• PEOPLE NAME: TAL OF NIGERIA

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PEID: 14118

ROP: 109748

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Chadic

Language: Tal - (tal)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Nigeria

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Population: 34,000

Global Population: 34,000


PEID: 14118

ROP: 109748

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Tal of Nigeria, numbering 34,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Chadic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Nigeria. Their primary language is Tal. The primary religion practiced by the Tal is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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