• PEOPLE NAME: CHRU OF VIETNAM

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Southeast Asian Peoples

People Cluster: Cham

Language: Chru - (cje)

Alternate Name(s): Churu, Nam Dao Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Vietnam

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Population: 19,500

Global Population: 19,500


PEID: 11123

ROP: 102202

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Chru of Vietnam, numbering 19,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Cham people cluster within the Southeast Asian Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Vietnam. Their primary language is Chru. The primary religion practiced by the Chru is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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