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The word we use for orangutans comes from Old Malay. It was not created by Europeans, like many people think it was. We know this because the word 'orangutan' is there in texts that are over one thousand years old.
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This page is a summary of: The Word ‘Orangutan’, Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, November 2020, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/22134379-bja10016.
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