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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Yanomam of Brazil

The Yanomam of Brazil, numbering approximately 20,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of the northern Amazon whose homeland spans the Brazil–Venezuela border, consisting of several closely related Yanomami-speaking subgroups united by a shared forest-based culture and cosmology. They mostly adhere to Animism and Yanomámi is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Yanomámi (wca)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 20,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017204

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Pray for the Yanomam of Brazil

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

85%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yanomámi
Language Family: Yanomamic

100%
%
Yanomámi Speakers

Media Resources in Yanomámi:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Yanomámi:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Yanomam 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 Yanomam:
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 Yanomam of Brazil

For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
read1 Chronicles 16:26

Pray that those among them who are lost and seeking after worthless idols will have the opportunity to hear and respond to the good news, seeing that Jesus is better than any idol.

Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
readMatthew 16:16

Pray that many will see clearly that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and put their trust in Him.

Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
readPsalm 111:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will praise the Lord with their whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart.
readPsalm 15:1-2

Ask God to send believers who will go and, with integrity, walk blamelessly and do what is right, speaking truth about the Lord with those who need to learn about His redemption plan.

Yanomam, Waica Across Countries (ROP3 - 110976) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
YanomamPG017204YanomamBrazil20,500No Longer UnreachedYanomámiAnimism

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