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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Palmari of Brazil

The Palmari of Brazil, numbering approximately 1,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a river-dwelling Amazonian people of the middle Purus basin in Brazil's Amazonas state who identify as 'the people of the water,' first documented by outsiders in 1845, their Arawan language now nearly moribund. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Paumarí is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Paumarí (pad)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017070
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Paumarí
Language Family: Arawan

100%
%
Paumarí Speakers

Media Resources in Paumarí:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Paumarí:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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Or check out the Paumarí bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Palmari 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 Palmari:
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 Palmari of Brazil

But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
readPsalm 130:4

Pray that God will bring those who have hard hearts to repentance and trust in Christ for the forgiveness of their sins.

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth.
readPsalm 67:4

Pray that God will use ways from in-person witnesses to digital gospel resources to bring the joy of His salvation to everyone so that they can be glad in Him and sing for joy.

But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.
read1 Peter 3:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will always be prepared to share the reason for the hope that they have in Jesus with gentleness and respect.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
readEphesians 6:18b-19

Ask God to give believers He sends to the lost of this people group the boldness and clarity to proclaim the mystery of the gospel in a way that people can understand.

Paumari Across Countries (ROP3 - 107950) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
PalmariPG017070PalmariBrazil1,600No Longer UnreachedPaumaríEthnoreligion

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