• PEOPLE NAME: BENGOI OF INDONESIA


PEID: 22633

ROP: 101256

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Maluku-Central

Language: Ambonese Malay - (abs)

Alternate Name(s):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Indonesia

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Population: 550

Global Population: 550


PEID: 22633

ROP: 101256

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Bengoi of Indonesia, numbering 550, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Maluku-Central people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Indonesia. Their primary language is Ambonese Malay. The primary religion practiced by the Bengoi is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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