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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Maskelyne Islanders of Vanuatu

The Maskelyne Islanders of Vanuatu, numbering approximately 2,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an Indigenous Melanesian people of the Maskelyne Islands off southeastern Malekula whose identity is shaped by their small-island maritime homeland and a distinct Oceanic language and cultural tradition They are an Indigenous people, with Maskelyne Islander as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Vanuatu people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Maskelynes is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Maskelyne Islander

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Vanuatu
People Cluster: Vanuatu
Primary Language(s): Maskelynes (klv)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 2,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG011021
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Maskelynes
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
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Maskelynes Speakers

Media Resources in Maskelynes:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Maskelynes:

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1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Maskelyne Islanders 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 Maskelyne Islanders:
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 Maskelyne Islanders of Vanuatu

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
readRomans 1:22

Ask God to pour out His mercy and bring those who are walking in their own wisdom to faith in Jesus.

Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!
readPsalm 150:2

Pray for the gospel to advance among those who are living in darkness. Pray that they will come to know Jesus and praise Him for all that He has done.

This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
readEphesians 5:32-33

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will grasp the profound mystery of Christ's love for the Church, reflecting this love in their marriages.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
readLuke 10:1

Ask God to raise up, send out, and sustain Christians who can go together to share the good news of Jesus with those who need it.

Maskelyne Islander Across Countries (ROP3 - 106385) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Maskelyne IslandersPG011021Maskelyne IslandersVanuatu2,000No Longer UnreachedMaskelynesProtestantism

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