• PEOPLE NAME: RUKAI OF TAIWAN

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: East Asian Peoples

People Cluster: Taiwan Indigenous

Language: Rukai - (dru)

Alternate Name(s): Drukai

Primary Religion: Christianity - Evangelical Protestant

Country: Taiwan

Also found in:

Population: 13,500

Global Population: 13,500


PEID: 7516

ROP: 102730

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Rukai of Taiwan, numbering 13,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Taiwan Indigenous people cluster within the East Asian Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Taiwan. Their primary language is Rukai. The primary religion practiced by the Rukai is Evangelical Protestantism, a worldwide trans-denominational movement within Protestant Christianity that believes the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace alone, solely through faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ.


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