People group profile · PG024825
The Mayangna of Nicaragua
The Mayangna of Nicaragua, numbering about 9,700 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are Misumalpan-speaking descendants of groups present in the region since roughly 2000 BC, formerly called Sumu by the rival Miskito and divided into the Panamahka, Tawahka, and Ulwa subgroups along the Mosquito Coast.
They are an indigenous people in the Central American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Mayangna.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nicaragua
- Population
- 9,700
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Central American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Mayangna (yan)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Central America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mayangna are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Mayangna
- 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
Mayangna · Misumalpan family
100% speak Mayangna
Gospel resources in Mayangna
- Bible available, published 1999
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mayangna)
Bibles
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mayangna
- 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.
Mayangna in other countries
The same people (ROP3 107313) is reported in 1 other country.
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