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The Southern Nuna of Burkina Faso

The Southern Nuna of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 353,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a southern branch of the Nuna, or Nunuma, people centered around Leo and the Ghana border, forming part of the wider Gurunsi cultural complex and distinguished from northern Nuna by their Southern Nuni speech. They mostly adhere to Animism and Southern Nuni is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Burkina Faso
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Southern Nuni (nnw)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 353,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012434
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Pray for the Southern Nuna of Burkina Faso

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

62%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southern Nuni
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Nuni, Southern Speakers

Media Resources in Southern Nuni:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Southern Nuni:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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Or check out the Southern Nuni bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Southern Nuna 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 Southern Nuna:
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 Southern Nuna of Burkina Faso

Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
readLuke 12:7

Pray that those who don't yet know how to trust in Jesus will not be consumed by worry and anxiety, but will trust in the Father's care and provision for their daily needs and for their eternal salvation

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed"
readGalatians 3:8

Ask the Lord to fulfill His promise to Abraham that all nations would be blessed by advancing the gospel to every people group who has yet to receive it.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
readPsalm 22:27

Pray that all families of the nations will worship the Lord in spirit and in truth.

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations.
readPsalm 67:1-2

Pray that as God blesses believers from among this people group or from nearby cultures, He will raise them up to share His saving power among the nations.

Nuna, Southern Across Countries (ROP3 - 107508) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Southern NunaPG012434Southern NunaBurkina Faso353,000Engaged yet UnreachedSouthern NuniAnimism

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