• PEOPLE NAME: REJANG PUNAN OF MALAYSIA

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan

Language: Punan Bah-Biau - (pna)

Alternate Name(s): Bah - Biau, Sarawak Tribal - Baram-Kenyah

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Malaysia

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Population: 1,100

Global Population: 1,100


PEID: 9319

ROP: 108174

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Rejang Punan of Malaysia, numbering 1,100, 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 Punan Bah-Biau. The primary religion practiced by the Rejang Punan is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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