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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

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.
readMark 10:15

Pray for those who might be trapped in pride, that God will humble them and give them a childlike faith and complete dependence on Him through faith in Christ.

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth.
readPsalm 67:4

Pray that God will use ways from in-person witnesses to digital gospel resources to bring the joy of His salvation to everyone so that they can be glad in Him and sing for joy.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
read2 Corinthians 5:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will understand and experience the truth that in Christ, they are a new creation, and the old has gone and the new has come.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
readPsalm 8:1

Pray that God will raise up people who love Him and are able and willing to go to and share the hope of the gospel with those who don't know it. Pray that everyone will see His name as majestic in all the earth!

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

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6 people groups

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