• PEOPLE NAME: ACRE YAMINAHUA OF BOLIVIA

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PEID: 17381

ROP: 110961

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Yaminahua - (yaa)

Alternate Name(s): Yamanawa, Jaminawa, Yaminawa

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Bolivia

Also found in: Brazil; Peru

Population: 250

Global Population: 2,150


PEID: 17381

ROP: 110961

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Acre Yaminahua of Bolivia, numbering 250, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 2,150 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Yaminahua. The primary religion practiced by the Acre Yaminahua is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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