• PEOPLE NAME: BUN OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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PEID: 9826

ROP: 101739

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Pacific Islander Peoples

People Cluster: New Guinea

Language: Bun - (buv)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Papua New Guinea

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Population: 1,000

Global Population: 1,000


PEID: 9826

ROP: 101739

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Bun of Papua New Guinea, numbering 1,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the New Guinea people cluster within the Pacific Islander Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Papua New Guinea. Their primary language is Bun. The primary religion practiced by the Bun is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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