• PEOPLE NAME: YAMINAWA OF BRAZIL

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PEID: 17203

ROP: 110961

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Yaminahua - (yaa)

Alternate Name(s): Jaminawá, Jaminawa, Yaminahua, Yamanawa, Iaminawá, Marinawá, Bashonawá, Xixinawá, Jaminawa, Yamináwa, Yawanawá

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Brazil

Also found in: Bolivia; Peru

Population: 1,300

Global Population: 2,150


PEID: 17203

ROP: 110961

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Yaminawa of Brazil, numbering 1,300, 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 2,150 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Yaminahua. The primary religion practiced by the Yaminawa is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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