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People group profile · PG012715

The Mungong of Cameroon

The Mungong of Cameroon, numbering about 15,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a community of Cameroon's Northwest Region centered on the Bui Division's Kumbo area, closely related to the neighboring Noone and Ncane, speaking one variety within the Noni language cluster.

They are an indigenous people in the Benue people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam, and they primarily speak Ncane.

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AI-generated illustration, not a photograph. Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Mungong

Fast facts

Country
Cameroon
Population
15,500
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Benue
Primary language
Ncane (ncr)
Primary religion
Folk Islam
Strategic Progress Index ?
No Longer Unreached
Evangelical
5% or Greater but Less than 10%
GSEC ?
5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
Lostness priority ?
Moderately Reached People Group
Region
Middle Africa, Africa
Location
North West region: Donga-Mantung division, Misaje subdivision, Bem, Chunge, Kibbo, Nfume, and Nkanchi villages west of Nkambe; Menchum division, Bum subdivision, Mungong

Where they live

Gospel status

The Mungong are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.

  • Congregations exist Yes
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Mungong

  • Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
  • Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
  • Send out laborers from this people to the nations

Primary religion

Folk Islam · Islam

Primary language

Ncane · Atlantic-Congo family

100% speak Ncane

Gospel resources in Ncane

  • Bible available, published 2022
  • JESUS Film not available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Mungong

  1. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  2. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  3. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  4. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.

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