People group profile · PG014915
The Burungi of Tanzania
The Burungi of Tanzania, numbering about 90,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a South Cushitic people of Tanzania's Kondoa area descended from migrants out of southern Ethiopia around 1000 BC, credited alongside the neighboring Sandawe with the region's ancient rock art at sites like Kolo and Kisese.
They are an indigenous people in the Rift people cluster of the Horn of Africa Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam, and they primarily speak Burunge.
Fast facts
- Country
- Tanzania
- Population
- 90,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Rift
- Primary language
- Burunge (bds)
- Primary religion
- Folk Islam
- 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
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Dodoma region: Kondoa district, Chambalo, Goima, and Mirambu villages; Manyara region
Where they live
Gospel status
The Burungi 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Burungi
- 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
60% adherents
Primary language
Burunge · Afro-Asiatic family
93% speak Burunge
Gospel resources in Burunge
- Bible available, published 2016
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Burungi
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- 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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