• PEOPLE NAME: TANDIA OF INDONESIA


PEID: 23059

ROP: 109811

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Pacific Islanders

People Cluster: New Guinea

Language: Wamesa - (wad)

Alternate Name(s): Papuan Tribal Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Indonesia

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Population: 650

Global Population: 650


PEID: 23059

ROP: 109811

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Tandia of Indonesia, numbering 650, 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 Wamesa. The primary religion practiced by the Tandia is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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