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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Southern Aymara of Peru

The Southern Aymara of Peru, numbering approximately 258,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Peru. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Southern Aymara is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Aymara, Southern

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: Aymara
Primary Language(s): Southern Aymara (ayc)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 258,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017593
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southern Aymara
Language Family: Aymaran

100%
%
Aymara, Southern Speakers

Media Resources in Southern Aymara:

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Bible Resources in Southern Aymara:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Southern Aymara 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 Southern Aymara:
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 Southern Aymara of Peru

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that those who are lost and unaware of God's blessings will come to know Him as the one true God, put their trust in Him, and join in praising Him among the nations.

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
readRomans 2:4

Pray that, in God's kindness and according to His nature, He will lead many to repentance.

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
read2 Corinthians 12:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will grow in the spiritual gifts God has given them and use these gifts to glorify Him and build up the Church.

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ...that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
readColossians 4:3-4

Ask God to open doors for believers to share the gospel and help them communicate it clearly so that more people will understand the mystery of Christ and turn to follow Him.

Aymara, Southern Across Countries (ROP3 - 109468) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
Southern AymaraPG017593Southern AymaraPeru258,000No Longer UnreachedSouthern AymaraEthnoreligion

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