Lotud

Lotud people
Dusun Tuaran
Total population
The rehabilitation of a traditional Lotud house in the Heritage Village of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
(11,000^[1])
Regions with significant populations
Malaysia (Sabah)
Languages
Lotud language or standard Dusun language, Malay, English
Religion
Christianity (majority), Animism, Islam
Related ethnic groups
Kadazan-Dusun

The Lotud people are an indigenous ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. They reside mainly in the Tuaran District to as far as Kampung Sukoli, Telipok in the West Coast Division of Sabah. Their population was estimated at 5,000 in the year 1985 but now believed to be more than 20,000. They are a sub-ethnic group of the Dusunic group, now also known as Kadazandusun.

The Dusunic language family is a branch under the Malayo-Polynesian group of Languages, which is a branch of the Austronesian stock of languages (ISO 639-3 dtr). Most of the population has been converted to mostly Catholicism and some to evangelical Christianity, with a dwindling number are still animists. Less than 20 traditional priestesses are still alive, with no prospect of future replacement.

References

↑ "Dusun, Tuaran, Lotud in Malaysia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2015-08-27.

Ethnic groups in Malaysia by region

Malaysians

Nationwide	Malay (list) Chinese (list) Indian (list) Tamil Native Indonesian Banjarese Buginese Javanese Minangkabau

Peninsular Malaysia	Acehnese Cham Jawi Peranakan Kristang people Indian Chitty Penangite Indian Telugu Malaysian Siamese Malays Johorean Malay Kedahan Malay Kelantanese Malay Malaccan Malay Negeri Sembilanese Malay Perakian Malay Penangite Malay Perlisian Malay Pahangite Malay Selangorian Malay Terengganuan Malay Minangkabau Rawa Orang Asli Proto-Malay Temuan Jakun Orang Kanaq Orang Kuala Orang Seletar Orang Laut Semelai Semang Batek Lanoh Jahai Kensiu Kintaq Mos Senoi Semai Mah Meri Cheq Wong Temiar Jah Hut Semaq Beri Peranakan / Baba Nyonya

Sarawak	Bisaya Dayak Bidayuh Bukitan Iban Selako Orang Ulu Kayan Kelabit Kenyah Lun Bawang Penan Punan Ukit Malays Bruneian Malay Kedayan Sarawakian Malay Melanau

Sabah	Bajau Binadan Bisaya Illanun Kadazan-Dusun Dumpas Dusun Ida'an Kadazan Kwijau Lotud Mangka'ak Maragang (Kimaragang) Minokok Orang Sungai Rumanau Rungus Tambanuo Tatana Tobilung Lun Bawang Malays Bruneian Malay Kedayan Cocos Malays Murut Suluk Tagaas Tidong

Foreign ethnicities /expatriates	African Arab Bangladeshi Burmese China/Taiwan Chinese East Timorese Filipino (Zamboangans) India Indian Indonesian Iranian Japanese Jewish (former) Korean Nepali Pakistani Sri Lankan Vietnamese

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