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The Lun Bawang of Indonesia

The Lun Bawang of Indonesia, numbering approximately 26,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Austronesian people of Borneo, more accurately known today as the Lun Bawang. They mostly adhere to Animism and Lundayeh is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan
Primary Language(s): Lundayeh (lnd)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 26,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022614
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

75%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lundayeh
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Lundayeh Speakers

Media Resources in Lundayeh:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Lundayeh:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1982 Bible Society of Malaysia✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Lundayeh bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Lun Bawang 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 Lun Bawang:
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 Lun Bawang of Indonesia

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
readEphesians 2:4-5

Pray that those who have not yet received new life will be made alive together with Christ, saved by grace and raised up with Him to newness of life.

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.
readIsaiah 55:6

Pray that the lost will seek the Lord while He may be found and call upon Him while He is near, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 6:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will lay down all evil desires, dying to sin and living for Him alone.

And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readLuke 10:2

Ask God to send out laborers into His harvest field, raising up believers from around the world to go and proclaim the kingdom of God with those who need to hear it.

Lun Bawang Across Countries (ROP3 - 109497) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Southern MurutPG019277Southern MurutMalaysia32,500No Longer UnreachedLundayehAnimism
Lun BawangPG022614Lun BawangIndonesia26,000No Longer UnreachedLundayehAnimism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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