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The Kwandi of Zambia

The Kwandi of Zambia, numbering approximately 43,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a dialect sub-group of Luyana (lyn), a language of Zambia. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Luyana is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Zambia
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Southwest
Primary Language(s): Luyana (lyn)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 43,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG015585

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Pray for the Kwandi of Zambia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Luyana
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Luyana Speakers

Media Resources in Luyana:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Luyana:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Luyana bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kwandi are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Kwandi:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Kwandi of Zambia

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
readMatthew 5:6

Pray for those who are lost to desire righteousness and to be filled with the peace and purpose that only comes from following Jesus.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray for the gospel to advance and for more people to be brought into God's family through the reconciliation Jesus offers them.

And God is able to make all grace about to you, so that having sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
read2 Corinthians 9:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will see that God provides for their needs and be content in His provision so that they may excel in every good work.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

Kwandi Across Countries (ROP3 - 105520) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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1 people group

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Kwandi PG015585 Kwandi Zambia 43,500 Engaged yet Unreached Luyana Ethnoreligion

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