• PEOPLE NAME: JAMAMADI OF BRAZIL

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PEID: 16891

ROP: 104170

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: Amazon

Language: Jamamadí - (jaa)

Alternate Name(s): Kaiamadi, Yamamadi, K-Jamamadi, Canamanti, Kanamanti, Jurua, Yamamadí

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Brazil

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Population: 900

Global Population: 900


PEID: 16891

ROP: 104170

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Jamamadi of Brazil, numbering 900, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Amazon people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Brazil. Their primary language is Jamamadí. The primary religion practiced by the Jamamadi is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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