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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

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

While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
readLuke 9:42

Pray that those who are living outside of the hope of the gospel will know and trust that Jesus offers freedom from the oppression of sin and hope in eternal life.

Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.
readActs 18:8

Pray that rulers and leaders will access the gospel, respond in faith, and be baptized, uniting with Christ and His Church, and influence others to follow Him.

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.
readMatthew 18:20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be encouraged as they remember that Jesus is with them when they gather in His name.

And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
readMatthew 7:28-29

Pray that God will remind believers that they have His authority as they share His truth with the lost, and pray He will draw crowds of people to this message and plant it deeply in their hearts.

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

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2 people groups

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

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