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The Yaure of Cote d’Ivoire

The Yaure of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 56,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Akan people descended from Baule migrants who left Ghana amid the rise of the Ashanti Kingdom in the 1700s, settling between Ivory Coast's Baule and Guro territories and adopting Mande speech, known for serrated black funerary masks. They mostly adhere to Animism and Yaouré is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Mande
Primary Language(s): Yaouré (yre)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 56,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013149
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Pray for the Yaure of Cote d’Ivoire

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

75%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yaouré
Language Family: Mande

100%
%
Yaouré Speakers

Media Resources in Yaouré:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Yaouré:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Yaouré bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Yaure 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 Yaure:
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 Yaure of Cote d’Ivoire

For you, O LORD, are most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
readPsalm 97:9

Pray that those who don't yet know Him will recognize the Lord as the Most High and turn from spiritual darkness to worship Him above all else.

For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts.
readMalachi 1:11

Pray that they will worship God in spirit and truth, offering Him the sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving that He desires.

We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds.
readPsalm 75:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will give thanks to the Lord for His wondrous works and declare His goodness to all people.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Yaure Across Countries (ROP3 - 111006) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
YaurePG013149YaureCote d’Ivoire56,500No Longer UnreachedYaouréAnimism

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