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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Fulnio of Brazil

The Fulnio of Brazil, numbering approximately 5,200 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a people whose name means people of the riverbank, formerly known as Carijo, documented since 1749 in Pernambuco's Aguas Belas, the only Indigenous group of Northeast Brazil to retain their native Yaathe language. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Fulniô is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Fulniô (fun)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 5,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG016830
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Pray for the Fulnio of Brazil

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

50%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Fulniô
Language Family:

50%
%
Iatê Speakers

Media Resources in Fulniô:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Fulniô:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Fulnio 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 Fulnio:
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 Fulnio of Brazil

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
readRomans 1:20

As God's creation declares His glory, pray that multitudes who don't know Him will see the works of His hands and desire to know more about the Creator.

The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
readPsalm 146:9

Pray for God to watch over people, wherever they are, and cause them to meet believers who will share the gospel with them clearly and lovingly.

For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
readActs 17:23

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a deep desire to know God more fully and to make Him known in creative ways to others who are still searching for truth.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that the promise in Revelation 7:9-10 will encourage believers from among them or from nearby people groups to share the gospel with people who have never learned it.

Fulnio Across Countries (ROP3 - 103082) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
FulnioPG016830FulnioBrazil5,200Engaged yet UnreachedFulniôEthnoreligion

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