• PEOPLE NAME: ATONI OF TIMOR-LESTE

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PEID: 48873

ROP: 115041

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Timor

Language: Baikeno - (bkx)

Alternate Name(s): Dawan, Atoin Meto

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Timor-Leste

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Population: 91,000

Global Population: 91,000


PEID: 48873

ROP: 115041

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

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


Overview: The Atoni of Timor-Leste, numbering 91,000, are Unengaged and 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 Baikeno. The primary religion practiced by the Atoni 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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