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Torres Strait Islander of Australia

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
33,000	Torres Strait Creole	Christianity	70.00 %	25.00 %	Not available	Not available	3.2

Torres Strait Islander of Australia

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Torres Strait Islands, towns on upper Cape York, some towns on north Queensland east coast
(Source: Ethnologue 2010)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Torres Strait Islander

People Name General:

110176

15569

Yes

Population in Country:

33,000

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Ethnicity

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AUG02

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Language

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Primary Language:

(33,000 Speakers)

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Religion Sub-division:

Protestant

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	70.00 %	(Evangelical: 25.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	30.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	20.00 %
Independent	30.00 %
Protestant	40.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	10.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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3.2

Level 6 Greater than or equal to 10% Evangelical

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1997

New Testament:

None Reported

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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