• PEOPLE NAME: DENI OF BRAZIL

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PEID: 16819

ROP: 102519

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Dení - (dny)

Alternate Name(s): Madihá (Autonym), Madihá (SELF), Jamamadi, Dani

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Brazil

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Population: 1,500

Global Population: 1,500


PEID: 16819

ROP: 102519

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Deni of Brazil, numbering 1,500, 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 Brazil. Their primary language is Dení. The primary religion practiced by the Deni is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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