• PEOPLE NAME: TERENA OF BRAZIL

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Terêna - (ter)

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

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Brazil

Also found in:

Population: 25,000

Global Population: 25,000


PEID: 17127

ROP: 109964

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-Caribbean Americans 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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