• PEOPLE NAME: BIATAH OF MALAYSIA

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan

Language: Biatah Bidayuh - (bth)

Alternate Name(s): Siburan, Bideyu, Sarawak Tribal - Bidayuh

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Malaysia

Also found in: Indonesia

Population: 89,000

Global Population: 100,000


PEID: 9211

ROP: 101411

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Biatah of Malaysia, numbering 89,000, 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 Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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