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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%
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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

And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
readExodus 14:22

Pray that the God who split the sea so that the Israelites might pass through would do another great work among these people, softening the hearts of those who remain lost to the good news and saving them from their sins.

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
readIsaiah 30:21

As the lost in this people group seek to know the truth of who God is, pray that the Spirit of God will draw them to Himself and guide them in the way they should go.

This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
readEphesians 5:32-33

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will grasp the profound mystery of Christ's love for the Church, reflecting this love in their marriages.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

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

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3 people groups

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

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