The Manjuy Chorote of Paraguay

The Manjuy Chorote of Paraguay, numbering approximately 1,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Mataguayan-speaking people of the Gran Chaco who were displaced from the Bermejo River banks to the Pilcomayo River during the colonial era, traditionally sustained by fishing, gathering, and seasonal migration. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Iyo'wujwa Chorote is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Paraguay
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Iyo'wujwa Chorote (crq)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017253
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Iyo'wujwa Chorote
Language Family: Mataguayan

100%
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Chorote, Iyo’wujwa Speakers

Media Resources in Iyo'wujwa Chorote:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Iyo'wujwa Chorote:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2015 Misión Nuevas Tribus de Paraguay✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Iyo'wujwa Chorote bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Manjuy Chorote 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 Manjuy Chorote:
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 Manjuy Chorote of Paraguay

The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer.
readPsalm 6:9

Pray that lost people will hear the gospel and place their faith in Christ, knowing that He hears their plea and accepts their prayer.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.
readPsalm 104:8

Pray that they will see the hand of God in the beauty and order of the natural world, and that they will worship Him as the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures.
readPsalm 23:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that the Lord is their shepherd, providing for their every need.

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
readPsalm 96:4

Pray that God will raise up believers to declare His glory among the lost, so that they may know that He is great and greatly to be praised, that He is exalted above all gods.

Chorote, Manjuy Across Countries (ROP3 - 102191) reported in the following countries:

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