Sa'ban people

{{short description|Ethnic group}} {{Infobox ethnic group | group = Sa'ban people<br><small>Sa'baan / Saban</small> | image = | caption = | population = '''approx. 2,700''' | popplace = '''Borneo:''' | region1 = {{flagcountry|Malaysia}} (Sarawak) | pop1 = 1,600 | ref1 = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/14621/MY |title=Sa'ban in Malaysia |publisher=Joshua Project |access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref> | region2 = {{flagcountry|Indonesia}} (East Kalimantan) | pop2 = 1,100 | ref2 = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/14621/ID |title=Sa'ban in Indonesia |publisher=Joshua Project |access-date=2018-02-22}}</ref> | langs = Sa'ban language, Malay language (Sarawakian Malay), Indonesian language | rels = Christianity (predominantly),{{cn|date=April 2025}} Animism | related = Other Apo Duat peoples (Kelabit, Kiput, Berawan, Lun Bawang),<br>Other Orang Ulu peoples }} The '''Sa'ban''' people (also spelled '''Sa'baan''' or '''Saban''') are an indigenous ethnic group native to Sarawak, Malaysia and North Kalimantan, Indonesia. In Malaysia, they are classified as part of the Orang Ulu group.

With fewer than 3,000 people, the Sa'ban are one of the smallest indigenous groups in Malaysia and Indonesia. In recent years, many have migrated to urban areas such as Miri (Malaysia), Malinau and Tarakan (Indonesia) in pursuit of better employment and living conditions. However, some still reside in their ancestral villages, including Long Banga, Long Puak (formerly Long Ballong) and Long Peluan in Sarawak. In North Kalimantan, they are primarily concentrated in Desa Tang Paye, a village located in the hilly region of Krayan Tengah District.<ref name="PDF1715109634">{{Cite journal |last=Clayre |first=Iain F. C. S. |date=1970 |title=Notes on the Sa'ban Language |url=http://www.borneoresearchcouncil.org/BRB%20PDF%20scans/BRB_1970_02_01.pdf |journal=Borneo Research Bulletin |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=9 |access-date=2011-02-20}}</ref><ref name="The Sa’ban of Borneo and Zomia">{{citation|author=Alasdair Clayre |date=2020|title=The Sa’ban of Borneo and Zomia|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348288441_THE_SA'BAN_OF_BORNEO_AND_ZOMIA|work=Universiti Malaysia Sarawak|access-date=2025-02-08}}</ref>

The Sa'ban share close cultural and linguistic ties with the Kelabit people. Dialectometric analysis indicates that the Sa'ban language exhibits a 93%–100% lexical difference from neighboring languages, including Abai, Bulungan, Kenyah, Lundayeh, Tenggalan, Tidung and Punan Pakin.<ref name="Bahasa Saban">{{citation|title=Bahasa Saban|url=https://petabahasa.kemdikbud.go.id/infobahasa2.php?idb=761&idp=Kalimantan%20Utara|language=Indonesian|work=Universiti Malaysia Sarawak|access-date=2025-02-08}}</ref>

==Language== Some simple phrases in Sa'ban: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Phrase ! Pronunciation ! English translation |- | Eek | ''egg'' | I, Me |- | Ceh | | You |- | Mai pah ceh | ''my pah ceh'' | Where are you going |- | Mau | | Yes |- | Am | ''arm'' | No |- | Non | | What |}

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==External links== {{Portal|Malaysia|Indonesia}} *{{Cite web |url=http://www.kelabit.net/kelabits/bario.html |title=Gaziantep Escort, Gaziantep Escort Bayan, Antep Escort |website=kelabit.net |access-date=2019-08-10}} *{{Cite web |url=http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/9302/0085.html |title=archive/nl/9302/0085 |website=nativenet.uthscsa.edu |access-date=2019-08-10}} *{{Cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=snv |title=Sa'ban |website=Ethnologue |access-date=2019-08-10}} *{{Cite web |url=http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=snv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531011404/http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=snv |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 31, 2008 |title=Sa'ban - MultiTree |website=linguistlist.org |access-date=2019-08-10}}

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