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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Aeta Negrito of Philippines

The Aeta Negrito of Philippines, numbering approximately 53,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous people group of the Philippines (Luzon). They mostly adhere to Animism and Botolan Sambal is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Philippines
People Cluster: Filipino Tribal
Primary Language(s): Botolan Sambal (sbl)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 53,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007609
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

96%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Botolan Sambal
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Sambal, Botolan Speakers

Media Resources in Botolan Sambal:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Botolan Sambal:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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Or check out the Botolan Sambal bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Aeta Negrito are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Aeta Negrito:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Aeta Negrito of Philippines

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 6:23

Pray that those who do know about God's free gift will hear and believe that the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord and that they will joyfully accept this gift.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that they will receive the Word of God as a lamp to their feet and commit their ways to Him.

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
readPhilippians 1:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be assured that God will complete the good work He has begun in them until the day of Christ's return.

And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readLuke 10:2

Ask God to send out laborers into His harvest field, raising up believers from around the world to go and proclaim the kingdom of God with those who need to hear it.

Negrito, Aeta Across Countries (ROP3 - 100085) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Aeta NegritoPG007609Aeta NegritoPhilippines53,500No Longer UnreachedBotolan SambalAnimism

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