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The Lower Tanudan Kalinga of Philippines

The Lower Tanudan Kalinga of Philippines, numbering approximately 18,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Cordillera mountain people of the Philippines' Tanudan area, formed from migrants converging from the Cagayan Valley and Abra province, maintaining the local Podon variant of the Kalinga bodong peace-pact tradition. They mostly adhere to Animism and Tanudan Kalinga is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Lower Tanudan Kalinga

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Philippines
People Cluster: Filipino Tribal
Primary Language(s): Tanudan Kalinga (kml)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 18,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007717
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

94%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tanudan Kalinga
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Kalinga, Tanudan Speakers

Media Resources in Tanudan Kalinga:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Tanudan Kalinga:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Lower Tanudan Kalinga are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Lower Tanudan Kalinga:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Lower Tanudan Kalinga of Philippines

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
read1 John 4:10

Pray for those without the hope of Christ to understand the depth of God's love and the sacrifice He made for them.

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.
readPsalm 127:3

Pray that God will bless this generation of children, that they will come to know Jesus early in life and follow Him always.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
readJohn 10:27

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hear God's voice and will have the great assurance that no one can snatch them from the Father’s hand.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
readPsalm 139:14

Praise God for His creativity and power, and pray that He will raise up men and women from among them who are in awe of all He has done and want to go share the hope of Christ with others.

Kalinga, Lower Tanudan Across Countries (ROP3 - 105884) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Lower Tanudan KalingaPG007717Lower Tanudan KalingaPhilippines18,500No Longer UnreachedTanudan KalingaAnimism

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