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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Klias River Kadazan of Malaysia

The Klias River Kadazan of Malaysia, numbering approximately 2,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Malaysia. They mostly adhere to Animism and Klias River Kadazan is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Klias River Kadazan

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Malaysia
People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan
Primary Language(s): Klias River Kadazan (kqt)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 2,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG009270
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

50%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Klias River Kadazan
Language Family: Austronesian

40%
%
Kadazan, Klias River Speakers

Media Resources in Klias River Kadazan:

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Bible Resources in Klias River Kadazan:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Klias River Kadazan 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 Klias River Kadazan:
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 Klias River Kadazan of Malaysia

Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life"
readJohn 4:13-14

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will drink of the living water that only Christ can provide and never thirst again.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
readHebrews 4:12

Pray for God's Word to be accessible to everyone in this people group in a way they will resonate with so that many will engage with it, receive it, and share it with others.

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
readPsalm 32:7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that God is their hiding place and that He will preserve them in the midst of trials.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
readPsalm 139:14

Praise God for His creativity and power, and pray that He will raise up men and women from among them who are in awe of all He has done and want to go share the hope of Christ with others.

Klias River Kadazan Across Countries (ROP3 - 105061) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Klias River KadazanPG009270Klias River KadazanMalaysia2,500No Longer UnreachedKlias River KadazanAnimism

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