• PEOPLE NAME: SARAWAK DAYAK OF MALAYSIA

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PEID: 9324

ROP: 108720

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan

Language: Bau Bidayuh - (sne)

Alternate Name(s): Bau - Jagoi, Sarawak Tribal - Bidayuh

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Malaysia

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Population: 31,000

Global Population: 31,000


PEID: 9324

ROP: 108720

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Sarawak Dayak of Malaysia, numbering 31,000, 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 Bau Bidayuh. The primary religion practiced by the Sarawak Dayak is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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