• PEOPLE NAME: KWERBA OF INDONESIA


PEID: 22969

ROP: 105536

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Pacific Islanders

People Cluster: New Guinea

Language: Kwerba - (kwe)

Alternate Name(s): Papuan Tribal Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Indonesia

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Population: 3,500

Global Population: 3,500


PEID: 22969

ROP: 105536

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Kwerba of Indonesia, numbering 3,500, 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 Kwerba. The primary religion practiced by the Kwerba is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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