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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kapsiki of Cameroon

The Kapsiki of Cameroon, numbering approximately 137,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Cameroon, Far North province: Mayo-Tsanaga Division, southwest Mokolo Subdivision. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Psikye is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Psikye (kvj)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 137,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012633
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

50%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Psikye
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Psikye Speakers

Media Resources in Psikye:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Psikye:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1988 Bible Society of Cameroon✓

1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kapsiki 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 Kapsiki:
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 Kapsiki of Cameroon

Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me! O LORD, be my helper!
readPsalm 30:10

Pray that people in the depths of despair and suffering and living outside of relationship with Christ will cry out to the Lord and find help, peace, and joy in Him.

Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
readPsalm 66:5

Pray that many here will come and see what the Creator God has done on their behalf.

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
readHebrews 10:35

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hold unswervingly to their faith and to their confidence in Christ, which has a great reward.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
readJohn 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Kapsiki Across Countries (ROP3 - 104619) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
KapsikiPG012633KapsikiCameroon137,000No Longer UnreachedPsikyeSunni Islam
PsikyePG014085PsikyeNigeria27,500Engaged yet UnreachedPsikyeAnimism

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