Indo-Caribbean of French Guiana (PGID: PG022285)

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The Indo-Caribbean of French Guiana

The Indo-Caribbean of French Guiana, numbering approximately 13,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnic group indigenous to the Caribbean who descended from Indian indentured laborers brought by the British, Dutch, and French during the colonial era. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Sranan Tongo is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: French Guiana
People Cluster: Indo-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Sranan Tongo (srn)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 13,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022285
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

96%

Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Sranan Tongo
Language Family: Indo-European

100%

Sranan Tongo Speakers

Media Resources in Sranan Tongo:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Sranan Tongo:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
Wortu fu Gado	✓	✓	✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Sranan Tongo bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Indo-Caribbean 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 Indo-Caribbean:

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 Indo-Caribbean of French Guiana

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9

Pray that God, who is faithful and just, will open the eyes of those who are lost and draw them to confess their sins and trust in Him to grant forgiveness.

For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
Psalm 57:10

Pray that God will work, even in the hearts of hard-to-reach people, and that they will rejoice in His steadfast love and faithfulness.

Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
Psalm 51:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence that God has turned His face from their sins and forgiven their iniquities.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

Indo-Caribbean Across Countries (ROP3 - 108730) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

CountryReligion

6 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country ▼	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG046764	Indo-Trinidadians	Trinidad and Tobago	313,000	Engaged yet Unreached	English	Hinduism
PG022266	Indo-Surinamese	Suriname	134,000	No Longer Unreached	Caribbean Hindustani	Hinduism
PG000405	Indo-Caribbean	Netherlands	193,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Caribbean Hindustani	Hinduism
PG043791	Indo-Guyanese	Guyana	321,000	No Longer Unreached	Guyanese Creole English	Hinduism
PG048989	Indo-Caribbean	Germany	51,000	No Longer Unreached	Dutch	Hinduism
PG022285	Indo-Caribbean	French Guiana	13,000	No Longer Unreached	Sranan Tongo	Hinduism

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