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Language: Iban

Population of Groups Speaking

770,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Balau	Malaysia	11,000	11,000	●	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	15.00 %	-1 -
Sea Dayak, Iban	Brunei	21,000	759,000	●	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	18.00 %	16.00 %	-1 -
Sea Dayak, Iban	Indonesia	20,000	759,000	●	Christianity	4 ●	55.00 %	4.00 %	-1 -
Sea Dayak, Iban	Malaysia	718,000	759,000	●	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	42.00 %	14.00 %	-1 -
Totals: 4						0 ●			0

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	No reported people groups speaking this as secondary language
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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	iba
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Air Tabun
Banjur
Demam
Iban Sabah
Jaku Iban
Kantu'
Ketungau (Air Tabun)
Maung
Sea Dayak
Sebaru'
Sekapat
Seklau
Sesat
Sigarau

Dialects
Batang Lupar
Bugau
Dau
Desa
Empeyeh
Kantu’
Kantu'k
Ketungau
Kobahan Rondk
Kuching
Lemanak
Menyumbung
Randuk
Seberuang
Senuruk
Sibu
Skrang
Sungkung
Ulu Ai
Undau
Undup

Dialect Alternate Names
Dajak II: Desa
Dajak: Dessa
Dajak: Randuk Ulu
Dayak Unau
Desa: Seberuang
Desa: Seburuang
Desa: Sekubang
Desa: Sekudjam
Dessa
Iban: Desa
Iban: Kantu'
Iban: Ketungau
Iban: Kuching
Iban: Randuk
Iban: Sibu
Kantù
Randuk
Randuk Ulu
Sea Dajak II: Desa
Sea Dajak: Dessa
Sea Dajak: Randuk Ulu

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1864-1968
New Testament	1933-1952
Complete Bible	1988-2011

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Iban
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project)
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Today's Iban Version Bible
Text / Printed Matter	Father's Love Letter
Text / Printed Matter	Online Bible text (Scripture Earth)

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome suggested updates.
A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
The data is sometimes not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
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