• PEOPLE NAME: WAIMAHA OF TIMOR-LESTE

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PEID: 23130

ROP: 110628

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Timor

Language: Waima’a - (wmh)

Alternate Name(s): Timor Leste Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Timor-Leste

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Population: 23,000

Global Population: 23,000


PEID: 23130

ROP: 110628

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Waimaha of Timor-Leste, numbering 23,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Timor people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Timor-Leste. Their primary language is Waima’a. The primary religion practiced by the Waimaha is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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