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The Central Tunebo of Colombia

The Central Tunebo of Colombia, numbering approximately 6,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous group native to the Andean foothills and cloud forests of northeastern Colombia, primarily in the departments of Boyacá, Arauca, Santander, and Norte de Santander. They mostly adhere to Animism and Central Tunebo is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Colombia
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Central Tunebo (tuf)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 6,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016228
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

60%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Central Tunebo
Language Family: Chibchan

40%
%
Tunebo, Central Speakers

Media Resources in Central Tunebo:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Central Tunebo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Central Tunebo bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Central Tunebo 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 Central Tunebo:
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 Central Tunebo of Colombia

Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life"
readJohn 4:13-14

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will drink of the living water that only Christ can provide and never thirst again.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that they will receive the Word of God as a lamp to their feet and commit their ways to Him.

But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.
read1 Peter 3:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will always be prepared to share the reason for the hope that they have in Jesus with gentleness and respect.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Tunebo, Central Across Countries (ROP3 - 101943) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Central TuneboPG016228Central TuneboColombia6,900No Longer UnreachedCentral TuneboAnimism

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