People group profile · PG016357
The Aukan of Guyana
The Aukan of Guyana, numbering about 850 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Maroon people descended from escaped enslaved Africans of the Suriname interior whose communities extend into eastern Guyana and whose identity is rooted in Aukan cultural traditions, riverine settlement, and the Ndyuka language.
They are a diaspora 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
- Guyana
- Population
- 850
- 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
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
Aukan in other countries
The same people is also reported in 2 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aukan | Suriname | 25,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Aukan | French Guiana | 24,000 | No Longer Unreached |
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