People group profile · PG016486
The Piaroa of Venezuela
The Piaroa of Venezuela, numbering about 13,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a middle Orinoco Basin people who call themselves Huottuja, first encountered by missionaries around 1780, whose regional Ature, Piaroa, and Quaqua dialects were mistaken by 18th-century ethnologists for three separate tribes rather than one people.
They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Piaroa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Venezuela
- Population
- 13,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Piaroa (pid)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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
- Location
- Amazonas: Orinoco river south bank, inland from Paguasa river to Manapiare; into southwestern Bolívar state
Where they live
Gospel status
The Piaroa 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 Piaroa
- 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
80% adherents
Primary language
Piaroa · Saliban family
67% speak Piaroa
Gospel resources in Piaroa
- Bible available, published 2021
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Piaroa)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Piaroa
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- 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.
Piaroa in other countries
The same people (ROP3 108023) is reported in 1 other country.
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