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The Cuvok of Cameroon

The Cuvok of Cameroon, numbering approximately 16,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Central Chadic people centered around Tchouvok near Zamay in Mokolo commune, Cameroon's Far North Region, whose society has traditionally given blacksmiths important physical and spiritual roles. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Cuvok is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Cuvok (cuv)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 16,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012569
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

40%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Cuvok
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Cuvok Speakers

Media Resources in Cuvok:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Cuvok:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Cuvok are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Cuvok:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Cuvok of Cameroon

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will be freed from the emptiness of fading hopes and find lasting life and truth in the unchanging Word of God.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region.
readActs 13:48-49

Pray that the gospel will spread throughout this whole region and that many will believe and embrace the gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
readGalatians 3:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be united in Christ across all differences of ethnicity, social status, and gender.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

Cuvok Across Countries (ROP3 - 102338) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
CuvokPG012569CuvokCameroon16,500No Longer UnreachedCuvokFolk Islam

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