• PEOPLE NAME: ACRE YAMINAHUA OF BOLIVIA

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PEID: 17381

ROP: 110961

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Yaminahua - (yaa)

Alternate Name(s): Yamanawa, Jaminawa, Yaminawa

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Bolivia

Also found in: Brazil; Peru

Population: 250

Global Population: 2,150


PEID: 17381

ROP: 110961

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Acre Yaminahua of Bolivia, numbering 250, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 2,150 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Yaminahua. The primary religion practiced by the Acre Yaminahua is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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