• PEOPLE NAME: SOLORESE OF INDONESIA

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PEID: 22775

ROP: 105608

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Flores-Sumba-Alor

Language: Lamaholot - (slp)

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

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Indonesia

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Population: 36,500

Global Population: 36,500


PEID: 22775

ROP: 105608

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Solorese of Indonesia, numbering 36,500, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Flores-Sumba-Alor people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Indonesia. Their primary language is Lamaholot. The primary religion practiced by the Solorese is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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