• PEOPLE NAME: TUGUN OF INDONESIA


PEID: 22725

ROP: 110245

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Maluku-Southern

Language: Tugun - (tzn)

Alternate Name(s): Maluku Tribal Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Indonesia

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Population: 1,800

Global Population: 1,800


PEID: 22725

ROP: 110245

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Tugun of Indonesia, numbering 1,800, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Maluku-Southern people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Indonesia. Their primary language is Tugun. The primary religion practiced by the Tugun is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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