The Orang Cocos are an ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Sabah is a Malaysian state located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located at the centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. They primarily reside in Kampung Cocos near Lahad Datu in Tawau Division. Lahad Datu is a town and district located in Tawau Division, in the east of Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Tawau Division is one of the five administrative sub-divisions of Sabah, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. Originally from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (now part of Australia), they settled this area in the 1950s. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Their current population of around 4000 is about eight times larger than the population remaining in the Cocos Islands themselves. They are accorded bumiputra status by the federal government. Their language, a variant of standard Malay, has the ISO designation of ISO 639-3 coa. The Malay language ( ISO 639-1 code MS is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people and people of other ethnic groups who reside in the ISO 639 -3 (ISO 639-32007 is an international standard for Language codes The standard describes three‐letter codes for identifying languages
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