Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Tekó - (eme)

Alternate Name(s): Mereo, Mereyo, Melejo, Teco, Emereñon, Emerilon

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: French Guiana

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Population: 700

Global Population: 700

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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

Overview: The Emerillon of French Guiana, numbering 700, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in French Guiana. Their primary language is Tekó. The primary religion practiced by the Emerillon is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.

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