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The Toba-Maskoy of Paraguay

The Toba-Maskoy of Paraguay, numbering approximately 550 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Maskoy people of the Paraguayan Chaco whose Toba ancestors migrated from Argentina around 1870 fleeing persecution to settle Alto Paraguay, later suffering land loss and smallpox epidemics alongside neighboring peoples during the 1932-35 Chaco War era. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Toba-Maskoy is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Toba-Maskoy

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Paraguay
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Toba-Maskoy (tmf)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 550
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017282
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Toba-Maskoy
Language Family: Lengua-Mascoy

77%
%
Toba-Maskoy Speakers

Media Resources in Toba-Maskoy:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Toba-Maskoy:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
LETRA Paraguay✓✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Toba-Maskoy bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Toba-Maskoy 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 Toba-Maskoy:
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 Toba-Maskoy of Paraguay

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
readJohn 3:18

Pray for those who are living under the burden of their sin to believe in Jesus, the only Son of God, and receive freedom.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
readHebrews 4:12

Pray for God's Word to be accessible to everyone in this people group in a way they will resonate with so that many will engage with it, receive it, and share it with others.

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples."
readJohn 8:31

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Christ daily, depending on Him for every need.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
readEphesians 6:18b-19

Ask God to give believers He sends to the lost of this people group the boldness and clarity to proclaim the mystery of the gospel in a way that people can understand.

Toba-Maskoy Across Countries (ROP3 - 110112) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
Toba-MaskoyPG017282Toba-MaskoyParaguay550No Longer UnreachedToba-MaskoyEthnoreligion

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