The Pass Valley Yaly of Indonesia

The Pass Valley Yaly of Indonesia, numbering approximately 8,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Yali highland people of Yahukimo Regency whose name means people from where the sun rises, first reached by outside missionaries only in the 1960s and 1970s, an encounter that ended long-standing intervillage feuds and ancestral warfare traditions. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Pass Valley Yali is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Yaly, Pass Valley

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: New Guinea
Primary Language(s): Pass Valley Yali (yac)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 8,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG023097
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

50%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Pass Valley Yali
Language Family: Nuclear Trans New Guinea

100%
%
Yali, Pass Valley Speakers

Media Resources in Pass Valley Yali:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Pass Valley Yali:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Pass Valley Yaly 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 Pass Valley Yaly:
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 Pass Valley Yaly of Indonesia

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
readGenesis 3:15

Pray that those without Christ will hear the words of Genesis 1-3 in their own language, and desire to know their Creator and His provision of salvation.

There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.
readPsalm 19:3

Pray that God will lead them to His Word, and where it is not available, ask that He will raise up those who will produce gospel media in their heart language.

And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him and have assurance that He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readMatthew 9:37-38

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will raise up believers to send out into His harvest field, which is ripe and ready.

Yali, Pass Valley Across Countries (ROP3 - 110951) reported in the following countries:

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