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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kinabatangan Sungai of Malaysia

The Kinabatangan Sungai of Malaysia, numbering approximately 18,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a people of Malaysia (Sabah). They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Malaysia
People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan
Primary Language(s): Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan (dtb)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 18,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG019338

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

80%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan
Language Family: Austronesian

90%
%
Kadazan, Labuk-Kinabatangan Speakers

Media Resources in Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kinabatangan Sungai 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 Kinabatangan Sungai:
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 Kinabatangan Sungai of Malaysia

The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
readPsalm 9:9-10

Pray that God will help those who are oppressed and without hope to hear the good news of Jesus and trust in Him, for He has never forsaken those who seek Him.

And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
readZechariah 2:11

Pray that many will take refuge in the Lord and be His people who share the good news of salvation in Jesus with others.

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples."
readJohn 8:31

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Christ daily, depending on Him for every need.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

Kinabatangan Sungai Across Countries (ROP3 - 105012) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Kinabatangan SungaiPG019338Kinabatangan SungaiMalaysia18,000No Longer UnreachedLabuk-Kinabatangan KadazanSunni Islam

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