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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Deaf Paraguayans of Paraguay

The Deaf Paraguayans of Paraguay, numbering approximately 69,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a community of individuals who are culturally Deaf and actively participate in Deaf culture, often using sign language as their primary means of communication. They mostly adhere to Atheism and Paraguayan Sign Language is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Deaf Peoples
Country: Paraguay
People Cluster: Deaf
Primary Language(s): Paraguayan Sign Language (pys)
Primary Religion(s): Atheism
Population: 69,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017263
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Atheism
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

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%
Atheism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Paraguayan Sign Language
Language Family: Sign Language

20%
%
Paraguayan Sign Language Speakers

Media Resources in Paraguayan Sign Language:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Paraguayan Sign Language:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Paraguayan Sign Language bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Deaf Paraguayans are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Deaf Paraguayans:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Deaf Paraguayans of Paraguay

Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life"
readJohn 4:13-14

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will drink of the living water that only Christ can provide and never thirst again.

“I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that was not called by my name."
readIsaiah 65:1

Pray that the lost will be found by God, even when they are not seeking Him. Pray that He will reveal Himself to them in a way they cannot ignore and that they will respond in faith.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
readPsalm 51:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him, and God will help them to proclaim His praise and declare His goodness all day long.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that the promise in Revelation 7:9-10 will encourage believers from among them or from nearby people groups to share the gospel with people who have never learned it.

Deaf Paraguayan Across Countries (ROP3 - 116609) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Deaf ParaguayansPG017263Deaf ParaguayansParaguay69,000Engaged yet UnreachedParaguayan Sign LanguageAtheism

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