Tambanuo

Tambanuo

The Tambanuo are an indigenous ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. They reside in the Labuk-Sugut, Kota Marudu, and Pitas districts of Kudat Division of Sabah. Their population was estimated at 20,000 in the year 1990. They are considered a sub-group of the Kadazan-Dusun, even through their language (ISO 639-3 txa) belongs to the Paitanic branch of the Austronesian language family and not the Dusunic branch. About 20% of the population has been converted to evangelical Christianity, the remainder are animist.


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