• PEOPLE NAME: NALUO OF CHINA

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PEID: 7323

ROP: 114240

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Tibetan Peoples

People Cluster: Other Tibeto-Burmese

Language: Nuosu - (iii)

Alternate Name(s): Alu; Gan Yi, Gan Yi, Alu

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: China

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Population: 62,000

Global Population: 62,000


PEID: 7323

ROP: 114240

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Naluo of China, numbering 62,000, are No Longer 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 Nuosu. The primary religion practiced by the Naluo is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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