 A young Kenyah family in North Kalimantan, pre-1944. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 69,256 (year 2000 - Malaysia and Indonesia)[1] 72,000 (year 2023 - Malaysia and Indonesia ) [2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Borneo: | |
 Malaysia (Sarawak) | 56 600 (2023)[3] |
 Indonesia (East Kalimantan) | 44,000 (2020)[3] |
| Languages | |
| Kenyah languages (Mainstream Kenyah), Sarawak Malay, Standard Malay, English and Indonesian | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Majority 94,27%), Bungan (Folk religion),[4] Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bagai people, Kayan people, Penan people | |
The Kenyah people are an indigenous, Austronesian-speaking people of Borneo, living in interior North and East Kalimantan, Indonesia and Sarawak, Malaysia.
- ^ William W. Bevis (1995). Borneo Log: The Struggle For Sarawak's Forests. University of Washington Press. ISBN 9780295974163.
- ^ Kenyah, Mainstream language resources | Joshua Project
- ^ a b Wil de Jong, Denyse Snelder & Noboru Ishikawa (2012). Transborder Governance of Forests, Rivers and Seas. Routledge. p. 54. ISBN 978-11-365-3809-4.
- ^ Paul C. Y. Chen, ed. (1990). Penans: The Nomads of Sarawak. Pelanduk Publications. p. 35. ISBN 96-797-8310-3.