Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Ucayali-Yurúa Ashéninka - (cpb)

Alternate Name(s): Campa

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion

Country: Peru

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Population: 7,000

Global Population: 7,000

PEID: 17600

ROP: 110353

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached


Overview: The Asheninca Ucayali-Yurua of Peru, numbering 7,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Peru. Their primary language is Ucayali-Yurúa Ashéninka. The primary religion practiced by the Asheninca Ucayali-Yurua is ethnoreligion. Ethnoreligion is deeply rooted in a people's ethnic identity and conversion essentially equates to cultural assimilation.

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