Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Maluku-Central

Language: Laba - (lau)

Alternate Name(s): Maluku Tribal Sub-cluster, South Loloda

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Indonesia

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Population: 3,000

Global Population: 3,000

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical

Overview: The Laba of Indonesia, numbering 3,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Maluku-Central people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Indonesia. Their primary language is Laba. The primary religion practiced by the Laba is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.

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