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Guaja of Brazil

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
400	Guaja	Ethnic Religions	40.00 %	6.00 %	Not available	Not available	3.2

Guaja of Brazil

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Maranhão, babassu palm area near Gurupi and Upper Pindaré rivers; Serra Canastra, Tocantins, and Guamá Post in Pará. At least 6 isolated groups
(Source: Ethnologue 2010)

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Peoples ^[3]

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Guaja

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Alternate People Names:

Avá	Awá
Ayaya	Guaxare
Wazaizara

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11950

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400

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Ethnicity

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MIR39e

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(400 Speakers)

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	40.00 %	(Evangelical: 6.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	60.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	0.00 %
Protestant	20.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	80.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

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3.2

Level 6 Greater than or equal to 10% Evangelical

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None Reported

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