People group profile · PG014999
The Ndali of Tanzania
The Ndali of Tanzania, numbering about 435,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Bantu people of Tanzania's Ileje District and northern Malawi whose name means long path in reference to a migration story, oral tradition placing their ancestors alongside the Nyakyusa, Kinga, Kisi, and Pangwa at a shared settlement called Nyumba Nditu.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Central-Tanzania people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Ndali.
Fast facts
- Country
- Tanzania
- Population
- 435,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Central-Tanzania
- Primary language
- Ndali (ndh)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- 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
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Songwe region: Ileje district, between Lambya and Nyakyusa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ndali 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 Ndali
- 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
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
41% adherents
Primary language
Ndali · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Ndali
Gospel resources in Ndali
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Ndali)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ndali
- 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.
- 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.
Ndali in other countries
The same people (ROP3 107148) is reported in 1 other country.
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