• PEOPLE NAME: BARAM KAYAN OF MALAYSIA

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PEID: 9203

ROP: 101040

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan

Language: Baram Kayan - (kys)

Alternate Name(s): Sarawak Tribal - Baram-Kenyah

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Malaysia

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Population: 9,800

Global Population: 9,800


PEID: 9203

ROP: 101040

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Baram Kayan of Malaysia, numbering 9,800, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Borneo-Kalimantan people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Malaysia. Their primary language is Baram Kayan. The primary religion practiced by the Baram Kayan is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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