• PEOPLE NAME: WARAO OF GUYANA

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Warao - (wba)

Alternate Name(s): Warau, Warrau, Guarao, Guarauno

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion

Country: Guyana

Also found in: Venezuela

Population: 5,300

Global Population: 39,300


PEID: 16373

ROP: 110685

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Warao of Guyana, numbering 5,300, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 39,300 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Warao. The primary religion practiced by the Warao is ethnoreligion. Ethnoreligion is deeply rooted in a people's ethnic identity and conversion essentially equates to cultural assimilation.


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