Lani people

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**Lani people**
**Western Dani**
Total population
Lani pot
about 200.000 people.^[1]
Regions with significant populations
Indonesia (Papua (province))
Languages
Lani language, Indonesian language
Religion
Christianity, animism
Related ethnic groups
Yali, Dani

The Lani are an indigenous people in Western New Guinea, usually labelled 'Western Dani' by foreign missionaries, or grouped—inaccurately—with the Dani people who inhabit the Baliem Valley to the east.

Population[]

The total population of Lani tribes in the 1980s, as reported by Douglas Hayward in his book The Dani of Irian Jaya, Before and After Conversion was around 200,000 people.^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Douglas James Hayward (1980). The Dani of Irian Jaya Before And After Conversion. Regions Press. ASIN B0007AW6B4.

show v t Papuan peoples
Indonesia	Amung Asmat Bauzi Dani Ekari Fayu Kombai Koteka Korowai Lani Marind Mek Moni Sawi Wolani Yali
Papua New Guinea	Abelam Angu Baining Baruya Bilibil Chambri Dumo Etoro Fore Gadsup Gogodala Haroli Hewa Huli Iatmul Kaluli Kwoma Koteka Maisin Mian Mundugumor Ogea Orokaiva Sambia Swagap Tairora Tanga Telefol Tolai Trobriand Tsembaga Urapmin Wiru Wola Wopkaimin Zia

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Indonesians
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Papua	Melanesian Papuan Asmat Bauzi Dani Fayu Kombai Korowai Koteka Amungme Ekari Lani Moni Yali Marind Mek Sawi Wolani
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Lani people

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