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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kokama of Peru

The Kokama of Peru, numbering approximately 11,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Amazonian people of the Huallaga, Maranon, Ucayali, and Amazonas river basins, first contacted by Spanish explorers in 1557 and now reviving their Tupi-Guarani-derived Kukama-Kukamiria language after generations of decline. They mostly adhere to Animism and Loreto-Ucayali Spanish is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Cocama-Cocamilla

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Guarani
Primary Language(s): Loreto-Ucayali Spanish (spq)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 11,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017523
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

90%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Loreto-Ucayali Spanish
Language Family: Indo-European

98%
%
Spanish, Charapa Speakers

Media Resources in Loreto-Ucayali Spanish:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Loreto-Ucayali Spanish:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kokama 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 Kokama:
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 Kokama of Peru

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
readJohn 3:19

Pray that God will have mercy on those who love the darkness they are walking in and turn from their sin to faith in Christ.

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 many people will receive the gospel and will be part of the great multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, clothed in white robes and palm branches, proclaiming salvation belongs to our God.

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
readPsalm 37:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will delight themselves in the Lord, trusting Him to give them the desires of their hearts.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

Kokama Across Countries (ROP3 - 102247) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▲
KokamaPG016815KokamaBrazil9,600No Longer UnreachedPortugueseAnimism
KokamaPG017523KokamaPeru11,500No Longer UnreachedLoreto-Ucayali SpanishAnimism
KokamaPG016231KokamaColombia2,200Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishEthnoreligion

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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