People group profile · PG014122
The Tangale of Nigeria
The Tangale of Nigeria, numbering about 330,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Gombe State people of Nigeria whose oral tradition traces migration from Yemen through Egypt to Borno before settling the Akko, Billiri, Kaltungo, and Shongom areas by the 1400s, organized into ten clans formed during Fulani jihad-era raiding.
They are an indigenous people in the Chadic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Tangale.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 330,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Chadic
- Primary language
- Tangale (tan)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tangale are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Tangale
- 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
85% adherents
Primary language
Tangale · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Tangale
Gospel resources in Tangale
- Bible available, published 1963
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tangale
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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