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The Tanga of Papua New Guinea

The Tanga of Papua New Guinea, numbering approximately 12,000 people, are No Longer Unreached.
They are described as an indigenous ethnic group of Papua New Guinea and can also be known as Tangga.
They are an Indigenous people, with Tanga (Niwer Mil) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the New Guinea people cluster of the Pacific Islanders.
Their primary religion is Christianity - Roman Catholicism.
They primarily speak Niwer Mil.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Tanga are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Tanga are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

No longer Unreached

The Tanga 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.

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