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The former range of the Negritos was probably 
much greater than it is to-day and even in recent 
times they have deserted places where they used to 
live. Their present distribution in British Malaya 
is the north of Perak, Kedah, parts of Kelantan and 
parts of north-west Pahang, while there may also 
be some in Trengganu. They extend into Siamese 
Malaya and have been reported from as far north 
as Province Chaiya. There is, unfortunately, no 
doubt that the race is a dying one, and though it 
is not possible to state their numbers, owing to 
their being included in the census with half-bred 
Negrito-Sakai and other “ aborigines,” the Negritos 
probably do not exceed 1,000 in the whole of British 
Malaya. In the State of Kedah, where there are 
no other aborigines, only 79 were recorded at the. 
last census. 
The Negrito dialects present a difficult problem. 
So far, no correspondence has yet been traced be- 
tween the language and dialects of the Andamanese 
and the dialects of the Peninsular Negritos. Both 
the Philippine Negritos and those of Malaya appear 
to have borrowed their language from more civilized 
neighbours — from the Sakai in the case of the latter, 
or from some former people who spoke a language 
related to that of the modern Sakai. There are 
however some elements in the Peninsular Negrito 
dialects which distinguish them. Both Philippine 
and Peninsular Negritos have been in contact with 
the members of other races for hundreds of years, 
whereas the Andamanese have been isolated and 
have, seemingly, preserved their own language. 
The Sakai. The chief refuges of the Sakai, repre- 
sentatives of the second “ aboriginal ” 
race are in the mountains of the main range which 
