• PEOPLE NAME: ABAKNON SAMA OF PHILIPPINES


PEID: 7605

ROP: 100006

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Filipino, Central

Language: Inabaknon - (abx)

Alternate Name(s): Capuleno, Inabaknon

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Philippines

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Population: 32,500

Global Population: 32,500


PEID: 7605

ROP: 100006

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Abaknon Sama of Philippines, numbering 32,500, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Filipino, Central people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Philippines. Their primary language is Inabaknon. The primary religion practiced by the Abaknon Sama 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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