• PEOPLE NAME: SOUTHERN KOTA MARUDU OF MALAYSIA

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan

Language: Kadazan Dusun - (dtp)

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

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Malaysia

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Population: 2,700

Global Population: 2,700


PEID: 19276

ROP: 109487

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Southern Kota Marudu of Malaysia, numbering 2,700, 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 Kadazan Dusun. The primary religion practiced by the Southern Kota Marudu is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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