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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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Pray for the Aikana of Brazil

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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.

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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

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.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst."
readJohn 6:35

Pray that the lost will come to Jesus and believe in Him, never to hunger or thirst again.

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
readLamentations 3:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and walk through trials, they will be satisfied with the Lord as their portion and will place all their hope in Him.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

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

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
AikanaPG017145AikanaBrazil300No Longer UnreachedAikanãEthnoreligion

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