• PEOPLE NAME: TOBA OF PARAGUAY

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Toba - (tob)

Alternate Name(s): Toba Qom, Qom

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion

Country: Paraguay

Also found in: Argentina; Bolivia

Population: 1,500

Global Population: 78,200


PEID: 17283

ROP: 110108

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Toba of Paraguay, numbering 1,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 78,200 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Toba. The primary religion practiced by the Toba is ethnoreligion. Ethnoreligion is deeply rooted in a people's ethnic identity and conversion essentially equates to cultural assimilation.


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