Dayak Basap
Indigenous people of East Kalimantan, Indonesia
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The Dayak Basap are an indigenous Dayak people of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. They are associated with communities living around the Sangkulirang-Mangkalihat Karst region and speak varieties of the Basap language.[1][2]
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Borneo: | |
 Indonesia (East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan) | n/a |
| Languages | |
| Basap language, Indonesian language | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Kaharingan | |
Before the modern era, the Dayak Basap were often hunter-gatherers or horticulturalists. Their culture, settlement patterns and historical identity are connected with the wider Dayak populations of eastern Borneo.[3]
Population genetics
Genetic studies of related populations from eastern Borneo and Island Southeast Asia indicate a complex ancestry history involving Austronesian-related, Mainland Southeast Asian and Papuan-related components.[4][5]
In one study of Island Southeast Asian populations, a small male sample associated with this population showed several Y-DNA haplogroups, including C*, K*, K2, O1b1a1a1a1a, O1a2 and O2a1b~.[6]
The same study also reported several Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups in a small sample, including B4a, B5a, M20, M71a2, R9b1a1a and E1a.[6]
