Rumanau people

Rumanau people
Lobu people
Total population
(5,000[1])
Regions with significant populations
 Malaysia
Languages
Rumanau, Malaysian in the Sabah Malay variant.
Related ethnic groups
Kadazan-Dusun, Murut

The Rumanau are an indigenous ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. They are known as the Lobu in the Keningau District near Lanas, and the Rumanau in the Masaum, Mangkawagu, Minusu areas of the Kinabatangan District along the Kinabatangan River, in Sandakan Division. Their population was estimated at 2,800 in the year 1991. They are a sub-group of the Kadazan-Dusun, although their language (ISO 639-3 ruu) belongs to the Paitanic branch of the Austronesian language family.

References

  1. ↑ "Lanas Lobu in Malaysia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
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