• PEOPLE NAME: CENTRAL PALAWANO OF PHILIPPINES

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By Norm Rice

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PEID: 7656

ROP: 101926

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Filipino, Tribal

Language: Central Palawano - (plc)

Alternate Name(s): Visayan Tribal Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Philippines

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Population: 56,500

Global Population: 56,500


PEID: 7656

ROP: 101926

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Central Palawano of Philippines, numbering 56,500, 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 Central Palawano. The primary religion practiced by the Central Palawano is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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