• PEOPLE NAME: BUNAK OF INDONESIA

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Timor

Language: Bunak - (bfn)

Alternate Name(s): Nusa Tenggara Animist Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Indonesia

Also found in: Timor-Leste

Population: 98,500

Global Population: 169,500


PEID: 22742

ROP: 101744

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Bunak of Indonesia, numbering 98,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Timor people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 169,500 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Bunak. The primary religion practiced by the Bunak is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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