People group profile · PG016977
The Korubo of Brazil
The Korubo of Brazil, numbering about 500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Panoan people who call themselves Dslala, known locally as caceteiros or clubmen for their weapon of choice, inhabiting Brazil's lower Javari Valley where a splinter group of 30 was contacted by FUNAI in 1996 while the larger group remains isolated.
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 Korubo.

Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Korubo (xor)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- lower Vale do Javari in the western Amazon Basin: Ituí river, Talawaka and Tapalaya villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Korubo are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, there are no evangelical Christians or churches among this people group and there is no access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Korubo
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
100% adherents
Primary language
Korubo · Pano-Tacanan family
100% speak Korubo
Gospel resources in Korubo
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Korubo
- 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.
- 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.
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