• PEOPLE NAME: SOUTHWEST PALAWANO OF PHILIPPINES

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PEID: 7776

ROP: 109522

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Filipino, Tribal

Language: Southwest Palawano - (plv)

Alternate Name(s): Visayan Tribal Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Philippines

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Population: 15,500

Global Population: 15,500


PEID: 7776

ROP: 109522

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Southwest Palawano of Philippines, numbering 15,500, 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 Southwest Palawano. The primary religion practiced by the Southwest 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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