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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Mabaka Valley Kalinga of Philippines

The Mabaka Valley Kalinga of Philippines, numbering approximately 5,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Kalinga subgroup of southeastern Kalinga province in the Philippine Cordillera, part of a warrior and tattooing tradition governed through the bodong system of inter-village peace pacts. They mostly adhere to Animism and Mabaka Valley Kalinga is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Mabaka Valley Kalinga

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Philippines
People Cluster: Filipino Tribal
Primary Language(s): Mabaka Valley Kalinga (kkg)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 5,800
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007720
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

94%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mabaka Valley Kalinga
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Kalinga, Mabaka Valley Speakers

Media Resources in Mabaka Valley Kalinga:

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Bible Resources in Mabaka Valley Kalinga:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mabaka Valley 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 Mabaka Valley 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 Mabaka Valley Kalinga of Philippines

These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self- made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
readColossians 2:23

Pray for those without Christ, that they will see the emptiness of human traditions and turn to the truth and grace found in Jesus.

Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
readPsalm 25:5

Pray that the gospel will advance and that God will lead people in His truth, bringing many to salvation.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures.
readPsalm 23:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that the Lord is their shepherd, providing for their every need.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

Kalinga, Mabaka Valley Across Countries (ROP3 - 105962) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Mabaka Valley KalingaPG007720Mabaka Valley KalingaPhilippines5,800No Longer UnreachedMabaka Valley KalingaAnimism

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