. ▁The ▁Sak ud de i ▁live ▁in ▁south - central ▁Si ber ut ▁in ▁an ▁eg al itar ian ▁society , ▁cut ▁off ▁from ▁the ▁outside ▁world . ▁They ▁speak ▁a ▁dialect ▁of ▁the ▁Mal ay o - Pol yn esian ▁M ent aw ai ▁language . ▁ ▁Their ▁society ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁class less , ▁eg al itar ian , ▁without ▁leadership ▁and ▁war fare ▁and ▁with ▁equality ▁among ▁men ▁and ▁women . ▁They ▁are ▁described ▁as ▁living ▁in ▁peace ful ▁harm ony ▁with ▁their ▁environment ▁and ▁with ▁other ▁groups . ▁According ▁to ▁Bak ker ▁( 2 0 0 7 ), ▁the ▁Sak ud de i ▁have ▁commonly ▁avoided ▁modern ization ▁campaign s ▁by ▁retre ating ▁into ▁Si ber ut ' s ▁interior . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Through ▁known ▁history , ▁since ▁the ▁mission aries ▁started ▁conversion ▁of ▁ind igen ous ▁people ▁into ▁Christian ity , ▁the ▁eth n ographic ▁profile ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁Si ber ut ▁has ▁been ▁closely ▁observed ▁by ▁many ▁anth rop olog ists . ▁The ▁earliest ▁record ▁of ▁the ▁island ▁people ▁is ▁by ▁Sir ▁Thomas ▁R aff les , ▁who ▁after ▁visit ing ▁the ▁island ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 1 , ▁commented ▁“ I ▁made ▁further ▁discover ies ▁in ▁these ▁Islands , ▁where ▁I ▁found ▁a ▁population ▁more ▁lik able ▁still ▁and , ▁if ▁possible , ▁still ▁more ▁ing enu ous . ▁If ▁I ▁continue ▁in ▁this ▁direction , ▁I ▁may ▁expect ▁somewhere ▁to ▁find ▁the ▁" G arden ▁of ▁E den ", ▁and