The Tambanuo are an indigenous ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. They reside in the Labuk-Sugut, Kota Marudu, and Pitas districts of Kudat Division of Sabah. Their population was estimated at 20,000 in the year 1990. They are considered a sub-group of the Kadazan-Dusun, even through their language (ISO 639-3 txa) belongs to the Paitanic branch of the Austronesian language family and not the Dusunic branch. About 20% of the population has been converted to evangelical Christianity, the remainder are animist. The word indigenous is derived from the latin word indigena, meaning nativ, indigenous, aboriginal, and has several, related meanings: The native people of a place; see the article indigenous people. ... State motto: Sabah Maju Jaya Capital Kota Kinabalu Governor Ahmadshah Abdullah Chief Minister Hj. ... Borneo (including the Kalimantan provinces of Indonesia, Sabah and Sarawak of Malaysia, and Brunei) is the third largest island in the world. ... Kota Marudu is a town in the Kudat Division of Sabah, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. ... One might be looking for peta. ... Kudat Division is an administrative division of Sabah, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ... The Austronesian languages are a family of languages widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. ... Evangelicalism, in a strictly lexical, but rarely used sense, refers to all things that are implied in belief that Jesus is the savior. ... This article is in need of attention. ...