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The Aukan of French Guiana

The Aukan of French Guiana, numbering approximately 24,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Ndyuka Maroon people descended from enslaved Africans who fled Suriname's plantations in the early eighteenth century, winning an 1760 treaty of semi-independence, with roughly a quarter now settled along French Guiana's Maroni River basin. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Eastern Maroon Creole is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Aukan

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: French Guiana
People Cluster: Afro-American
Primary Language(s): Eastern Maroon Creole (djk)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 24,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG016331
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Eastern Maroon Creole
Language Family: Indo-European

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Aukan Speakers

Media Resources in Eastern Maroon Creole:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Eastern Maroon Creole:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Aukan 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 Aukan:
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 Aukan of French Guiana

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
readMatthew 5:6

Pray for those who are lost to desire righteousness and to be filled with the peace and purpose that only comes from following Jesus.

Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
readPsalm 2:10-11

Pray for the rulers and authorities here to seek the Lord and serve Him only. Pray that the people they lead will be amazed by the work of God in their lives.

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
readTitus 3:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and might struggle with temptation to trust in their own works, they will remember that it is only because of God's mercy that they have been saved.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
readMark 5:20

Pray that God will bring people who appear beyond hope to faith in Jesus and that they will then go and tell others of the marvelous things He has done.

Aukan, Ndjuka Across Countries (ROP3 - 107179) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
AukanPG016425AukanSuriname25,500No Longer UnreachedEastern Maroon CreoleEthnoreligion
AukanPG016331AukanFrench Guiana24,000No Longer UnreachedEastern Maroon CreoleEthnoreligion
AukanPG016357AukanGuyana850No Longer UnreachedEastern Maroon CreoleEthnoreligion

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