Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Tekó - (eme)

Alternate Name(s): Mereo, Mereyo, Melejo, Teco, Emereñon, Emerilon

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: French Guiana

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Population: 750

Global Population: 750

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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

Overview: The Emerillon of French Guiana, numbering 750, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in French Guiana. Their primary language is Tekó. The primary religion practiced by the Emerillon is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.

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