jeher speak a Semang 
dialect but are able to use the letter r. 
1 They mttm it to tj. 
