People group profile · PG016352
The Akawaio of Guyana
The Akawaio of Guyana, numbering about 4,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Cariban people of Guyana's upper Mazaruni and Essequibo river basins in the Pakaraima Mountains, first recorded by name in 1596, whose ancestral presence at Quartz Island dates to around 80 BCE, recently winning a landmark land-tenure case.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Akawaio.
Fast facts
- Country
- Guyana
- Population
- 4,800
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Akawaio (ake)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 15% or Greater but Less than 20%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Cuyuni-Mazaruni region: Mazaruni river basin, north of Patamona
Where they live
Gospel status
The Akawaio 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 Akawaio
- 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
Akawaio · Cariban family
58% speak Akawaio
Gospel resources in Akawaio
- Bible available, published 2010
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2010 Bible Society of Suriname · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Akawaio
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
Akawaio in other countries
The same people is also reported in 2 other countries.
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