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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Dongotono of South Sudan

The Dongotono of South Sudan, numbering approximately 9,900 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Nilotic people of the Dongotono Mountains in Eastern Equatoria, part of the broader Lango cluster alongside the Lokwa, Ketebo, Logir, and Imatong, whose oral culture of songs, dance, and folklore draws heavily from the neighboring Lotuka. They mostly adhere to Animism and Dongotono is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: South Sudan
People Cluster: Nilotic
Primary Language(s): Dongotono (ddd)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 9,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012012
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

70%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Dongotono
Language Family: Nilotic

54%
%
Dongotono Speakers

Media Resources in Dongotono:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Dongotono:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Dongotono are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Dongotono:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Dongotono of South Sudan

I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
readIsaiah 45:5-6

Pray that the lost among them will be delivered from the confusion of false beliefs and come to know the one true God who alone brings light and purpose to their lives.

Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. Heal the sick in it and say to them, "the kingdom of God has come near to you."
readLuke 10:8-9

Pray that the lost will receive messengers of the gospel with joy, turn from their sins, and be healed.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
readPsalm 51:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will quickly repent when they sin and walk with clean hearts and right spirits as they grow in their relationship with the Lord.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Dongotono Across Countries (ROP3 - 102709) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
DongotonoPG012012DongotonoSouth Sudan9,900Engaged yet UnreachedDongotonoAnimism

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