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People group profile · PG014411

The Mingang Doso of Nigeria

The Mingang Doso of Nigeria, numbering about 6,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a small farming community of Taraba State's Karim-Lamido area, speaking an endangered Adamawa language of the Jen cluster no longer passed on to children as increasing numbers shift toward Hausa.

They are an indigenous people in the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Mingang Doso.

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

Fast facts

Country
Nigeria
Population
6,200
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary language
Mingang Doso (mko)
Primary religion
Ethnoreligion
Strategic Progress Index ?
No Longer Unreached
Evangelical
20% or Greater but Less than 30%
GSEC ?
10% or Greater Evangelical
Lostness priority ?
Significantly Reached People Group
Region
Western Africa, Africa

Where they live

Gospel status

The Mingang Doso 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 Mingang Doso

  • 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

Ethnoreligion

50% adherents

Primary language

Mingang Doso · Atlantic-Congo family

100% speak Mingang Doso

Gospel resources in Mingang Doso

  • Bible not available
  • 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 Mingang Doso

  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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