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The Yaminahua of Peru

The Yaminahua of Peru, numbering approximately 600 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Pano-speaking people whose name means people of the axe, historically centered where the Purus, Tarauaca, and Jurua headwaters converge near Peru's border with Brazil and Bolivia, devastated by disease during the 1894-1920 rubber boom. They mostly adhere to Animism and Yaminahua is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Peru
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Yaminahua (yaa)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017604
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

60%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yaminahua
Language Family: Pano-Tacanan

100%
%
Yaminahua Speakers

Media Resources in Yaminahua:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Yaminahua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2003 La Liga Bíblica✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Yaminahua bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Pioneer Unreached People Group, (LPI: 1), 0.1% or Greater but Less than 0.5% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Pray specifically for the Yaminahua of Peru

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
readRevelation 3:20

Pray that those who have not opened their hearts to Jesus will hear His knock and invite Him in as their Savior and Lord.

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!
readPsalm 96:8

Pray for people here to humbly give God the glory due His name.

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
readHebrews 10:23

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will cling tightly to the hope they have in God to faithfully keep His promises.

The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way.
readPsalm 37:23

Pray that believers from near and far will serve here and trust in the Lord's timing as He establishes their steps.

Yaminawa Across Countries (ROP3 - 110961) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
YaminawaPG017203YaminawaBrazil1,300No Longer UnreachedYaminahuaAnimism
Acre YaminahuaPG017381Acre YaminahuaBolivia250No Longer UnreachedYaminahuaAnimism
YaminahuaPG017604YaminahuaPeru600Unengaged and UnreachedYaminahuaAnimism

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