• PEOPLE NAME: RUNGUS DUSUN OF MALAYSIA

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PEID: 9320

ROP: 108445

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan

Language: Rungus - (drg)

Alternate Name(s): Kadazan, Momogun, Sabah Tribal - Kadazan

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Malaysia

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Population: 66,000

Global Population: 66,000


PEID: 9320

ROP: 108445

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Rungus Dusun of Malaysia, numbering 66,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Borneo-Kalimantan people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Malaysia. Their primary language is Rungus. The primary religion practiced by the Rungus Dusun is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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