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Rungus people
Dusun / Momogun / Momogun Rungus
A Rungus fisherman in Kampung Loro Kecil, Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia.
Total population
74 000
Regions with significant populations
Malaysia (Sabah)
Languages
Rungus, Malay
Religion
Christianity (95%), Islam and Animism (5%)
Related ethnic groups
Kadazan-Dusun, Murut, and Lun Bawang/Lundayeh
The Momogun Rungus are an Austronesian ethnic group indigenous to Sabah, Malaysia. They primarily live in northern Sabah especially in Kudat Peninsula, Kota Marudu, Pitas and Beluran. A sub-group of the Kadazan-Dusun, they have a distinct language, dress, architecture, customs, and oral literature from other Dusunic sub-groups. There are around 74,000 Rungus people in the state.
beadwork. Many Rungus now work in town, and have abandoned the communal life of the longhouse for modern Malaysian society. Momogun Rungus has a very antique...
existed today. The Kadazan and Rungus migrated out of Nunuk Ragang through Labuk River. The grouping of Kadazan and Rungus later arrived in Tempasuk, Kota...
Uzao, on the west of Lake Tanganyika in what is now eastern Congo. The people of this land were known as the Azao, led by a Chief Tandwe Lesa. They came...
aspect of Rungus culture. In Kampung Gombizau (Gombizau village), visitors can observe the production of honey and gathering of traditional Rungus herbs,...
languages spoken by the Bisaya and Dusun (including Kadazan and Rungus), and related peoples in the Malaysian province of Sabah on Borneo. The Dusunic languages...
the Rungus with their sundatang, tontog and turuding; suling is mostly played by all the interior ethnic groups of Kadazan-Dusun, Murut, Rungus and Lun...
approximately 6% of Sabah's total population. It is mostly inhabited by the Runguspeople. Kudat is the largest town and main transport hub within the division...
cross-cultural mission to the Runguspeople in Kudat. In 1967, the BCCM took over Dr G Christopher Willis’ mission work among the native people living along the Labuk...
state of Kadazan-Dusun, Murut, Rungus and Lun Bawang/Lundayeh. In Sarawak, the suling is mostly played by men in a Dayak people longhouse. It is also called...
University Malaysia Sabah (2018), the Northern Borneon Dusun (Sonsogon, Rungus, Lingkabau and Murut) are closely related to Taiwan natives (Ami, Atayal)...
village located at Sikuati, Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia. Most of the people belong to the Rungus ethnic group. The village is located about 5 km from the Pekan...
Honegger. In December 1952 the mission work amongst Rungus began with the assembly of 45 Rungus headmen, some BCC members and both missionaries Bienz...
other sub-ethnic languages: Bajau, Bruneian, Murut, Lundayeh/Lun Bawang, Rungus, Bisaya, Iranun, Sama, Suluk and Sungai. There are over 30 native ethnic...
Also note that many respondents acknowledged multiple ancestries. These people were added to the "multiple origin" total for each origin listed. These...
Malay, differing both in its typology and historical origins. The Bacan people are thought to be a Malayic community that migrated from Borneo some centuries...
villagers still on their farms. They arrived with machetes, jembes, and rungus and attacked Mukabi. Despite sustaining deep cuts, Mukabi still managed...
a Malayic language spoken by 300,000 to 500,000 people. It is the native language of the Kutai people (Indonesian: Suku Kutai, Kutai: Urang Kutai)[what...
name of Tanjung Sampang Mangazou comes from the language of the indigenous Rungus, an ethnic group which resides mainly in the district of Kudat. The words...
Halong language is one of the Dayak languages spoken by the Halong Dayak people in the Balangan Regency, South Kalimantan, and in the village of Tanjung...
everywhere. The desperation forced them to ask the locals comprising the Rungus tribes who are the native inhabitants of the place who later explained to...
Forschner (1978) and Antonissen (1958) list two fricatives /v z/ for the Rungus and Penampang Kadazan dialects. [x] is also listed as an allophone of /k/...
Malaysians may also claim a Malaysian identity. The country is home to people of various national, ethnic and religious origins. As a result, many Malaysians...
a slightly sparkling alcoholic drink made from maize. Tinonggilan is a Rungus speciality and is usually served during festive occasions, or as refreshments...
one of several Sabahan languages of Sabah, Malaysia, spoken by the Tidong people. It retains the system of Austronesian alignment that has been lost by Southern...
involving customary rights and practices of the state’s Kadazandusun Murut Rungus (KDMR) community, was considered as the lesser compared to the other two...