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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Central Aymara of Argentina

The Central Aymara of Argentina, numbering approximately 4,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an indigenouspeople in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America They are an Diaspora people, with Aymara as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Aymara people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Aymara, Central.

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

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Argentina
People Cluster: Aymara
Primary Language(s): Aymara, Central (ayr)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 4,400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017333

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Aymara, Central
Language Family: Aymaran

76%
%
Aymara, Central Speakers

Media Resources in Aymara, Central:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Aymara, Central:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1997 Bible Society of Bolivia✓✓
2011 Bible Society of Bolivia✓✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Aymara, Central bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Central Aymara 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 Aymara:
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 Aymara of Argentina

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
readRomans 5:7-8

Pray for the many who don't yet understand the hope of the gospel, and pray that God will reveal to them that while they were in darkness, Christ died for them.

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
readPsalm 1:1-2

Pray that God will call out many sons and daughters from among them and give them a deep love for His Word.

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
readHebrews 10:26

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will live with reverence for God and not deliberately keep sinning after they receive the knowledge of the truth.

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

Aymara, Central Across Countries (ROP3 - 101884) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Central AymaraPG017392Central AymaraBolivia1,140,000No Longer UnreachedAymara, CentralEthnoreligion
Central AymaraPG017516Central AymaraPeru443,000Engaged yet UnreachedAymara, CentralFolk Catholicism
Central AymaraPG017440Central AymaraChile64,500No Longer UnreachedAymara, CentralEthnoreligion
Central AymaraPG017333Central AymaraArgentina4,400No Longer UnreachedAymara, CentralEthnoreligion

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