Tidung people
A traditional Tidung house, baloy from North Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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| Total population | |
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| 76,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
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 Malaysia28,515 (Sabah) |
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| Languages | |
| Tidong languages (Nonukan Tidong language, Sesayap Tidong language), also Indonesian/Malaysian | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Banjarese, Bulungan, Kutai, Murut, Paser |
Indonesia
27,000 (North Kalimantan)
The Tidung, Tidong or Tidung Malays (Dutch: Tidoeng, Jawi: تيدوڠ) is a native group originating from northeastern part of Borneo and surrounding small islands. They lived on both sides of the border of Malaysia and Indonesia.
Tidung speak Tidong language, a Bornean language. The Tidong are mostly farmers practising slash-and-burn agriculture. Some are ocean fishermen. They grow sweet potatoes, cassava, lentils, fruits, and vegetables. Their farming methods are often accused of being the main cause of forest fires in Kalimantan.
The rise of the Muslim Tidung Sultanate molded the ethnogenesis identity of the Tidung people. The Tidungs are muslim with a Malaylised culture and categorised as a part of coastal Bornean Malay (Tidung language: Melayu Kalimantan) sub-groups together with the Banjarese, Bulungan, Kutai and Paser.
The term tidung in Tarakan language of the Tidung people literally means "hill" or "hill people". As with many other tribes of the Malay Archipelago, the term tidung is a collective term used to describe many closely related indigenous groups. The different groups of Tidung people describe themselves in all cases as Tidung people, however, they are summarized by modern ethnology as a common people group due to similarities in cultural and religious traditions.
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