• PEOPLE NAME: ASHENINCA PAJONAL OF PERU

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PEID: 17573

ROP: 107764

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Pajonal Ashéninka - (cjo)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion

Country: Peru

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Population: 12,000

Global Population: 12,000


PEID: 17573

ROP: 107764

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Asheninca Pajonal of Peru, numbering 12,000, 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 Pajonal Ashéninka. The primary religion practiced by the Asheninca Pajonal is ethnoreligion, consisting of practices deeply rooted in this groups ethnic identity.


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