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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Lanoh of Malaysia

The Lanoh of Malaysia, numbering approximately 375 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Semang Orang Asli people of Perak's Hulu district calling themselves Menik Semnam after the Semnam River, present in the area over 1,000 years, whose cave shelters preserve century-old rock art depicting hunters alongside horses and elephants. They mostly adhere to Animism and Lanoh is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Lanoh

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Malaysia
People Cluster: West Malaysia Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Lanoh (lnh)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 375
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG009279
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

66%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lanoh
Language Family: Austroasiatic

70%
%
Lanoh Speakers

Media Resources in Lanoh:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Lanoh:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Lanoh are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Lanoh:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Lanoh of Malaysia

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
readRomans 1:22

Ask God to pour out His mercy and bring those who are walking in their own wisdom to faith in Jesus.

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
readPsalm 57:11

Pray that the lost will learn about God's great love and faithfulness so that they might trust in Christ for their salvation.

And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
readActs 16:15

Pray that God will bring entire families and households to faith in Him and raise up servant-leaders from among them.

Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
readPsalm 105:1

Pray that many among them will call on the name of Jesus, develop a heart for the nations, and go to places where the gospel has not yet been received.

Lanoh Across Countries (ROP3 - 105641) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
LanohPG009279LanohMalaysia375No Longer UnreachedLanohAnimism

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