• PEOPLE NAME: DEAF CABO VERDEANS OF CABO VERDE

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PEID: 47050

ROP: 116673

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Affinity Group: Deaf Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Deaf Peoples

People Cluster: Deaf

Language: Cape Verdian Sign Language - (qcv)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Cabo Verde

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Population: 3,000

Global Population: 3,000


PEID: 47050

ROP: 116673

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources


Overview: The Deaf Cabo Verdeans of Cabo Verde, numbering 3,000, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Deaf people cluster within the Deaf Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Cabo Verde. Their primary language is Cape Verdian Sign Language. The primary religion practiced by the Deaf Cabo Verdeans is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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