• PEOPLE NAME: TOBILANG OF MALAYSIA

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan

Language: Tobilung - (tgb)

Alternate Name(s): Sabah Tribal - Kadazan

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Malaysia

Also found in:

Population: 11,000

Global Population: 11,000


PEID: 9362

ROP: 110116

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Tobilang of Malaysia, numbering 11,000, 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 Tobilung. The primary religion practiced by the Tobilang is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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