• PEOPLE NAME: TICUNA OF BRAZIL

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PEID: 17129

ROP: 110039

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Ticuna - (tca)

Alternate Name(s): Magua, Tukuna, Magüta, Maguta, Tikuna, Tukúna, Tucuna, Magüta (Autonym), Magüta (SELF), Tikuna

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Brazil

Also found in: Colombia; Peru

Population: 50,000

Global Population: 64,400


PEID: 17129

ROP: 110039

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Ticuna of Brazil, numbering 50,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 64,400 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Ticuna. The primary religion practiced by the Ticuna is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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