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The East Indians of Trinidad and Tobago

The East Indians of Trinidad and Tobago, numbering approximately 53,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Caribbean people of Indian ancestry whose forebears arrived as indentured laborers from South Asia. They speak the dominant regional languages and maintain cultural traditions influenced by Hindu, Muslim, and broader Indo-Caribbean heritage. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Caribbean Hindustani is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: East Indian

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
People Cluster: Indo-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Caribbean Hindustani (hns)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 53,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG016444

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Pray for the East Indians of Trinidad and Tobago

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

68%
%
Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Caribbean Hindustani
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Hindustani, Sarnami Speakers

Media Resources in Caribbean Hindustani:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Caribbean Hindustani:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Caribbean Hindustani bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The East Indians 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 East Indians:
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 East Indians of Trinidad and Tobago

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
read1 John 4:10

Pray for those without the hope of Christ to understand the depth of God's love and the sacrifice He made for them.

"Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool."
readIsaiah 1:18

Pray that God will make a way for the gospel to reach many through means they can understand and access, that they will receive the good news with joy, and that they will experience complete forgiveness and cleansing from their sin that Jesus offers through His sacrifice.

Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time.
readColossians 4:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be wise in the way they walk with the lost and manage their time and other resources in a way that honors God.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Caribbean East Indian Across Countries (ROP3 - 101887) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
East IndiansPG016444East IndiansTrinidad and Tobago53,500Engaged yet UnreachedCaribbean HindustaniHinduism
Caribbean HindiPG022284Caribbean HindiFrench Guiana13,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism

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