• PEOPLE NAME: LIMBA OF GUINEA

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PEID: 13422

ROP: 111065

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Atlantic

Language: Limba, West-Central - (lia)

Alternate Name(s): Yimbi, Yumba, West Central Limba

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Guinea

Also found in: Sierra Leone

Population: 9,300

Global Population: 535,300


PEID: 13422

ROP: 111065

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

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


Overview: The Limba of Guinea, numbering 9,300, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Atlantic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 535,300 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Limba, West-Central. The primary religion practiced by the Limba is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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