The Katla of Sudan

The Katla of Sudan, numbering approximately 35,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Nuba people of the Katla Hills in Sudan's South Kordofan, one of some fifty distinct ethnic groups sheltered in the Nuba Mountains, speaking the namesake language of the small Katla-Tima family They are an Indigenous people, with Katla as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Nuba Mountains people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Katla is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Katla

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Sudan
People Cluster: Nuba Mountains
Primary Language(s): Katla (kcr)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 35,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012063
View on Joshua Project

Pray for the Katla of Sudan

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

97%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Katla
Language Family: Katla-Tima

59%
%
Katla Speakers

Media Resources in Katla:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Katla:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Katla bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Katla 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 Katla:
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 Katla of Sudan

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
readPsalm 19:1

Pray that those who are lost will look to the heavens and see the glory of God displayed, leading them to seek Him and know Him as their Creator and Savior.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."
readIsaiah 52:7

Pray that those who don't know the good news of peace and salvation through Jesus Christ will have an opportunity to receive it. Pray that it will bring hope and healing to their souls.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
read2 Corinthians 5:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will understand and experience the truth that in Christ, they are a new creation, and the old has gone and the new has come.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 6:23

Pray that God will bring people to faith who are excited about the eternal life they have in Christ and will want to cross cultures to share this hope with others.

Katla Across Countries (ROP3 - 104738) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

1 people group

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

Peoplegroups.org relies on updates from the field and other organizations for much of our data, so if you have any updates, please contact us. We use various international naming standards. For a list of these standards and fields, visit our Data Standards section.

Scroll to Top