• PEOPLE NAME: TSIMANE OF BOLIVIA

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By Andres Alem

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PEID: 17430

ROP: 110214

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Tsimané - (cas)

Alternate Name(s): Chimane, Mosetén

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Bolivia

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Population: 9,000

Global Population: 9,000


PEID: 17430

ROP: 110214

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Tsimane of Bolivia, numbering 9,000, 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 Bolivia. Their primary language is Tsimané. The primary religion practiced by the Tsimane is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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