Demographics Perak

in 2010, religious make-up of residents in perak was: 55.3% muslim, 25.4% buddhist, 10.9% hindu, 4.3% christian, 1.7% taoists or followers of other chinese folk religion, 1.5% other religion or unknown affiliation, , 0.9% non-religious.

statistics 2010 census indicate 83.7% of chinese population in perak identified buddhists, significant minorities of adherents identifying christians (9.2%), chinese folk religions (5.8%) , muslims (0.2%). majority of indian population hindus (87.6%), significant minorities of numbers identifying christians (6.1%), muslims (2.67%) , buddhists (1.0%). non-malay bumiputera community predominantly atheists (28.2%), significant minorities identifying muslims (24.1%) , christians (22.9%). malays bumiputera muslims.

languages

like parts of malaysia, perak multi-ethnic state diverse racial backgrounds. because of diversity there diverse linguistic variety well.

malay

the malays of perak speak variety of dialects or closely related languages, common perak malay known e sound (e in r e d, [e]) , r sound sounds french r ([ʁ]), perak malay commonly found in central perak, more in kuala kangsar , perak tengah districts.

northern malay variety spoken in northwestern parts of perak, in kerian, pangkor island , larut, matang , selama districts.

in northeastern part of perak (hulu perak) , parts of selama , kerian, malay people speak distinct variant of malay language known basa ulu/grik (named after grik) , closely related kelantan-pattani malay in kelantan , southern thailand due geographical borders , historical assimilation. variant classified sub-dialect of yawi. district of hulu perak once ruled sultanate of kingdom of reman. reman historically part of greater pattani (which province of thailand) before gaining independence in 1810 pattani kingdom via rebellion royal family.

while in southern parts of perak (hilir perak , batang padang) , in districts of kampar , kinta , several parts of manjung, dialect heavily influenced southern malay dialects of peninsula such selangor, malacca , johore-riau malay , various languages of indonesian archipelago namely javanese, banjar, rawa (a variety of minangkabau), batak (mandailing) , buginese result of historical immigration, civil war such klang war , other inevitable factors.

chinese

due diverse backgrounds of chinese community in perak, speak number of diverse dialects , closely related languages continued spoken day. chinese dialects spoken in perak includes cantonese, hokkien, hakka, mandarin, , hokchiu. chinese can speak standard malay , english well.

indian

majority of indian community in perak of tamil ethnicity , speak malaysian dialect of tamil language. there small strong punjabi sikh community , speak dialect of punjabi language.

orang asli

there several orang asli languages spoken within state, of them belong aslian branch of austroasiatic languages. these languages lanoh, temiar, jahai, kensiu, kintaq , semai.

other

there 2,000 strong siamese community in state, speak southern thai variant , fluent in malay , extent chinese languages.