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People group profile · PG013035

The Aladian of Côte d’Ivoire

The Aladian of Côte d’Ivoire, numbering about 47,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Lagoon Akan people who fled clashes near Kumasi, Ghana, in the early 1400s and settled the plain between Cote d'Ivoire's Atlantic coast and the Ebrie Lagoon near Jacqueville, related to the neighboring Adjoukrou and Ebrie.

They are an indigenous people in the Guinean people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Alladian.

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Fast facts

Country
Cote d’Ivoire
Population
47,500
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Guinean
Primary language
Alladian (ald)
Primary religion
Protestantism
Strategic Progress Index
No Longer Unreached
Evangelical
2% or Greater but Less than 5%
GSEC
2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
Lostness priority
Marginally Reached People Group
Region
Western Africa, Africa

Where they live

Gospel status

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

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

Next steps for the Aladian

  • 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

Protestantism · Christianity

Primary language

Alladian · Atlantic-Congo family

100% speak Alladian

Gospel resources in Alladian

  • Bible available, published 2005
  • JESUS Film not available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Bibles

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

Pray for the Aladian

  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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