• PEOPLE NAME: SMALL NAMBAS OF VANUATU

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By Jim Stahl

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PEID: 11063

ROP: 109362

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Pacific Islanders

People Cluster: Vanuatu

Language: Letemboi - (nms)

Alternate Name(s): Mbotgote

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Vanuatu

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Population: 1,300

Global Population: 1,300


PEID: 11063

ROP: 109362

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Small Nambas of Vanuatu, numbering 1,300, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Vanuatu people cluster within the Pacific Islanders affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Vanuatu. Their primary language is Letemboi. The primary religion practiced by the Small Nambas is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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