The Mid Grand Valley Dani of Indonesia

The Mid Grand Valley Dani of Indonesia, numbering approximately 77,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Dani people of Indonesia's central New Guinea highlands centered in the middle Baliem Valley, traditionally organized into patrilineal clans and political alliances. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Mid Grand Valley Dani is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Dani, Mid Grand Valley

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: New Guinea
Primary Language(s): Mid Grand Valley Dani (dnt)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 77,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022900
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

68%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mid Grand Valley Dani
Language Family: Nuclear Trans New Guinea

100%
%
Dani, Mid Grand Valley Speakers

Media Resources in Mid Grand Valley Dani:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Mid Grand Valley Dani:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1990 The British and Foreign Bible Society✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Mid Grand Valley Dani bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mid Grand Valley Dani 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 Mid Grand Valley Dani:
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 Mid Grand Valley Dani of Indonesia

But he said, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:27

Praise God that He is the God of impossible things and that He is able to save even those who seem beyond hope.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that God will be working in people's hearts, give them opportunities to receive the gospel, and bring many to faith in Himself.

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
readDeuteronomy 6:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hide God's Word in their hearts, let it shape their conversations and daily lives, and pass on their faith to the next generation.

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
readEphesians 6:13

Pray that God will send believers to the lost of this people group and that, as they share the gospel, they will take up the whole armor of God so that they can stand firm when trials come.

Dani, Mid Grand Valley Across Countries (ROP3 - 102436) reported in the following countries:

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