• PEOPLE NAME: TIWI OF AUSTRALIA

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PEID: 8073

ROP: 110090

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Pacific Islanders

People Cluster: Aboriginal Australians

Language: Tiwi - (tiw)

Alternate Name(s): Aborigine Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Australia

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Population: 4,600

Global Population: 4,600


PEID: 8073

ROP: 110090

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Tiwi of Australia, numbering 4,600, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Aboriginal Australians people cluster within the Pacific Islanders affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Australia. Their primary language is Tiwi. The primary religion practiced by the Tiwi 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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