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The Bukar Sadong of Malaysia

The Bukar Sadong of Malaysia, numbering approximately 72,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Bidayuh subgroup of southwestern Sarawak whose homeland centers on the Serian and Sadong regions and whose identity is rooted in the broader Dayak cultural tradition of Borneo. They mostly adhere to Animism and Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Bukar Sadong

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Malaysia
People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan
Primary Language(s): Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh (sdo)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 72,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG009221
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

50%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh
Language Family: Austronesian

66%
%
Bidayuh Serian Speakers

Media Resources in Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh:

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Bible Resources in Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Bukar Sadong 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 Bukar Sadong:
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 Bukar Sadong of Malaysia

Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
readLuke 12:7

Pray that those who don't yet know how to trust in Jesus will not be consumed by worry and anxiety, but will trust in the Father's care and provision for their daily needs and for their eternal salvation

...And that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
readLuke 24:47

Pray that the message of repentance and forgiveness through Jesus will reach everyone.

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
read2 Corinthians 12:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will grow in the spiritual gifts God has given them and use these gifts to glorify Him and build up the Church.

For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
read2 Corinthians 1:5

When any who might believe suffer for the sake of the gospel, ask God to deepen their understanding of His grace so that they may share it freely with those who have not received it.

Bukar Sadong Across Countries (ROP3 - 101715) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Bukar SadongPG009221Bukar SadongMalaysia72,500No Longer UnreachedBukar-Sadung BidayuhAnimism
Bukar SadongPG022557Bukar SadongIndonesia11,500No Longer UnreachedBukar-Sadung BidayuhAnimism

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