The Lun Bawang (formerly known as Trusan Murut and Mengalong Murut or Southern Murut) is an ethnic group found in Central Northern Borneo.

Lun Bawang or Lundayeh is the language spoken by the Lun Bawangs in northern Borneo. It belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian family. Putoh is an alternate name in North Kalimantan.

Aug 2, 2021 · Lun Bawang is also known as Lundayeh, Buri tau, Lun Daya, Lun Dayah, Lun Daye, Lun Dayeh, Lun Dayoh, Lundaya Putuk or Southern Murut. Dialects include Lun Daye, Papadi and Lun Bawang. Lun Bawang can be written with the Latin alphabet.

The Lun Bawang are found in the rugged country of north-central Borneo. They are relatively physically the same, identifiable by the way they talk and have common interactions with themselves and their economy. In Sarawak, they are found especially in …

Lun Bawang people are one of the orang ulu in Sarawak, Malaysia. 'Orang ulu' which means the "up-river dwellers" mainly living in Central Borneo. 'Orang ulu' are made up of a few tribes namely the Kayan, Kenyah, Kelabit, the Lun Bawang and few other minor tribes in Sarawak.

Known as the Lun Bawang (people of the place) or Lun Dayeh (people of the interior or up­ river), these groups living in the Kelabit-Kerayan highlands of central northeast Borneo speak related languages and share common cultural characteristics such as lati ba (irrigated wet rice

The word Lun Bawang means people of the country or native people. While insisting that they never called themselves Murut, the Lun Bawangs were formerly identified as Murut by the British colonists and by other ethnic groups.

In the Malaysian state of Sarawak, the Lun Bawang (through the term Murut) are officially recognized by the Constitution as native of Sarawak [2] and are categorised under the Orang Ulu people; whilst in the neighbouring state of Sabah and Krayan highland in Kalimantan, they are more commonly known as Lundayeh or Lun Daye.

Lun Bawang people are traditionally agriculturalists and practise animal husbandry such as rearing poultry, pigs, and buffaloes. Lun Bawangs are also known to be hunters and fisherman. Translation of the word "Bawang" as recorded by Spencer St. John in 1862.

Lun Bawang is an indigenous language spoken in Sarawak by roughly 16,000 speakers. The same language is referred to as Lundayeh in Sabah, Malaysia and Kalimantan, Indonesia and Murut in Brunei. The total number of Lun Bawang/Lundayeh speakers is estimated to be 48,000.