• PEOPLE NAME: NAPU OF INDONESIA


PEID: 22849

ROP: 107083

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Toraja of Sulawesi

Language: Napu - (npy)

Alternate Name(s): Sulawesi Tribal Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Indonesia

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Population: 8,200

Global Population: 8,200


PEID: 22849

ROP: 107083

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Napu of Indonesia, numbering 8,200, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Toraja of Sulawesi people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Indonesia. Their primary language is Napu. The primary religion practiced by the Napu is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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