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The Angguruk Yali of Indonesia

The Angguruk Yali of Indonesia, numbering approximately 22,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Yali highland people centered around Angguruk in Yahukimo, where steep valleys and isolation shaped small farming villages. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Angguruk Yali is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: New Guinea
Primary Language(s): Angguruk Yali (yli)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 22,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022445
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

41%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Angguruk Yali
Language Family: Nuclear Trans New Guinea

100%
%
Yali, Angguruk Speakers

Media Resources in Angguruk Yali:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Angguruk Yali:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Today’s Yali Angguruk Version, 1998✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Angguruk Yali bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Angguruk Yali 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 Angguruk Yali:
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 Angguruk Yali of Indonesia

"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
readJohn 8:32

Pray for those who live enslaved to sin to hear and receive the truth of the gospel and be set free.

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

Pray that everyone has access to God's Word and that those who hear the good news will turn from their sins and put their faith in Jesus the Messiah.

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
readTitus 3:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and might struggle with temptation to trust in their own works, they will remember that it is only because of God's mercy that they have been saved.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
readMark 5:20

Pray that God will bring people who appear beyond hope to faith in Jesus and that they will then go and tell others of the marvelous things He has done.

Yali, Angguruk Across Countries (ROP3 - 110946) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
Angguruk YaliPG022445Angguruk YaliIndonesia22,500No Longer UnreachedAngguruk YaliProtestantism

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