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The Ayoreo of Paraguay

The Ayoreo of Paraguay, numbering approximately 1,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are the only uncontacted Indigenous people outside the Amazon, first met by Jesuits who founded a mission in 1726 before a 1745 uprising ended it, with roughly 100 Ayoreo still living isolated in the Gran Chaco, most recently emerging from the forest in 2004. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Ayoreo is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Paraguay
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Ayoreo (ayo)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017213
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ayoreo
Language Family: Zamucoan

100%
%
Ayoreo Speakers

Media Resources in Ayoreo:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Ayoreo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1982 New Tribes Mission✓✓
2018 Ethnos 360✓✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Ayoreo bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ayoreo 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 Ayoreo:
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 Ayoreo of Paraguay

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
readMatthew 11:28

Pray for those who are tired, weary, and burdened by the weight of sin to encounter Jesus and experience the rest that only He can give.

After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.
readLuke 5:27-28

Prat that God will prepare many hearts to meet Him when He says, “Follow Me!” and that they will respond in faith, leaving everything behind to follow Him.

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
readTitus 3:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and might struggle with temptation to trust in their own works, they will remember that it is only because of God's mercy that they have been saved.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
readActs 1:8

Pray that God will raise up believers who are willing to cross cultures and boldly share the good news of Jesus with the lost in this people group and from every nation.

Ayoreo Across Countries (ROP3 - 100666) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
AyoreoPG017213AyoreoParaguay1,900No Longer UnreachedAyoreoEthnoreligion
AyoreoPG017384AyoreoBolivia1,700No Longer UnreachedAyoreoEthnoreligion

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