• PEOPLE NAME: BENYADU OF INDONESIA

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PEID: 22554

ROP: 101264

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Borneo-Kalimantan

Language: Benyadu' - (byd)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Indonesia

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Population: 55,500

Global Population: 55,500


PEID: 22554

ROP: 101264

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Benyadu of Indonesia, numbering 55,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Borneo-Kalimantan people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Indonesia. Their primary language is Benyadu'. The primary religion practiced by the Benyadu is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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