• PEOPLE NAME: LAPUYAN SUBANUN OF PHILIPPINES

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PEID: 7715

ROP: 105646

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Filipino, Tribal

Language: Southern Subanen - (laa)

Alternate Name(s): Southern Subanun

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Philippines

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Population: 114,000

Global Population: 114,000


PEID: 7715

ROP: 105646

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Lapuyan Subanun of Philippines, numbering 114,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Filipino, Tribal people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Philippines. Their primary language is Southern Subanen. The primary religion practiced by the Lapuyan Subanun is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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