Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Mehináku - (mmh)

Alternate Name(s): Meinaku, Meinacu, Mahinaku, Minaco, Mehinako, Meinaco, Mehinaco

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Brazil

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Population: 250

Global Population: 250

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity

Overview: The Mehinaku of Brazil, numbering 250, are Unengaged and 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 Mehináku. The primary religion practiced by the Mehinaku is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.

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