• PEOPLE NAME: JIASOU OF CHINA

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PEID: 22172

ROP: 114124

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Tibetan Peoples

People Cluster: Other Tibeto-Burmese

Language: Sani - (ysn)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: China

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Population: 50,500

Global Population: 50,500


PEID: 22172

ROP: 114124

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Jiasou of China, numbering 50,500, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Other Tibeto-Burmese people cluster within the Tibetan Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in China. Their primary language is Sani. The primary religion practiced by the Jiasou is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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