Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan

Language: Murut, Bookan - (bnb)

Alternate Name(s): Tingara, Sabah Tribal - Murut

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Malaysia

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Population: 650

Global Population: 650

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical

Overview: The Tungara of Malaysia, numbering 650, 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 Murut, Bookan. The primary religion practiced by the Tungara 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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