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The Jarawara of Brazil

The Jarawara of Brazil, numbering approximately 225 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Arawan-speaking Amazonian people of the middle Purus River, part of a language cluster shared with the closely related Jamamadi and Banawa that they understand with ease, commercializing rubber latex, Brazil nuts, and copaiba oil. They mostly adhere to Animism and Jamamadí is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Jamamadí (jaa)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 225
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016901
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

70%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Jamamadí
Language Family: Arawan

100%
%
Jamamadí Speakers

Media Resources in Jamamadí:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Jamamadí:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Jarawara 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 Jarawara:
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 Jarawara of Brazil

For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
readPsalm 96:5

Pray that those who are seeking after worthless idols will not be satisfied until they seek the truth and find it in Christ.

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
readJohn 3:14-15

Pray that the lost will look to Jesus lifted up on the cross and believe in Him, gaining eternal life with God.

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
readActs 2:42

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will devote themselves to God's Word, to fellowship with each other, and to prayer.

Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
readLuke 10:3

Ask God to raise up and send humble believers who will depend on Him as they go out like lambs among wolves to share the good news with those who need to hear it.

Jarawara Across Countries (ROP3 - 104200) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
JarawaraPG016901JarawaraBrazil225No Longer UnreachedJamamadíAnimism

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