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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Indo-Guyanese of Guyana

The Indo-Guyanese of Guyana, numbering approximately 321,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indo-Caribbean people of Indian ancestry, descended primarily from indentured laborers brought to British Guiana, and maintaining cultural traditions shaped by both South Asian and Guyanese heritage. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Guyanese Creole English is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Guyana
People Cluster: Indo-Caribbean
Primary Language(s): Guyanese Creole English (gyn)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 321,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043791
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

75%
%
Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Guyanese Creole English
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Guyanese English Creole Speakers

Media Resources in Guyanese Creole English:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Guyanese Creole English:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Indo-Guyanese 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 Indo-Guyanese:
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 Indo-Guyanese of Guyana

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
readJohn 3:14-15

Pray that the lost among them will look to the One lifted up on the cross, believing in Him and receiving eternal life.

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
read2 Timothy 4:3-4

Pray that the lost will be open to the truth of the gospel and turn from false teachings and myths to the sound doctrine of Christ in faith.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 6:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will lay down all evil desires, dying to sin and living for Him alone.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
readJohn 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Indo-Caribbean Across Countries (ROP3 - 108730) reported in the following countries:

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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▲
Indo-CaribbeanPG000405Indo-CaribbeanNetherlands193,000Engaged yet UnreachedCaribbean HindustaniHinduism
Indo-SurinamesePG022266Indo-SurinameseSuriname134,000No Longer UnreachedCaribbean HindustaniHinduism
Indo-CaribbeanPG022285Indo-CaribbeanFrench Guiana13,000No Longer UnreachedSranan TongoHinduism
Indo-GuyanesePG043791Indo-GuyaneseGuyana321,000No Longer UnreachedGuyanese Creole EnglishHinduism
Indo-TrinidadiansPG046764Indo-TrinidadiansTrinidad and Tobago313,000Engaged yet UnreachedEnglishHinduism
Indo-CaribbeanPG048989Indo-CaribbeanGermany51,000No Longer UnreachedDutchHinduism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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