• PEOPLE NAME: TIRURAY OF PHILIPPINES

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PEID: 7793

ROP: 110084

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Filipino, Tribal

Language: Teduray - (tiy)

Alternate Name(s): Teduray, Mindanao Tribal Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Philippines

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Population: 115,000

Global Population: 115,000


PEID: 7793

ROP: 110084

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Tiruray of Philippines, numbering 115,000, 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 Teduray. The primary religion practiced by the Tiruray is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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