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The Mawayana of Brazil

The Mawayana of Brazil, numbering approximately 10 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a small Indigenous people of the Brazilian Amazon, closely related to other Guiana‑region groups, whose population is very small and whose language is nearly extinct due to assimilation into larger communities like the Wai‑wai. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Waiwai is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Mawayana

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Waiwai (waw)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 10
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG046951
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Pray for the Mawayana of Brazil

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

80%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Waiwai
Language Family: Cariban

96%
%
Waiwai Speakers

Media Resources in Waiwai:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Waiwai:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2001 UFM International✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Waiwai bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Mawayana 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 Mawayana:
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 Mawayana of Brazil

I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
readIsaiah 45:5-6

Pray that the lost among them will be delivered from the confusion of false beliefs and come to know the one true God who alone brings light and purpose to their lives.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that the gospel will advance among those who don’t know the good news of salvation in Jesus so that they might believe and trust in Jesus.

Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
readPsalm 6:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and still struggle with the worries of this life, God will deliver them from worry for the sake of His steadfast love.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

Mawayana Across Countries (ROP3 - 115800) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MawayanaPG046951MawayanaBrazil10Engaged yet UnreachedWaiwaiEthnoreligion

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