• PEOPLE NAME: JAMAMADI OF BRAZIL

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PEID: 16891

ROP: 104170

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Amazon

Language: Jamamadí - (jaa)

Alternate Name(s): Yamamadí, Kanamanti, Canamanti, K-Jamamadi, Yamamadi, Kaiamadi, Jurua

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Brazil

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Population: 900

Global Population: 900


PEID: 16891

ROP: 104170

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Jamamadi of Brazil, numbering 900, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Amazon people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Brazil. Their primary language is Jamamadí. The primary religion practiced by the Jamamadi is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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