• PEOPLE NAME: PAYA-PECH OF HONDURAS

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PEID: 24791

ROP: 107958

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Other Central American Indigenous

Language: Pech - (pay)

Alternate Name(s): Pech

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion

Country: Honduras

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Population: 5,900

Global Population: 5,900


PEID: 24791

ROP: 107958

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Paya-Pech of Honduras, numbering 5,900, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Other Central American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Honduras. Their primary language is Pech. The primary religion practiced by the Paya-Pech is ethnoreligion. Ethnoreligion is deeply rooted in a people's ethnic identity and conversion essentially equates to cultural assimilation.


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