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Loloan Malays

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “sub-ethnic group of the malay who've lived in loloan”. Today it says “sub-ethnic group of the malay who have lived in east loloan [ id ] and west loloan [ id ] villages”.
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Loloan Malays or Balinese Malays ( Malay : Melayu Loloan ; Jawi : ملايو لولون ; Balinese : ᬮᭀᬮᭀᬯᬦ᭄ ) are a sub-ethnic group of the Malay who have lived in East Loloan and West Loloan villages, Jembrana , Bali , Indonesia , since the 17th century. There are approximately 28,000 Loloan Malays living in Bali. The Loloan Malays are predominantly Sunni Muslim , which is distinguished from the majority Balinese ethnic group who are predominantly Hindu . "Domain change and ethnolinguistic vitality: Evidence from the fishing lexicon of Loloan Malay" . Language Documentation & Conservation . 13 : 587– 617. Apart from the Malay language, Loloan Malay have a strong ethno-religious identity and the Loloan Malay people consider themselves ethnically distinct from the Balinese. In addition, they consider that their identity as Muslims separates them from the Balinese, who are Hindus (589) Sumarsono (1993). Scientific of Udayana Networking .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “sub-ethnic group of the malay who've lived in loloan”. Today it says “sub-ethnic group of the malay who have lived in east loloan [ id ] and west loloan [ id ] villages”. Read the current article and compare.
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sub-ethnic group of the malay who've lived in loloan

Now

sub-ethnic group of the malay who have lived in east loloan [ id ] and west loloan [ id ] villages

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