• PEOPLE NAME: NALUO OF CHINA

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples

People Cluster: Other Tibeto-Burmese

Language: Nuosu - (iii)

Alternate Name(s): Alu; Gan Yi, Gan Yi, Alu

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: China

Also found in:

Population: 60,000

Global Population: 60,000


PEID: 7323

ROP: 114240

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Naluo of China, numbering 60,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Other Tibeto-Burmese people cluster within the Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in China. Their primary language is Nuosu. The primary religion practiced by the Naluo is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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