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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Hima of Burundi

The Hima of Burundi, numbering approximately 16,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a Bantu ethnic group indigenous to the Ankole region of southwestern Uganda They are an Diaspora people, with Hima as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Bantu, Central-Lakes people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Nyankore.

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

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Burundi
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Lakes
Primary Language(s): Nyankore (nyn)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 16,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG014467

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Pray for the Hima of Burundi

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nyankore
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Nyankore Speakers

Media Resources in Nyankore:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Nyankore:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1989 Bible Society of Uganda✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Nyankore bible at Bible.com

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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 Hima:
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Pray specifically for the Hima of Burundi

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
readJohn 3:17

Pray for those who are living under the burdens of man-made religion to learn about the freedom Jesus offers them and turn to Him in faith.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that the lost will seek God and learn that they have a heavenly Father who loves them and wants them to live eternally with Him.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all 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 trust God in all things, especially in times of persecution.

Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
readPsalm 105:2

Pray for God to saturate this place with the gospel and raise up believing men and women from among them to share the good news of Christ with those who have yet to encounter it.

Hima Across Countries (ROP3 - 103783) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HimaPG033494HimaUganda436,000Unengaged and UnreachedNyankoreEthnoreligion
HimaPG014467HimaBurundi16,000Unengaged and UnreachedNyankoreEthnoreligion
HimaPG014881HimaRwanda16,000Engaged yet UnreachedNyankoreNeo-Pentecostalism
HimaPG015009HimaTanzania14,000No Longer UnreachedNyankoreRoman Catholicism
HimaPG014563HimaCongo, Democratic Republic of the5,300Engaged yet UnreachedNyankoreRoman Catholicism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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