• PEOPLE NAME: BUTBUT KALINGA OF PHILIPPINES

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PEID: 7647

ROP: 101809

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Filipino Tribal

Language: Kalinga, Butbut - (kyb)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Philippines

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Population: 19,000

Global Population: 19,000


PEID: 7647

ROP: 101809

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Butbut Kalinga of Philippines, numbering 19,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Filipino Tribal people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Philippines. Their primary language is Kalinga, Butbut. The primary religion practiced by the Butbut Kalinga 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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