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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Katukina of Rio Bia of Brazil

The Katukina of Rio Bia of Brazil, numbering approximately 450 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an indigenous Katukina-speaking people of the Rio Biá region in Amazonas, Brazil. They maintain a distinct cultural identity through riverine village life, kinship networks, subsistence agriculture, hunting, fishing, and traditional rituals. They mostly adhere to Animism and Kanamarí is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Katukina of Rio Bia

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Kanamarí (knm)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 450
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG048778
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kanamarí
Language Family: Katukinan

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Kanamarí Speakers

Media Resources in Kanamarí:

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Bible Resources in Kanamarí:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Katukina of Rio Bia:
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Pray specifically for the Katukina of Rio Bia of Brazil

For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.
readLuke 19:10

Pray that those who are lost will respond to the One who came to seek and save the lost, and experience the joy of being found.

There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.
readPsalm 19:3

Pray that God will lead them to His Word, and where it is not available, ask that He will raise up those who will produce gospel media in their heart language.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.
readRevelation 21:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and walk through challenges, they will find comfort in God's promise of a beautiful future when there is no pain or suffering for those who belong to Christ.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Praise the God who is able to make a way forward, even when it seems impossible. Ask Him to do a new thing among this people group specifically and among the nations, raising up believers to go and share the gospel with individuals and places where it has not flourished before.

Katukina of Rio Bia Across Countries (ROP3 - 115944) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
Katukina of Rio BiaPG048778Katukina of Rio BiaBrazil450Unengaged and UnreachedKanamaríAnimism

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