• PEOPLE NAME: ATWOT OF SOUTH SUDAN

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PEID: 11967

ROP: 100613

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Nilotic

Language: Reel - (atu)

Alternate Name(s): Reel

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: South Sudan

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Population: 84,000

Global Population: 84,000


PEID: 11967

ROP: 100613

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

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


Overview: The Atwot of South Sudan, numbering 84,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Nilotic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in South Sudan. Their primary language is Reel. The primary religion practiced by the Atwot is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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