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The Machineri of Brazil

The Machineri of Brazil, numbering approximately 1,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Arawakan people of Brazil's Acre state near the Peru and Bolivia borders, formerly organized into named subgroups called Yineri before the rubber boom's forced labor and conflict scattered their ancestors into today's Manchineri communities. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Machinere is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Machineri

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Machinere (mpd)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG046950
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Pray for the Machineri of Brazil

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Machinere
Language Family: Arawakan

75%
%
Machinere Speakers

Media Resources in Machinere:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Machinere:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2008 New Tribes Mission✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Machinere bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Machineri 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 Machineri:
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 Machineri of Brazil

The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.
readMatthew 4:16

Pray that those living in darkness and the shadow of death will see a great light and turn to the Lord for salvation.

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.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
readEphesians 2:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember God's mercy and grace and experience joy as they walk in new life with Christ.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Ask God to raise up people who will trust in His sovereignty as they share the gospel, knowing that it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.

Machinere Across Countries (ROP3 - 106211) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MachineriPG046950MachineriBrazil1,100No Longer UnreachedMachinereEthnoreligion
MachineriPG046933MachineriBolivia35No Longer UnreachedPortugueseEthnoreligion

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