• PEOPLE NAME: KANINJAL DAYAK OF INDONESIA

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PEID: 22569

ROP: 104581

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan

Language: Keninjal - (knl)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Indonesia

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Population: 39,500

Global Population: 39,500


PEID: 22569

ROP: 104581

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Kaninjal Dayak of Indonesia, numbering 39,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Borneo-Kalimantan people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Indonesia. Their primary language is Keninjal. The primary religion practiced by the Kaninjal Dayak is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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