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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Pitu Ulunna Salu of Indonesia

The Pitu Ulunna Salu of Indonesia, numbering approximately 36,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous highland people of West Sulawesi whose identity emerged from the Pitu Ulunna Salu ("Seven River Heads") confederation and who are closely related to the Toraja peoples while maintaining distinct Bambam-speaking traditions. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Bambam is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Pitu Ulunna Salu

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Toraja of Sulawesi
Primary Language(s): Bambam (ptu)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 36,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022856
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

85%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bambam
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Bambam Speakers

Media Resources in Bambam:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Bambam:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Pitu Ulunna Salu 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 Pitu Ulunna Salu:
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 Pitu Ulunna Salu of Indonesia

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him
readLuke 10:34

Pray that the lost among them will experience the kind of compassion Jesus taught His followers to show others, and that they will trust in Him because He is the one who brings healing to the broken and lost.

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!
readPsalm 96:8

Pray for people here to humbly give God the glory due His name.

Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
readHebrews 10:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will not neglect meeting together but encourage one another as they see the Day approaching.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

Bambam Across Countries (ROP3 - 100924) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Pitu Ulunna SaluPG022856Pitu Ulunna SaluIndonesia36,500No Longer UnreachedBambamSunni Islam

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