The Dii of Cameroon

The Dii of Cameroon, numbering approximately 159,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Adamawa Plateau people so close to the neighboring Mbum that outsiders often cannot tell them apart, who came under 19th-century Fulani Muslim rule and intermarried extensively while retaining traditional spiritual beliefs into the 20th century. They mostly adhere to Animism and Dii is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Dii (dur)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 159,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012770
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

90%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Dii
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Dii Speakers

Media Resources in Dii:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Dii:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2001 Bible Society of Cameroon✓

1 entry

Or check out the Dii bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Dii 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 Dii:
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 Dii of Cameroon

Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
readPsalm 46:10

Pray that those who do not yet worship Jesus will be still and know that He is God, that He will be exalted among them and in all the earth.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb’
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that many people will receive the gospel and will be part of the great multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, clothed in white robes and palm branches, proclaiming salvation belongs to our God.

The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot... indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
readPsalm 16:5-6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and face hardship, they will remember that God is their portion and cup and that He has a beautiful inheritance for them.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
readEphesians 6:11

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will put on the full armor of God so that they will be able to stand against the schemes of the enemy.

Dii Across Countries (ROP3 - 102609) reported in the following countries:

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