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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Aikana of Brazil

The Aikana of Brazil, numbering approximately 300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a people of Rondonia's Guapore River region who speak a language isolate unrelated to any other known tongue, first documented in 1914 by Swedish ethnographer Erland Nordenskiold, relocated in 1970 to the poor-soiled Tubarao-Latunde Indigenous Territory. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Aikanã is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Aikanã (tba)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017145
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

50%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Aikanã
Language Family:

79%
%
Aikanã Speakers

Media Resources in Aikanã:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Aikanã:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Aikanã bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Aikana 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 Aikana:
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 Aikana of Brazil

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
readMatthew 5:44-45

Pray for those who don't know Jesus to encounter believers who are kind and compassionate and that their imitation of Christ will serve as a testimony that attracts lost people to Jesus.

Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
readPsalm 2:10-11

Pray for the rulers and authorities here to seek the Lord and serve Him only. Pray that the people they lead will be amazed by the work of God in their lives.

For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
readPsalm 86:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord with all their heart, knowing that He is the one true God and will teach them His ways.

O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart.
readPsalm 15:1-2

Ask God to send believers who will go and, with integrity, walk blamelessly and do what is right, speaking truth about the Lord with those who need to learn about His redemption plan.

Tubarao Across Countries (ROP3 - 110236) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
AikanaPG017145AikanaBrazil300No Longer UnreachedAikanãEthnoreligion

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