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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Central Aymara of Peru

The Central Aymara of Peru, numbering approximately 443,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an indigenouspeople in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America. They mostly adhere to Folk Catholicism and Central Aymara is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Aymara, Central

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Aymara
Primary Language(s): Central Aymara (ayr)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Catholicism
Population: 443,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017516
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

88%
%
Folk Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Central Aymara
Language Family: Aymaran

70%
%
Aymara, Central Speakers

Media Resources in Central Aymara:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Central Aymara:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1997 Bible Society of Bolivia✓✓
2011 Bible Society of Bolivia✓✓✓

2 entries

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Or check out the Central Aymara bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Central Aymara are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Central Aymara:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Central Aymara of Peru

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
readRomans 11:22

Pray that God will transform those who persist in unbelief and, in His everlasting kindness, graft them into His family.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that God will be working in people's hearts, give them opportunities to receive the gospel, and bring many to faith in Himself.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
readJohn 10:29

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice as they remember that they can never lose their salvation

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
readIsaiah 58:7

As believers cross cultures to share the good news of Christ, pray that God will sustain them and grow their faith as He gives them the compassion necessary to minister well to those in need.

Aymara, Central Across Countries (ROP3 - 101884) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Central AymaraPG017392Central AymaraBolivia1,145,000No Longer UnreachedCentral AymaraEthnoreligion
Central AymaraPG017516Central AymaraPeru443,000Engaged yet UnreachedCentral AymaraFolk Catholicism
Central AymaraPG017440Central AymaraChile65,000No Longer UnreachedCentral AymaraEthnoreligion
Central AymaraPG017333Central AymaraArgentina4,400No Longer UnreachedCentral AymaraEthnoreligion

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