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The Northern Nuna of Burkina Faso

The Northern Nuna of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 118,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Gurunsi people of southern Burkina Faso who migrated north from Ghana with the Winiama at the end of the 1400s ahead of Mossi cavalry, whose advance was blocked by tsetse-infested bush that killed the horses, known for vividly colored ceremonial masks. They mostly adhere to Animism and Northern Nuni is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Nuna, Northern

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Burkina Faso
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Northern Nuni (nuv)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 118,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012433
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

62%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Northern Nuni
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Nuni, Northern Speakers

Media Resources in Northern Nuni:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Northern Nuni:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Northern Nuna 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 Northern Nuna:
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 Northern Nuna of Burkina Faso

And he said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many."
readMark 14:23-24

Pray for those who may have heard the gospel but have not yet submitted their lives to Christ, that they will finally see the sacrifice which He made for them and surrender their lives to Him.

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
readRomans 2:4

Pray that, in God's kindness and according to His nature, He will lead many to repentance.

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
readRomans 10:13

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and sometimes have doubts, God will help them remember and trust the power of Jesus to save them from their sins.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns”
readIsaiah 52:7

Pray that God will provide open doors for believers who cross cultures to share the good news of salvation with those who need it. Pray that He will give them joy as they see Him move.

Nuna, Northern Across Countries (ROP3 - 107507) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Northern NunaPG012433Northern NunaBurkina Faso118,000No Longer UnreachedNorthern NuniAnimism

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