Introduction IV

•e) Malay ships had pressed crews of non-maritime origin from the Barito-speaking area of SE Borneo •f) The Malay settlements on the East African coast transported captured mainland African populations from the Sabaki-speaking area to Madagascar, primarily for agricultural labour, between the 5th and 7th centuries AD •g) That other SE Asian island peoples may also have followed these established trade routes to East Africa, accounting for a residue of non-Malay Austronesian items in the Malagasy lexicon •h) That the Malay impact on Barito society was indirectly responsible for the evolution of the Samalic peoples, the ‘sea nomads’ of the region between Borneo and the SW Philippines