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Purepecha of United States

Photo source: Kerry Olson

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
300	Purepecha	Christianity	95.00 %	1.00 %			2.2

Purepecha of United States

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California, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee
(Source: Ethnologue 2010)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Purepecha

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Tarascan

Tarasco

109855

15271

Yes

300

Population all Countries:

Ethnicity

People Name General:

MIR37z

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Language

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Primary Language:

(300 Speakers)

tsz

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Religion Sub-division:

Roman Catholic

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	95.00 %	(Evangelical: 1.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	5.00 %
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	0.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	100.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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2.2

Level 1 Less than 2% Evangelical. Some evangelical resources available, but no active church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

2006

New Testament:

1969

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Purepecha
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
Scripture	World Scriptures

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