• PEOPLE NAME: DEAF PUERTO RICANS OF PUERTO RICO

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PEID: 50290

ROP: 119667

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Affinity Group: Deaf Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Deaf Peoples

People Cluster: Deaf

Language: Puerto Rican Sign Language - (psl)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Puerto Rico

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Population: 27,500

Global Population: 27,500


PEID: 50290

ROP: 119667

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

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


Overview: The Deaf Puerto Ricans of Puerto Rico, numbering 27,500, 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 Puerto Rico. Their primary language is Puerto Rican Sign Language. The primary religion practiced by the Deaf Puerto Ricans 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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