Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: Guarani

Language: Spanish, Charapa - (spq)

Alternate Name(s): Cocama, Kokama

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Peru

Also found in: Brazil; Colombia

Population: 11,500

Global Population: 23,300

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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

Overview: The Kokama of Peru, numbering 11,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Guarani people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 23,300 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Spanish, Charapa. The primary religion practiced by the Kokama is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.

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