• PEOPLE NAME: KARITIANA OF BRAZIL

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PEID: 16801

ROP: 101889

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Karitiâna - (ktn)

Alternate Name(s): Yjxa, Karitiana, Caritiana

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Brazil

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Population: 400

Global Population: 400


PEID: 16801

ROP: 101889

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Karitiana of Brazil, numbering 400, 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 Brazil. Their primary language is Karitiâna. The primary religion practiced by the Karitiana is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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