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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Tzutujil of Guatemala

The Tzutujil of Guatemala, numbering approximately 118,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Maya ethnic group from the Lake Atitlán region of Guatemala, with their own language, history, and cultural traditions, descended from the ancient Maya civilization. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Tz'utujil is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Tzutujil

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Guatemala
People Cluster: Central American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Tz'utujil (tzj)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 118,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG024750
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Pray for the Tzutujil of Guatemala

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tz'utujil
Language Family: Mayan

68%
%
Tz’utujil Speakers

Media Resources in Tz'utujil:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Tz'utujil:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2008 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.✓✓
1992 Wycliffe✓✓✓
1992 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc.✓
AEM Version✓

4 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Tz'utujil bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Tzutujil 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 Tzutujil:
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 Tzutujil of Guatemala

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
readPsalm 19:1

Pray that those who are lost will look to the heavens and see the glory of God displayed, leading them to seek Him and know Him as their Creator and Savior.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
readPhilippians 1:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be assured that God will complete the good work He has begun in them until the day of Christ's return.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
readPsalm 8:1

Pray that God will raise up people who love Him and are able and willing to go to and share the hope of the gospel with those who don't know it. Pray that everyone will see His name as majestic in all the earth!

Tzutujil Across Countries (ROP3 - 102864) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TzutujilPG024750TzutujilGuatemala118,000No Longer UnreachedTz'utujilEthnoreligion

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