Sikiana in Brazil people group profile

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Population

< 1,000

Main Language

Sikiana

Largest Religion

Ethnic Religions

Christian

10-50% ●

Evangelical

2-5% ●

Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster or country. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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General Info

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People Name General	Sikiana
People Name in Country	Sikiana
Alternate Names	Xikujana
Population this Country	< 1,000
Population all Countries	< 1,000
Total Countries	2
Indigenous	Yes
Progress Scale
Unreached	No
Frontier	No
GSEC	1 (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed
PeopleID3	14172
ROP3 Code	108997

Ethnicity

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Affinity Bloc	Latin-Caribbean Americans
People Cluster	South American Indigenous
People Group	Sikiana

Affinity Bloc	Latin-Caribbean Americans
People Cluster	South American Indigenous
People Group	Sikiana
Ethnic Code	MIR39c

Geography

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Country	Brazil
Region	America, Latin
Continent	South America
10/40 Window	No
National Bible Society	Website
Persecution Rank	Not ranked
Location in Country	Pará state: between Rio Cafuini and headwaters of the Turuna and Itapi, near the Suriname border. Source: Ethnologue 2016

Country	Brazil
Region	America, Latin
Continent	South America
10/40 Window	No
National Bible Society	Website
Persecution Rank	Not ranked
Location in Country	Pará state: between Rio Cafuini and headwaters of the Turuna and Itapi, near the Suriname border.. Source: Ethnologue 2016

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Primary Religion:

Ethnic Religions

Major Religion ▲	Estimated Percent
Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	20.00 %
Ethnic Religions	80.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Judaism	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Sikhism	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Languages

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Primary Language	Sikiana (30 speakers)
Ethnologue Language Code	sik
Ethnologue Language Familly	Cariban
Written / Published	Unknown
Total Languages	1

Primary Language	Sikiana (30 speakers)
Ethnologue Language Code	sik
Ethnologue Language Familly	Cariban
Written / Published	Unknown
Total Languages	1

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Primary Language: Sikiana

Bible Translation Status: Unspecified

Resource Type ▲	Resource Name	Source
None reported

Sources

Map Source	Rodrigo Tinoco / CONPLEI
Data Sources	Data is compiled from various sources. Learn more.

Countries this People live in:

Country	Population ▼	Scale
Suriname	70	3
Brazil	30	4
Totals: 2	100

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