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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Taman Dayak of Indonesia

The Taman Dayak of Indonesia, numbering approximately 38,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are native to Indonesia (Kalimantan), west Kalimantan province: Kapuas Hulu regency, Kapuas River, upriver from Putussibau. They mostly adhere to Animism and Taman (Indonesia) is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan
Primary Language(s): Taman (Indonesia) (tmn)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 38,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022615
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

89%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Taman (Indonesia)
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Taman (Indonesia) Speakers

Media Resources in Taman (Indonesia):

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Bible Resources in Taman (Indonesia):

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Taman Dayak 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 Taman Dayak:
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 Taman Dayak of Indonesia

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God".
readRomans 3:10-11

Pray that God will have mercy on those living in broken relationship with Him, and that He will bring many to surrender and repentance at the throne of grace.

“I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that was not called by my name."
readIsaiah 65:1

Pray that the lost will be found by God, even when they are not seeking Him. Pray that He will reveal Himself to them in a way they cannot ignore and that they will respond in faith.

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
readRomans 10:13

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and sometimes have doubts, God will help them remember and trust the power of Jesus to save them from their sins.

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

Dayak, Taman Across Countries (ROP3 - 115074) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Taman DayakPG022615Taman DayakIndonesia38,000No Longer UnreachedTaman (Indonesia)Animism

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