• PEOPLE NAME: ELPAPUTI OF INDONESIA


PEID: 22646

ROP: 102904

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Maluku-Central

Language: Ambonese Malay - (abs)

Alternate Name(s): Maluku Tribal Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Indonesia

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Population: 550

Global Population: 550


PEID: 22646

ROP: 102904

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Elpaputi of Indonesia, numbering 550, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Maluku-Central people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Indonesia. Their primary language is Ambonese Malay. The primary religion practiced by the Elpaputi is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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