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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Lanoh of Malaysia

The Lanoh of Malaysia, numbering approximately 375 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Semang Orang Asli people of Perak's Hulu district calling themselves Menik Semnam after the Semnam River, present in the area over 1,000 years, whose cave shelters preserve century-old rock art depicting hunters alongside horses and elephants. They mostly adhere to Animism and Lanoh is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Malaysia
People Cluster: West Malaysia Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Lanoh (lnh)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 375
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG009279
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

66%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lanoh
Language Family: Austroasiatic

70%
%
Lanoh Speakers

Media Resources in Lanoh:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Lanoh:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Lanoh 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 Lanoh:
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 Lanoh of Malaysia

And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
readExodus 14:22

Pray that the God who split the sea so that the Israelites might pass through would do another great work among these people, softening the hearts of those who remain lost to the good news and saving them from their sins.

Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
readPsalm 34:8

Pray that the gospel will advance and that many will have the opportunity to taste and see the goodness of God and entrust their lives to Him.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
readGalatians 3:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be united in Christ across all differences of ethnicity, social status, and gender.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that the promise in Revelation 7:9-10 will encourage believers from among them or from nearby people groups to share the gospel with people who have never learned it.

Lanoh Across Countries (ROP3 - 105641) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
LanohPG009279LanohMalaysia375No Longer UnreachedLanohAnimism

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