Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Terêna - (ter)

Alternate Name(s): Xâne, Kopenoti, Etelena, Têrnoe, Tereno, Txane

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Brazil

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Population: 25,000

Global Population: 25,000

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical

Overview: The Terena of Brazil, numbering 25,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Brazil. Their primary language is Terêna. The primary religion practiced by the Terena is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.

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