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The Sungai Dusun of Malaysia

The Sungai Dusun of Malaysia, numbering approximately 62,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Orang Sungai riverine community of Sabah, one of several closely related subgroups grouped with the Kadazan and Dusun peoples whose Austronesian ancestors are believed to have settled Borneo's interior highlands roughly 5,000 years ago. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Sungai Dusun

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Malaysia
People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan
Primary Language(s): Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan (dtb)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 62,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG019280
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

41%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan
Language Family: Austronesian

70%
%
Kadazan, Labuk-Kinabatangan Speakers

Media Resources in Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan:

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Bible Resources in Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Sungai Dusun 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 Sungai Dusun:
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 Sungai Dusun of Malaysia

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
readRomans 1:20

As God's creation declares His glory, pray that multitudes who don't know Him will see the works of His hands and desire to know more about the Creator.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray for the gospel to advance and for more people to be brought into God's family through the reconciliation Jesus offers them.

And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness.
readActs 4:29

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and face rejection by unbelievers in their communities, God will give them discernment, boldness, and encouragement to speak His Word.

Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
readPsalm 105:2

Pray for God to saturate this place with the gospel and raise up believing men and women from among them to share the good news of Christ with those who have yet to encounter it.

Sungai Dusun, Kadazan Across Countries (ROP3 - 109607) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Sungai DusunPG019280Sungai DusunMalaysia62,500No Longer UnreachedLabuk-Kinabatangan KadazanRoman Catholicism

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