• PEOPLE NAME: YUCUNA OF COLOMBIA


PEID: 16295

ROP: 111107

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Yucuna - (ycn)

Alternate Name(s): Matapí, Yakuna, Jupichiya, Upichia

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion

Country: Colombia

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Population: 750

Global Population: 750


PEID: 16295

ROP: 111107

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Yucuna of Colombia, numbering 750, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Colombia. Their primary language is Yucuna. The primary religion practiced by the Yucuna is ethnoreligion. Ethnoreligion is deeply rooted in a people's ethnic identity and conversion essentially equates to cultural assimilation.


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