• PEOPLE NAME: LANGAM OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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By Lonnie Knieval

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PEID: 10121

ROP: 105633

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Pacific Islanders

People Cluster: New Guinea

Language: Tok Pisin - (tpi)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Papua New Guinea

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Population: 850

Global Population: 850


PEID: 10121

ROP: 105633

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Langam of Papua New Guinea, numbering 850, 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 Papua New Guinea. Their primary language is Tok Pisin. The primary religion practiced by the Langam is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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