• PEOPLE NAME: KAYGIR OF INDONESIA

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PEID: 22948

ROP: 104786

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Pacific Islanders

People Cluster: New Guinea

Language: Kayagar - (kyt)

Alternate Name(s): Kayagar, Papuan Tribal Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Indonesia

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Population: 14,500

Global Population: 14,500


PEID: 22948

ROP: 104786

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Kaygir of Indonesia, numbering 14,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the New Guinea people cluster within the Pacific Islanders affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Indonesia. Their primary language is Kayagar. The primary religion practiced by the Kaygir is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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