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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Nambikwara of Brazil

The Nambikwara of Brazil, numbering approximately 2,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as one of three groups of Nambiquara, who live in western Mato Grosso and southern Rondonia, Brazil They are an Indigenous people, with Nambikwara as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism. They primarily speak Nambikuára, Southern.

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

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Nambikuára, Southern (nab)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 2,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017106

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

60%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nambikuára, Southern
Language Family: Nambiquaran

100%
%
Nambikuára, Southern Speakers

Media Resources in Nambikuára, Southern:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Nambikuára, Southern:

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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Nambikwara 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 Nambikwara:
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 Nambikwara of Brazil

For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
readEphesians 5:8

Pray that those who are lost will turn from the darkness they are walking in and embrace the light, becoming children of light who bear fruit in every good work.

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
readLamentations 3:23-23

Pray that they will have hope in the Lord, knowing that His compassions never fails and that His mercies are new every morning.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
read1 Peter 2:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will embrace their identity as God's chosen people, royal priests, and holy nation, living out their faith with purity and devotion.

He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
readJohn 1:7

Pray that God will raise up witnesses to testify about Jesus so that all might believe, knowing that He is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.

Nambikwara, Southern Across Countries (ROP3 - 109498) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
NambikwaraPG017106NambikwaraBrazil2,300No Longer UnreachedNambikuára, SouthernAnimism

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