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The Upper Baram Kenyah of Indonesia

The Upper Baram Kenyah of Indonesia, numbering approximately 750 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Kenyah Dayak people who migrated from Balungan in Indonesian Borneo to settle the Baram river basin, tracing their leadership lineage to ancestor Tama Bulan Weng, who established the region's first fort at Long Daloh on the Pata River. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Mainstream Kenyah is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Upper Baram Kenyah

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan
Primary Language(s): Mainstream Kenyah (xkl)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 750
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022619
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

48%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mainstream Kenyah
Language Family: Austronesian

76%
%
Kenyah, Mainstream Speakers

Media Resources in Mainstream Kenyah:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Mainstream Kenyah:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Upper Baram Kenyah 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 Upper Baram Kenyah:
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 Upper Baram Kenyah of Indonesia

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
readJohn 14:6

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will recognize Him as the only way to the Father and follow Him in faith.

"Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool."
readIsaiah 1:18

Pray that God will make a way for the gospel to reach many through means they can understand and access, that they will receive the good news with joy, and that they will experience complete forgiveness and cleansing from their sin that Jesus offers through His sacrifice.

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
read1 Corinthians 9:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hearts that want to serve the lost around them so that many might come to faith in Jesus.

Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"
readIsaiah 40:9

Pray for God to send and sustain believers to go and herald the good news to the lost here.

Kenyah, Upper Baram Across Countries (ROP3 - 104840) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
Upper Baram KenyahPG022619Upper Baram KenyahIndonesia750No Longer UnreachedMainstream KenyahProtestantism

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