• PEOPLE NAME: DAGODA OF TIMOR-LESTE

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PEID: 23118

ROP: 102370

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Timor

Language: Fataluku - (ddg)

Alternate Name(s): Timor Leste Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Timor-Leste

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Population: 47,500

Global Population: 47,500


PEID: 23118

ROP: 102370

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

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


Overview: The Dagoda of Timor-Leste, numbering 47,500, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Timor people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Timor-Leste. Their primary language is Fataluku. The primary religion practiced by the Dagoda 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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