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Ponte Academic Journal
Dec 2016, Volume 72, Issue 12

ASSIMILATION OF CHITTY ETHNIC IN MALAYSIA

Author(s): Razaleigh Muhamat @ Kawangit ,Abdul Ghafar Don

J. Ponte - Dec 2016 - Volume 72 - Issue 12
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2016.12.48



Abstract:
This research set outs to explore the exact level of the social aspect of assimilation between Chitty ethnic and their Malay counterparts in Malaysia. It was sure that assimilation in social aspect is a dilemma which Chitty ethnic face when they interact with Malays as a dominant ethnic group. It suggests that when the process of interaction, their behavior changes in line with the identity of the Malays. This is because the majority influenced the minority in the Malaysian context. Whilst they are welcomed by their Malay counterparts, it is nevertheless hypothesized that they may not assimilate fully into the Malay community
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