• PEOPLE NAME: SOUTHERN AMAMI-OSHIMA OF JAPAN

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PEID: 7576

ROP: 109465

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: East Asian Peoples

People Cluster: Japanese

Language: Southern Amami-Oshima - (ams)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Shinbutso-shugo

Country: Japan

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Population: 16,500

Global Population: 16,500


PEID: 7576

ROP: 109465

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

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


Overview: The Southern Amami-Oshima of Japan, numbering 16,500, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Japanese people cluster within the East Asian Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Japan. Their primary language is Southern Amami-Oshima. The primary religion practiced by the Southern Amami-Oshima is Shinbutsu-shugo, a syncretized mixture of Shinto and Buddhism that forms a unique Japanese Folk Religion practiced by Japanese worldwide.


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