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People group profile · PG014395

The Lam-nso of Nigeria

The Lam-nso of Nigeria, numbering about 7,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Northwest Region of Cameroon.

They are a diaspora people in the Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Lamnso'.

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Fast facts

Country
Nigeria
Population
7,200
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke
Primary language
Lamnso' (lns)
Primary religion
Animism
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
Western Africa, Africa

Where they live

Gospel status

The Lam-nso 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 Lam-nso

  • 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

Animism · Ethnoreligion

78% adherents

Primary language

Lamnso' · Atlantic-Congo family

100% speak Lamnso'

Gospel resources in Lamnso'

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

Films

Bibles

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

Pray for the Lam-nso

  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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Lam-nso in other countries

The same people is also reported in 1 other country.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
NsoCameroon409,000Engaged yet Unreached

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