• PEOPLE NAME: KANAMARI OF BRAZIL

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Kanamarí - (knm)

Alternate Name(s): Tsunhuam Djapa, Txunhuân Djapá, Tukún Djapá, Tucano, Tukana, Tukano, Tsohom-dyapa, Tukano Djapá, Txunhuã-Djapá, Canamarí, Kanamaré, Tshohom Djapa, Canamari, Tukaná, Kanamaré, Txunhuã Dyapá, Tshom-Djapa

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Brazil

Also found in:

Population: 3,600

Global Population: 3,600


PEID: 16941

ROP: 104554

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Kanamari of Brazil, numbering 3,600, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Brazil. Their primary language is Kanamarí. The primary religion practiced by the Kanamari is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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