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Batek |
Bidayuh |
Bugis |
Chewong |
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Jahai |
Jah Hut |
Jakun |
Kadazan
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Kedayan |
Kensiu |
Lanoh |
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Temuan |
| Kedayan
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| Indigenous Group |
Kedayan (Also
Known as Kedyan, Kadayan,Kadien) |
| Location |
Malaysia,
Brunei, Labuan, Sabah and parts of Sarawak on Borneo Island |
| Estimated Population |
54,000
(Retrieved 2005, Ethnologue.com) |
| Environment |
Tropical
Island |
| Lifestyle |
Fairly
Traditional |
| Subsistence |
Farming /
Fishing |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly
Traditional |
| Language Family |
Brunei
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayic,
Malayan, Local Malay.
Alternative Names: Brunei-Kadaian, Orang Bukit
Dialects: Brunei, Kadaian (Kadayan, Kadian, Kadien,
Kadyan, Karayan, Kedyan, Kedayan, Kedien, Kerayan). |
| Website URLs |
Kedayan
Brunei: The
Abode of Peace
History
of Labuan
Ethnologue
report of language code: KXD
Wikipedia: Kedayan
Joshua Project –
Peoples by Country Profiles
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| NGOs |
Kadazandusun
cultural association
Kedayan Association of
Sabah
Sahabat Alam Malaysia
(SAM)
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