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The Konyanke of Cote d’Ivoire

The Konyanke of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 270,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Malinke ethnic group indigenous to the West African nation of Guinea. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Konyanka Maninka is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Malinke
Primary Language(s): Konyanka Maninka (mku)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 270,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013095

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

60%
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Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Konyanka Maninka
Language Family: Mande

100%
%
Konyanka Speakers

Media Resources in Konyanka Maninka:

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Bible Resources in Konyanka Maninka:

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

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): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% 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 Konyanke:
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Pray specifically for the Konyanke of Cote d’Ivoire

For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?
readPsalm 18:31

As people look to their own efforts for hope, pray they will have the opportunity to learn and believe in the Lord, who is the only Rock worthy of their faith.

Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
readMark 10:14b

Praise Jesus for the way He loves children, asking that many will learn the truth about Him and come to Him unhindered.

This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
readEphesians 5:32-33

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will grasp the profound mystery of Christ's love for the Church, reflecting this love in their marriages.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Maninka, Konyanka Across Countries (ROP3 - 105207) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KonyankePG013415KonyankeGuinea283,000Engaged yet UnreachedKonyanka ManinkaSunni Islam
KonyankePG013095KonyankeCote d’Ivoire270,000Unengaged and UnreachedKonyanka ManinkaFolk Islam

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