Selako people

Selako people
Salako / Silakau / Selakau / Bidayuh Selako / Kata Diri' / Damea
Total population
	208,100
Regions with significant populations
	Borneo:
Indonesia (West Kalimantan)	138,100
Malaysia (Sarawak)	70,000
Languages
	Selako, Indonesian, Malaysian
Religion
	Christianity, Kaharingan
Related ethnic groups
	Bidayuh, Dayak Mualang, Kendayan, Iban

Selako, also known as Salako, Silakau, Selakau, Selako Dayaks, Bidayuh Selako, Kata Diri' or Damea is an indigenous Dayak ethnic group that lives in the westernmost part of Borneo island. In Indonesia, they are found in districts such as Tujuhbelas, Samalantan, Paloh, Tebas, Telukkeramat and Sejangkung of Sambas Regency, and Bengkayang Regency, West Kalimantan.^[3] While in Malaysia, most Selakos are settled in areas such as Sematan settlement in Lundu, Sarawak. They are classified as part of the Bidayuh tribe linguistically and geographically.^[4] They speak Selako language (also known as Kendayan, not to be confused with Kedayan), which is a branch of Malayic (especially Malayic Dayak) languages instead of Bornean or Land Dayak like most Dayaks, besides Selako they also speak Malaysian and Sarawak Malay in Malaysia and Indonesian in Indonesia. Many Selakos are Christians, they are mostly Anglicans, Bornean Evangelicals and Roman Catholics following missionary work in the 19th century.^[5]

References[]

^ "The Selako Dayak of Indonesia".
^ Agnes Tugong (3 June 2011). "Masyarakat Selako sambut Gawai cara tersendiri" (in Malay). The Borneo Post. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
^ Darrell T. Tryon (1995). Comparative Austronesian Dictionary: An Introduction to Austronesian Studies. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-1108-8401-1.
^ Clare L. Boulanger (2009). A Sleeping Tiger: Ethnicity, Class, and New Dayak Dreams in Urban Sarawak. University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-7618-4376-4.
^ Blossom Meghan Jessalyn (2011). Selako. Sess Press. ISBN 978-613-852-3277.

External links[]

Anglican prayer book for Selako users

[1] "The Selako Dayak of Indonesia".

[2] Agnes Tugong (3 June 2011). "Masyarakat Selako sambut Gawai cara tersendiri" (in Malay). The Borneo Post. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

[3] Darrell T. Tryon (1995). Comparative Austronesian Dictionary: An Introduction to Austronesian Studies. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-1108-8401-1.

[4] Clare L. Boulanger (2009). A Sleeping Tiger: Ethnicity, Class, and New Dayak Dreams in Urban Sarawak. University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-7618-4376-4.

[5] Blossom Meghan Jessalyn (2011). Selako. Sess Press. ISBN 978-613-852-3277.

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v t Ethnic groups in Indonesia by region
Indonesians
Sumatra	Acehnese Batak Angkola Karo Mandailing Pakpak Simalungun Toba Alas Kluet Singkil Enggano Gayo Orang Rimba Lampung Lubu Malay Batin Deli Palembang Mante Mentawai (Sakuddei) Minangkabau Aneuk Jamee Sakai Nias Rejang Orang Laut Orang Kuala Simeulue
Java	Betawi Cirebonese Javanese Banyumasan Osing Tenggerese Kangeanese Madurese Sundanese Baduy Bantenese
Kalimantan	Banjar Dayak Apo Duat Kelabit Lun Bawang Sa'ban Apo Kayan Bahau Kayan Kenyah Lebbo' Uma Baka' Bidayuh Kendayan Selako Iban Mualang Murut Tidung Ot Danum Lawangan Ma'anyan Ngaju Bakumpai Meratus Punan Bah Bukitan Krio Malay Berau Moro Orang Laut Bajau Suluk
Sulawesi	Buginese Bungku Butonese Bonerate Gorontaloan Lindu Makassar Mandarese Minahasan Mongondow Muna Pamona Sangirese Tau Taa Wana Torajan
Papua	Melanesian Papuan Abun Asmat Bauzi Dani Fayu Kombai Korowai Koteka Amungme Ekari Lani Moni Yali Marind Mek Sawi Wolani
Lesser Sunda Islands	Abui Atoni Bali Aga Balinese Bimanese Bunak Helong Kemak Lamaholot Malay Loloan Manggarai Nage Rotenese Sasak Savu Sika Sumba Sumbawa
Maluku Islands	Moluccan Alfur Alune Manusela Nuaulu Ambelau Ambonese Buru Kayeli Lisela Tobelo Togutil Wemale
Non-indigenous	African Black Dutchmen Arab Armenian Chindian Chinese Benteng Bangka Belitung Chinese Peranakan Eurasian Indo Portuguese Filipino Indian Klingalese Tamil Japanese Jewish Korean Mardijker Pakistani Totok

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