Murut in traditional attire in Mari Mari Cultural Village, Sabah
Total population
112,900 (2020)[1] (Malaysia)
Regions with significant populations
Malaysia Indonesia Brunei
Languages
Murutic languages, Malaysian (those resident in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan), English, Brunei Malay (those living in Temburong district) and Indonesian (those resident in Kalimantan)
Religion
Christianity (82%), Islam (16%), Animism (2%)
Related ethnic groups
Tidung, Dayak, Kadazan-Dusun, Lundayeh, Orang Ulu and other Austronesian peoples
The Murut, alternatively referred to as Tagol/Tahol,[2] constitute an indigenous ethnic community comprising 29 distinct sub-ethnic groups dwelling within the northern inland territories of Borneo. Characterized by their rich cultural diversity, the Murutic languages form a linguistic family encompassing approximately half a dozen closely intertwined Austronesian languages. Murut populations exhibit dispersion in Malaysia's Sabah and the northern part of Sarawak, as well as in the country of Brunei and the Indonesian North Kalimantan Province. Furthermore, the Murut people have close connections with the Tidung, who historically inhabited Borneo's east coast region that underwent processes of Islamization and Malayalization,
^"Taburan Penduduk dan Ciri-ciri asas demografi (Population Distribution and Basic demographic characteristics 2010)" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2015. p. 13 [26/156]
^Keat Gin, Ooi (14 December 2015). Brunei – History, Islam, Society and Contemporary Issues. Routledge. ISBN 9781317659983. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
Malayalization, The literal translation of murut is "hill people".[better source needed] A large percentage of the Murut communities are in the southwest interior...
The Tagol Murut language is spoken by the Tagol (highland) subgroup of the Murutpeople, and serves as the lingua franca of the whole group. It belongs...
Murut may refer to: Murutpeople, an ethnic group of the northern inland regions of Borneo Murutic languages or Murut languages, spoken by those people...
Keningau Murut, or Central Murut, is a language spoken by the Murutpeople of Borneo. Keningau Murut at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...
Paluan is a language spoken by the Murutpeople of Borneo. The principal dialects are Paluan (Peluan) itself and Pandewan. Paluan at Ethnologue (18th ed...
completed and published in 1998. The New Testament in Murut Timugon (Ethnologue: tih) spoken by the Murutpeople of Sabah was published in 1998 by the Bible Society...
speaking Muruts) or Parapat (as in Murut language) or Pelepet / Felepet (by the Lun Bawang / Lundayeh people) is a sword very characteristic of the Murut people...
Sembakung Murut, or Sembakung, and also known as Tinggalan, is one of several Sabahan languages of Borneo spoken by the Tidong people. Sembakung Murut at Ethnologue...
Minahasan People Acehnese people Bantenese Dayak peoples Iban people Lun Bawang/Lundayeh Kadazan Murutpeople Melanau people Cham people Jarai people Filipino...
and Magunatip of the Murutpeople of Borneo. In Northeast India, various bamboo dances like the Cheraw dance from Mizoram people and various other Naga...
(1971). "Report on Anthropological Field Work Among the Lun Bawang (Murut) People of Sarawak" (PDF). Borneo Research Bulletin. 3 (1): 14. Retrieved 2010-09-25...
Ontoros Antanom, also known as Antanum or Antanom (1885-1915) was a Murut warrior from North Borneo who led a rebellion against the North Borneo Chartered...
The Lun Bawang (formerly known as Trusan Murut and Mengalong Murut or Southern Murut) is an ethnic group found in Central Northern Borneo. They are indigenous...
the Murut and Tidung. The Murutic languages are (Lobel 2013): Murut proper Timugon Murut and Tagol MurutMurut dialects Keningau Murut, Beaufort Murut (Binta’)...
people Murutpeople Ngaju people or Dayak Ot Danum people, divides into four sub-ethnic groups: Ma'anyan people Lawangan people Dusun people Ngaju people, divides...
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Nuatim. It aims to represent the interests of the Kadazan-Dusun and Murutpeople. The KDM is currently aligned to the government as a partner, providing...
collectively under 'Others', such as Indian, Eurasian, Kedayan, Javanese, Bugis, Murut and many more. Below are distribution of ethnic groups in Sarawak by state...
the total population. Malaysia's population comprises many ethnic groups. People of Austronesian origin make up the majority of the population, and are known...
Dusun people. The town of Tambunan is considered to be a major centre of Dusun culture, while Tenom is the largest town in the heartland of the Murut people...
Dusun Kuyau, while the Murut is Nabai or Murut Keningau. Both these sub-Dusun families and the Murutpeople also represent the image of Keningau as a...
Serudung Murut, or Serudung, is a Sabahan language spoken by members of the Tidong ethnic group in Kalabakan District, Sabah, Malaysia. Serudung Murut at Ethnologue...
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