• PEOPLE NAME: JUNIKUIN OF PERU

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PEID: 17515

ROP: 101893

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Amazon

Language: Kashinawa - (cbs)

Alternate Name(s): Cashinahuá, Cashinauá, Juni-kuin, Kaxinauá, Junikuin, Huni-Kuin, Caxinawá, Caxinauá, Kaxinawá, Cashinahuá, Kaxynawa, Kachinawá

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Peru

Also found in: Brazil

Population: 1,600

Global Population: 8,800


PEID: 17515

ROP: 101893

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Junikuin of Peru, numbering 1,600, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Amazon people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 8,800 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Kashinawa. The primary religion practiced by the Junikuin is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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