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Total population | |
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about 200.000 people.[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Indonesia (Central Papua and Highland Papua) | |
Languages | |
Lani, Upper Dani,[2] Indonesian | |
Religion | |
Christianity, animism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Damal, Dani, Yali |
The Lani are an indigenous people in Puncak, Central Papua and Lanny Jaya, Highland Papua, usually labelled 'Western Dani' by foreign missionaries, or grouped—inaccurately—with the Dani people who inhabit the Baliem Valley to the east.