• PEOPLE NAME: YANOMAMO OF VENEZUELA

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PEID: 16508

ROP: 110975

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: Amazon

Language: Yanomamö - (guu)

Alternate Name(s): Yanomam, YanmomamoÚ, Guaica, Guajaribo, Guaharibo, Yanomami-Surimã, Shamatari, Shamatri, Yanomami, Shaathari, Yanomamï, Guaicá, Yanomamo, Yanomamo, Cobari Kobali

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Venezuela

Also found in: Brazil

Population: 8,200

Global Population: 10,400


PEID: 16508

ROP: 110975

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Yanomamo of Venezuela, numbering 8,200, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Amazon people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 10,400 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Yanomamö. The primary religion practiced by the Yanomamo is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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