People group profile · PG017203
The Yaminawa of Brazil
The Yaminawa of Brazil, numbering about 1,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Panoan people of the Acre-Madre de Dios-Pando tri-border Amazon whose outsider-given name means people of the axe, encompassing a wide dialect cluster of true names like Xixinawa and Marinawa, reduced sharply by the 1894-1920 rubber boom.
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 Yaminahua.
Fast facts
- Country
- Brazil
- Population
- 1,300
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- South American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Yaminahua (yaa)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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
Where they live
Gospel status
The Yaminawa 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 Yaminawa
- 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
60% adherents
Primary language
Yaminahua · Pano-Tacanan family
70% speak Yaminahua
Gospel resources in Yaminahua
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Jaminawa)
Bibles
- 2003 La Liga Bíblica · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Yaminawa
- 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.
Yaminawa in other countries
The same people is also reported in 2 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaminahua | Peru | 600 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Acre Yaminahua | Bolivia | 250 | No Longer Unreached |
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