• PEOPLE NAME: EASTERN/SOUTHERN BONTOC OF PHILIPPINES

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PEID: 7670

ROP: 102867

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Filipino, Tribal

Language: Eastern Bontok - (ebk)

Alternate Name(s): Barlig Bontok, Finallig, Luzon Tribal Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Philippines

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Population: 7,300

Global Population: 7,300


PEID: 7670

ROP: 102867

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Eastern/Southern Bontoc of Philippines, numbering 7,300, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Filipino, Tribal people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Philippines. Their primary language is Eastern Bontok. The primary religion practiced by the Eastern/Southern Bontoc 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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