The Lowland Quichua of Peru

The Lowland Quichua of Peru, numbering approximately 11,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Quechua-speaking Amazonian people of the Napo, Aguarico, San Miguel, and Putumayo river basins whose ancestors, the Quijos, were nearly exterminated by the Spanish before their language shifted from the original Shillipanu to Quichua. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Napo Lowland Quechua is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Quichua, Lowland

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Napo Lowland Quechua (qvo)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 11,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017548
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Napo Lowland Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

100%
%
Quichua, Napo Speakers

Media Resources in Napo Lowland Quechua:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Napo Lowland Quechua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Colegio Don Bosco✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Napo Lowland Quechua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Lowland Quichua 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 Lowland Quichua:
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 Lowland Quichua of Peru

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will be freed from the emptiness of fading hopes and find lasting life and truth in the unchanging Word of God.

"O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me."
readJohn 17:25

Pray that the lost will come to know the Father and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent, and that they will be filled with His love and grace.

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.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
readPsalm 8:1

Pray that God will raise up people who love Him and are able and willing to go to and share the hope of the gospel with those who don't know it. Pray that everyone will see His name as majestic in all the earth!

Quichua, Napo Lowland Across Countries (ROP3 - 105887) reported in the following countries:

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