Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Tsimané - (cas)

Alternate Name(s): Chimane, Mosetén

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Bolivia

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Population: 9,200

Global Population: 9,200

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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

Overview: The Tsimane of Bolivia, numbering 9,200, 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 Bolivia. Their primary language is Tsimané. The primary religion practiced by the Tsimane is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.

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