• PEOPLE NAME: BUKAR SADONG OF MALAYSIA

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan

Language: Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh - (sdo)

Alternate Name(s): Bidayuh, Sarawak Tribal - Bidayuh

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Malaysia

Also found in: Indonesia

Population: 70,000

Global Population: 81,000


PEID: 9221

ROP: 101715

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Bukar Sadong of Malaysia, numbering 70,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Borneo-Kalimantan people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 81,000 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh. The primary religion practiced by the Bukar Sadong is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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