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The Huni Kuin of Brazil

The Huni Kuin of Brazil, numbering approximately 7,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Acre people who call themselves Huni Kuin, meaning true people, unlike the outsider name Kaxinawa, or bat people, who fled into the forest to escape enslavement by rubber tappers in the late 1800s, with a Peruvian branch migrating there a century ago. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Cashinahua is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Huni Kuin

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Cashinahua (cbs)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 7,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016802
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Cashinahua
Language Family: Pano-Tacanan

100%
%
Kashinawa Speakers

Media Resources in Cashinahua:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Cashinahua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
La Sociedad Bíblica Peruana✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Cashinahua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Huni Kuin 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 Huni Kuin:
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 Huni Kuin of Brazil

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.
readMark 10:15

Pray for those who might be trapped in pride, that God will humble them and give them a childlike faith and complete dependence on Him through faith in Christ.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the gospel of God's kingdom will reach more people and that they will respond in faith, becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
readActs 4:31

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be filled with the Holy Spirit and speak God's Word with boldness, sharing the love of Jesus with those around them.

And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
readMatthew 7:28-29

Pray that God will remind believers that they have His authority as they share His truth with the lost, and pray He will draw crowds of people to this message and plant it deeply in their hearts.

Huni Kuin Across Countries (ROP3 - 101893) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Huni KuinPG016802Huni KuinBrazil7,200No Longer UnreachedCashinahuaEthnoreligion
JunikuinPG017515JunikuinPeru1,700No Longer UnreachedCashinahuaAnimism

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