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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kwangali of Namibia

The Kwangali of Namibia, numbering approximately 115,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are one of five kingdoms of the Kavango people along the Kavango River borderlands with Angola, whose Rukwangali tongue serves as the region's lingua franca since ancestors first settled the area around the 1600s. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Kwangali is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Namibia
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Southwest
Primary Language(s): Kwangali (kwn)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 115,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG015451
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kwangali
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Kwangali Speakers

Media Resources in Kwangali:

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Bible Resources in Kwangali:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Expanding Unreached People Group, (LPI: 2), 0.5% or Greater but Less than 2% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Kwangali:
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Pray specifically for the Kwangali of Namibia

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.
readActs 18:8

Pray that rulers and leaders will access the gospel, respond in faith, and be baptized, uniting with Christ and His Church, and influence others to follow Him.

And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
readZechariah 2:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a heart that longs to see all people from all parts of the world worshiping Jesus as He deserves.

Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
readPsalm 149:3

Pray that God will send His people across cultures to share the gospel so that those who don't yet know the truth about Him might praise His name and share the hope of Christ with others.

Kwangali Across Countries (ROP3 - 105524) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KwangaliPG015451KwangaliNamibia115,000Unengaged and UnreachedKwangaliEthnoreligion
KwangaliPG015175KwangaliAngola33,000Unengaged and UnreachedKwangaliEthnoreligion

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

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