Rumanau People

The Rumanau are an indigenous ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. They are known as the Lobu in the Keningau District near Lanas, and the Rumanau in the Masaum, Mangkawagu, Minusu areas of the Kinabatangan District along the Kinabatangan River, in Sandakan Division. Their population was estimated at 2,800 in the year 1991. They are a sub-group of the Kadazan-Dusun, although their language (ISO 639-3 ruu) belongs to the Paitanic branch of the Austronesian language family.

Ethnic groups in Malaysia by region

Nationwide	Malay Chinese Banjarese Bugis Javanese

Peninsular Malaysia	Acehnese Baba Nyonya Chitty Indian Jawi Peranakan Malaccan Portuguese Malaysian Siam Minangkabau Sri Lankans Orang Asli

Sarawak	Bidayuh Bisaya Bruneian Bukitan Iban Kayan Kedayan Kelabit Kenyah Lun Bawang Melanau Penan Punan Selako Ukit

Sabah	Bajau Bisaya Bruneian Dumpas Dusun Ida'an Illanun Kadazan Kedayan Kwijau Lotud Mangka'ak Maragang Minokok Murut Orang Cocos Orang Sungai Rumanau Rungus Tambanuo Tausug/Suluk Tidong

Expatriates	Bangladeshis Filipinos Indonesians Japanese Koreans Nepalis Pakistanis

Sabah

Topics	History Brunei Civil War Battle of North Borneo Sandakan Death Marches Coats of arms Flag

Main ethnic groups	Bajau Bruneian Bisaya Kedayan Kadazan-Dusun Dusun Kadazan Lotud Murut

Other ethnic groups	Dumpas Ida'an Illanun Kwijau Mangka'ak Maragang Minokok Orang Cocos Orang Sungai Rumanau Rungus Tambanuo Tausug/Suluk Tidong

Divisions	Interior Division Kudat Division Sandakan Division Tawau Division West Coast Division

Cities	Kota Kinabalu (capital) Sandakan Tawau

Main towns	Beaufort Beluran Keningau Kinabatangan Kota Belud Kota Marudu Kuala Penyu Kudat Kunak Lahad Datu Nabawan Papar Pitas Penampang Ranau Semporna Sipitang Tambunan Tenom Tongod Tuaran

Other towns	Bingkor Bongawan Donggongon Inanam Kalabakan Kimanis Kinarut Kundasang Membakut Menggatal Pensiangan Putatan Sapulut Sepanggar Sindumin Sook Tamparuli Telipok Telupid Weston

Islands and Reefs	Bai Bait Bakungan Balambangan Bancawan Banggi Batik Kulambu Berhala Big Maliangin Bilang Bilangan Bodgaya Bohayan Boheydulang Bum Bum Creagh Dinawan Gaya Jambongan Kahamkamman Kalapuan Kaniogan Kapalai Lankayan Larapan Libaran Ligitan Mabul Maganting Maiga Majinkil Malawali Malundangan Mamutik Mantanani Manukan Mataking Mata Pahi Menampilek Mengalum Montokud Musa Nunuyan Land Nunuyan Sea Omadal Pagassan Palak Pandanan Pasalat Pom Pom Puno Puno Puru Puru Roach Sabangkat Saddle Sakar Salakan Sand Sapi Sebatik Selangan Selingan Sepanggar Sikarindingan Silawa Small Mataking Sipadan Si Amil Silumpat Small Maliangin Soil Sulug Tabawan Tambisan Tetabuan Tiga Tigabu Timba Timba Timbang Timbun Mata

Bay	Agal Cowie Darvel Kimanis Labuk Marchesa Marudu Padas Paitan Sandakan Sepanggar Schomburgk Tambak

Rivers	Kinabatangan Labuk Liwagu Mulau Padas Papar Pegalan Segama Sugut Atling

Spratly Islands dispute	Ardasier Dallas Erica Investigator Layang Layang Louisa Mariveles

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