• PEOPLE NAME: TEMUAN OF MALAYSIA

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PEID: 9359

ROP: 109943

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: West Malaysia Indigenous

Language: Temuan - (tmw)

Alternate Name(s): Niap, Orang Asli, Benua

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Malaysia

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Population: 22,000

Global Population: 22,000


PEID: 9359

ROP: 109943

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Temuan of Malaysia, numbering 22,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the West Malaysia Indigenous people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Malaysia. Their primary language is Temuan. The primary religion practiced by the Temuan is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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