• PEOPLE NAME: SOUTHERN HUANCAYO QUECHUA OF PERU

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Quechua

Language: Huaylla Wanca Quechua - (qvw)

Alternate Name(s): Huanca Huaylla Quechua, Huaylla Wanca Quechua

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Peru

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Population: 250,000

Global Population: 250,000


PEID: 17594

ROP: 109482

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Southern Huancayo Quechua of Peru, numbering 250,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Quechua people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Peru. Their primary language is Huaylla Wanca Quechua. The primary religion practiced by the Southern Huancayo Quechua is folk Catholicism, characterized by local expressions of faith that combine Catholic traditions with local animistic rituals, resulting in syncretized forms of Catholicism that diverge from official church doctrine and practice.


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