• PEOPLE NAME: WARAO OF VENEZUELA

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Warao - (wba)

Alternate Name(s): Warau, Warrau, Guarao, Guarauno

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Venezuela

Also found in: Guyana

Population: 34,000

Global Population: 39,300


PEID: 16506

ROP: 110685

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Warao of Venezuela, numbering 34,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 39,300 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Warao. The primary religion practiced by the Warao is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


Bible Translations: Available

Jesus Film: Available

Gospel Recordings: Not Available

Radio Broadcast: Not Available