• PEOPLE NAME: CUZCO QUECHUA OF PERU

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Quechua

Language: Cusco Quechua - (quz)

Alternate Name(s): Qheswasimi, Runasimi

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion

Country: Peru

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Population: 2,345,000

Global Population: 2,345,000


PEID: 17530

ROP: 102341

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Cuzco Quechua of Peru, numbering 2,345,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Quechua people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Peru. Their primary language is Cusco Quechua. The primary religion practiced by the Cuzco Quechua is ethnoreligion. Ethnoreligion is deeply rooted in a people's ethnic identity and conversion essentially equates to cultural assimilation.


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