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The Tzutujil of Guatemala

The Tzutujil of Guatemala, numbering approximately 118,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Maya ethnic group from the Lake Atitlán region of Guatemala, with their own language, history, and cultural traditions, descended from the ancient Maya civilization. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Tz'utujil is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Tzutujil

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Guatemala
People Cluster: Central American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Tz'utujil (tzj)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 118,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG024750
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Pray for the Tzutujil of Guatemala

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tz'utujil
Language Family: Mayan

68%
%
Tz’utujil Speakers

Media Resources in Tz'utujil:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Tz'utujil:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2008 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.✓✓
1992 Wycliffe✓✓✓
1992 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc.✓
AEM Version✓

4 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Tz'utujil bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Tzutujil 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 Tzutujil:
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 Tzutujil of Guatemala

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
readMatthew 9:36

Pray that those who have no hope and are in need of a Savior will be comforted by the Good Shepherd, who seeks to gather the lost and weary into His care.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that the gospel will advance among those who don’t know the good news of salvation in Jesus so that they might believe and trust in Jesus.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
read1 Peter 2:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember every day that Jesus' death on the cross brings real healing and restoration to their souls and joyfully share this good news with others.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Tzutujil Across Countries (ROP3 - 102864) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TzutujilPG024750TzutujilGuatemala118,000No Longer UnreachedTz'utujilEthnoreligion

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