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The Waiapi of Brazil

The Waiapi of Brazil, numbering approximately 1,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people of northern Brazil, primarily living in the state of Amapá, near the border with French Guiana. They mostly adhere to Animism and Wayampi is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Wayampi (oym)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 1,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017044
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

80%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Wayampi
Language Family: Tupian

100%
%
Wayampi Speakers

Media Resources in Wayampi:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
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2 films

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Bible Resources in Wayampi:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Wayampi bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Waiapi 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 Waiapi:
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 Waiapi of Brazil

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
readPsalm 51:17

Pray that those who want to achieve salvation through their works will be unsettled in their pursuit and that, with a broken spirit and contrite heart, they will trust in Christ.

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed"
readGalatians 3:8

Ask the Lord to fulfill His promise to Abraham that all nations would be blessed by advancing the gospel to every people group who has yet to receive it.

He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken.
readIsaiah 25:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in the hope of the Lord's coming, when He will swallow up death forever and wipe away their tears.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

Wayampi, Amapari Across Countries (ROP3 - 110730) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Wayampi AmapariPG043717Wayampi AmapariFrench Guiana1,400Unengaged and UnreachedWayampiAnimism
WaiapiPG017044WaiapiBrazil1,000No Longer UnreachedWayampiAnimism

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