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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Miskito of Honduras

The Miskito of Honduras, numbering approximately 84,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous people of the Caribbean coast of Honduras who speak Miskito. They maintain a distinct cultural identity shaped by their historic Mosquito Coast homeland, strong kinship networks, fishing, farming, and Protestant Christian traditions. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Mískito is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Miskito

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Honduras
People Cluster: Central American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Mískito (miq)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 84,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG024790
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

74%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mískito
Language Family: Misumalpan

95%
%
Mískito Speakers

Media Resources in Mískito:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Mískito:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1998 Bible Society of Nicaragua✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Mískito bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Miskito 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 Miskito:
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 Miskito of Honduras

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
readRomans 1:19

Pray that God will use testimony of creation to cause those who do not yet know the gospel to long for truth and a relationship with the Author of life.

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
readPsalm 1:1-2

Pray that God will call out many sons and daughters from among them and give them a deep love for His Word.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
read2 Corinthians 9:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God in all things, especially in times of persecution.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sends me, even so I am sending you."
readJohn 20:21

Ask God to raise up and send out believers cross-culturally who will go out in His authority and be sustained by His peace as they share the gospel with the lost.

Miskito Across Countries (ROP3 - 106671) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MiskitoPG024798MiskitoNicaragua464,000No Longer UnreachedMískitoEthnoreligion
MiskitoPG024790MiskitoHonduras84,000No Longer UnreachedMískitoEthnoreligion
MiskitoPG047210MiskitoUnited States225No Longer UnreachedMískitoEthnoreligion

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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