• PEOPLE NAME: SOUTHERN MURUT OF INDONESIA

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan

Language: Lundayeh - (lnd)

Alternate Name(s): Kalimantan Tribal Sub-cl, LUN DAYAH, Lun Daye, Lun Dayoh, LUNDAYA, LUN DAYA

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Indonesia

Also found in: Malaysia

Population: 25,500

Global Population: 57,000


PEID: 22614

ROP: 109497

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Southern Murut of Indonesia, numbering 25,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Borneo-Kalimantan people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 57,000 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Lundayeh. The primary religion practiced by the Southern Murut is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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