• PEOPLE NAME: ANUAK OF ETHIOPIA

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Nilotic

Language: Anuak - (anu)

Alternate Name(s): Anyiwak

Primary Religion: Christianity - Eastern Orthodox

Country: Ethiopia

Also found in: South Sudan; United States

Population: 132,000

Global Population: 231,100


PEID: 11544

ROP: 100395

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Anuak of Ethiopia, numbering 132,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Nilotic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 231,100 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Anuak. The primary religion practiced by the Anuak is Orthodox Christianity, a branch of Christianity that includes Copts, the Assyrian Church of the East, Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches.


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