• PEOPLE NAME: MODANG OF INDONESIA

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PEID: 22585

ROP: 106698

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan

Language: Modang - (mxd)

Alternate Name(s): Kalimantan Tribal Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Indonesia

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Population: 27,500

Global Population: 27,500


PEID: 22585

ROP: 106698

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Modang of Indonesia, numbering 27,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Borneo-Kalimantan people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Indonesia. Their primary language is Modang. The primary religion practiced by the Modang is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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