Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Yanesha’ - (ame)

Alternate Name(s): Yanesha

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Peru

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Population: 7,500

Global Population: 7,500

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical

Overview: The Amuesha of Peru, numbering 7,500, 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 Peru. Their primary language is Yanesha’. The primary religion practiced by the Amuesha is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.

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