• PEOPLE NAME: PALIKUR OF FRENCH GUIANA

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Palikúr - (plu)

Alternate Name(s): Paricuria, Parikuriena, Palicur, Païkwené, Parinkur-Iéne, Paliku’ene, Palijur, Aukuyene, Parikurene, Palikour, Palincur, Paricores, Pamiwa, Aukwayene

Primary Religion: Christianity - Evangelical Protestant

Country: French Guiana

Also found in: Brazil

Population: 1,900

Global Population: 3,200


PEID: 16340

ROP: 107787

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Palikur of French Guiana, numbering 1,900, 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 3,200 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Palikúr. The primary religion practiced by the Palikur is Evangelical Protestantism, a worldwide trans-denominational movement within Protestant Christianity that believes the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace alone, solely through faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ.


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