• PEOPLE NAME: BIATAH OF INDONESIA

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan

Language: Biatah Bidayuh - (bth)

Alternate Name(s): Kalimantan Tribal Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Indonesia

Also found in: Malaysia

Population: 11,000

Global Population: 100,000


PEID: 22555

ROP: 101411

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Biatah of Indonesia, numbering 11,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Borneo-Kalimantan people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 100,000 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Biatah Bidayuh. The primary religion practiced by the Biatah is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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