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The Aukan of French Guiana

The Aukan of French Guiana, numbering approximately 24,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Ndyuka Maroon people descended from enslaved Africans who fled Suriname's plantations in the early eighteenth century, winning an 1760 treaty of semi-independence, with roughly a quarter now settled along French Guiana's Maroni River basin. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Eastern Maroon Creole is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Aukan

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: French Guiana
People Cluster: Afro-American
Primary Language(s): Eastern Maroon Creole (djk)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 24,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016331
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Eastern Maroon Creole
Language Family: Indo-European

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Aukan Speakers

Media Resources in Eastern Maroon Creole:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Eastern Maroon Creole:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Aukan are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Aukan:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Aukan of French Guiana

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
readActs 4:12

Pray that those walking in darkness among them will come to know the name by which they must be saved, and call upon Him in faith.

...And that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
readLuke 24:47

Pray that the message of repentance and forgiveness through Jesus will reach everyone.

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
readDeuteronomy 6:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hide God's Word in their hearts, let it shape their conversations and daily lives, and pass on their faith to the next generation.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
read2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will serve others in Jesus' name, and the lost will have an opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel.

Aukan, Ndjuka Across Countries (ROP3 - 107179) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
AukanPG016425AukanSuriname25,500No Longer UnreachedEastern Maroon CreoleEthnoreligion
AukanPG016331AukanFrench Guiana24,000No Longer UnreachedEastern Maroon CreoleEthnoreligion
AukanPG016357AukanGuyana850No Longer UnreachedEastern Maroon CreoleEthnoreligion

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