Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: East Asian Peoples

People Cluster: Chinese

Language: Malay - (zlm)

Alternate Name(s): Peranakan Sub-cluster, Straits Chinese

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Chinese Folk Religion

Country: Malaysia

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Population: 5,000

Global Population: 5,000

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical

Overview: The Peranakan of Malaysia, numbering 5,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Chinese people cluster within the East Asian Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Malaysia. Their primary language is Malay. The primary religion practiced by the Peranakan is Chinese folk religion, a complex mix of beliefs and practices that includes elements of Buddhism, Taoism and ancestor veneration.

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