• PEOPLE NAME: NUKAK MAKÚ OF COLOMBIA

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Amazon

Language: Nukak Makú - (mbr)

Alternate Name(s): Nukak Makuk, Guaviare, Maczsa

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Colombia

Also found in:

Population: 800

Global Population: 800


PEID: 16250

ROP: 114408

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Nukak Makú of Colombia, numbering 800, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Amazon people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Colombia. Their primary language is Nukak Makú. The primary religion practiced by the Nukak Makú is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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