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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Lowland Quechua of Colombia

The Lowland Quechua of Colombia, numbering approximately 475 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Eastern Tucanoan Indigenous people of the Apaporis and Pirá-Paraná river basin of the Colombian Amazon whose identity is rooted in exogamous clan traditions, communal maloca life, and stewardship of rainforest territories. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Napo Lowland Quechua is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Quechua, Lowland

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Colombia
People Cluster: Quechua
Primary Language(s): Napo Lowland Quechua (qvo)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 475
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043719
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Napo Lowland Quechua
Language Family: Quechuan

100%
%
Quichua, Napo Speakers

Media Resources in Napo Lowland Quechua:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Napo Lowland Quechua:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Colegio Don Bosco✓✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Napo Lowland Quechua bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Lowland Quechua 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 Lowland Quechua:
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 Lowland Quechua of Colombia

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.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.
readPsalm 104:8

Pray that they will see the hand of God in the beauty and order of the natural world, and that they will worship Him as the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

Jesus said, ‘Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
readMark 10:29-30

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know that when they make sacrifices to follow Jesus, He is there with them and will bless them abundantly in this life and in the life to come.

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you.
readLuke 10:6

Pray that, as people come to faith in Christ and want to share it with others, they will be welcomed into homes and received well so that they can share message of hope with many people.

Quichua, Napo Lowland Across Countries (ROP3 - 105887) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Napo Lowland QuichuaPG017470Napo Lowland QuichuaEcuador18,000No Longer UnreachedNapo Lowland QuechuaEthnoreligion
Lowland QuichuaPG017548Lowland QuichuaPeru11,000Engaged yet UnreachedNapo Lowland QuechuaEthnoreligion
Lowland QuechuaPG043719Lowland QuechuaColombia475No Longer UnreachedNapo Lowland QuechuaEthnoreligion

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