• PEOPLE NAME: ATI NEGRITO OF PHILIPPINES

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PEID: 7623

ROP: 100599

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Filipino, Tribal

Language: Ati - (atk)

Alternate Name(s): Visayan Tribal Sub-cluster, Inati

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Philippines

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Population: 3,600

Global Population: 3,600


PEID: 7623

ROP: 100599

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Ati Negrito of Philippines, numbering 3,600, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Filipino, Tribal people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Philippines. Their primary language is Ati. The primary religion practiced by the Ati Negrito is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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