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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Lanas Lobu of Malaysia

The Lanas Lobu of Malaysia, numbering approximately 6,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a small Paitanic-speaking community of Lanas village in Sabah, Borneo, who self-identify as Dusun despite speaking a language distinct from the core Dusunic branch They are an Indigenous people, with Lanas Lobu as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Borneo-Kalimantan people cluster of the Malay Peoples. They mostly adhere to Animism and Lanas Lobu is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Lanas Lobu

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Malaysia
People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan
Primary Language(s): Lanas Lobu (ruu)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 6,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG009276
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

80%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lanas Lobu
Language Family: Austronesian

70%
%
Lobu, Lanas Speakers

Media Resources in Lanas Lobu:

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Bible Resources in Lanas Lobu:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Lanas Lobu 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 Lanas Lobu:
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 Lanas Lobu of Malaysia

"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
readJohn 8:32

Pray for those who live enslaved to sin to hear and receive the truth of the gospel and be set free.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."
readIsaiah 52:7

Pray that those who don't know the good news of peace and salvation through Jesus Christ will have an opportunity to receive it. Pray that it will bring hope and healing to their souls.

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
read2 Corinthians 9:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the principle of sowing and reaping, and be generous in their giving and serving, knowing that they will reap a generous harvest.

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
read2 Corinthians 5:20

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will be His ambassadors, faithfully imploring people on Christ's behalf to be reconciled to God through Jesus.

Lanas Lobu Across Countries (ROP3 - 105627) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Lanas LobuPG009276Lanas LobuMalaysia6,100No Longer UnreachedLanas LobuAnimism

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