Unreached peoples of The Guianas
13 unreached peoples in The Guianas: peoples with little or no access to the gospel in at least one country of the region, from largest to smallest.
Overview
How reached these peoples are
13unreached
67Kpeople
3countries
2frontier peoples
- 38.5% Unreached (5)
- 61.5% Minimally reached (8)
Source: Joshua Project. Estimates, may vary.
The Bible in these peoples’ languages
4Complete Bible
7Only portions of the Bible
2No book translated
- 30.8% Complete Bible (4)
- 53.8% New Testament complete (7)
- 15.4% No book translated (2)
Source: Joshua Project and Progress.Bible. Estimates, may vary.
Unreached people groups · 13
| People | Country | Population | Language | Evang. | Chr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saramaka | Suriname |
33K | Saramaccan | 0.8% | 11.3% |
| East Indian | French Guiana |
12K | Sarnami Hindustani | 7.9% | 25.3% |
| Hmong Njua | French Guiana |
7K | Hmong Njua | 5.5% | 15.8% |
| Urdu Frontier | Guyana |
4K | Urdu | 0% | < 0.1% |
| Tiriyo | Suriname |
2K | Trio | 1% | 30% |
| Deaf Frontier | Guyana |
2K | Pakistan Sign Language | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Wayana | French Guiana |
2K | Wayana | 0.7% | 20% |
| Muslim Lebanese Arab | French Guiana |
2K | Levantine Arabic | 0.7% | 17.3% |
| Saramaccan Matawari | Suriname |
2K | Saramaccan | 0.5% | 8% |
| Wayampi Amapari | French Guiana |
800 | Wayampi | 15% | 80% |
| Emerillon | French Guiana |
400 | Teko | 0.6% | 8% |
| Dutch Jew | Suriname |
200 | Dutch | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| Akuliyo | Suriname |
70 | Trio | 2% | 18% |
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