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People group profile · PG007739

The Mayoyao Ifugao of the Philippines

The Mayoyao Ifugao of the Philippines, numbering about 43,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of the Philippines.

They are an indigenous people in the Filipino Tribal people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Mayoyao Ifugao.

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AI-generated illustration, not a photograph. Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Mayoyao Ifugao

Fast facts

Country
Philippines
Population
43,500
Affinity group
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
People cluster
Filipino Tribal
Primary language
Mayoyao Ifugao (ifu)
Primary religion
Animism
Strategic Progress Index
No Longer Unreached
Evangelical
10% or Greater but Less than 15%
GSEC
10% or Greater Evangelical
Lostness priority
Moderately Reached People Group
Region
South-Eastern Asia, Asia

Where they live

Gospel status

The Mayoyao Ifugao are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.

  • Congregations exist Yes
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Mayoyao Ifugao

  • Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
  • Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
  • Send out laborers from this people to the nations

Primary religion

Animism · Ethnoreligion

95% adherents

Primary language

Mayoyao Ifugao · Austronesian family

75% speak Mayoyao Ifugao

Gospel resources in Mayoyao Ifugao

  • Bible available, published 2012
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Films

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Mayoyao Ifugao

  1. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  2. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  3. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  4. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.

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