People group profile · PG016331
The Aukan of French Guiana
The Aukan of French Guiana, numbering about 24,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Ndyuka Maroon people descended from enslaved Africans who fled Suriname's plantations in the early eighteenth century, winning an 1760 treaty of semi-independence, with roughly a quarter now settled along French Guiana's Maroni River basin.
They are an indigenous people in the Afro-American people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Eastern Maroon Creole.
Fast facts
- Country
- French Guiana
- Population
- 24,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Afro-American
- Primary language
- Eastern Maroon Creole (djk)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Aukan are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Aukan
- 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
Primary language
Eastern Maroon Creole · Indo-European family
100% speak Eastern Maroon Creole
Gospel resources in Eastern Maroon Creole
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Aukaans)
Bibles
- 1999 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Aukan
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
Aukan in other countries
The same people is also reported in 2 other countries.
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