The Aizi of Cote d’Ivoire

The Aizi of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 35,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a lagoon people of southern Côte d’Ivoire living around the Ébrié Lagoon and comprising communities with three distinct Aizi languages. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Tiagbamrin Aizi is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Aizi

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Kru
Primary Language(s): Tiagbamrin Aizi (ahi)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 35,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG023154
View on Joshua Project

Pray for the Aizi of Cote d’Ivoire

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

—
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tiagbamrin Aizi
Language Family: Kru

50%
%
Aizi, Tiagbamrin Speakers

Media Resources in Tiagbamrin Aizi:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Tiagbamrin Aizi:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Tiagbamrin Aizi bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: No longer Unreached

The Aizi 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 Aizi:
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 Aizi of Cote d’Ivoire

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
read1 John 3:8

Pray for those living in darkness to recognize the destructive power of sin and the victory Christ has won over it.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the gospel of God's kingdom will reach more people and that they will respond in faith, becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
readPsalm 23:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's presence, even in the darkest valleys.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe."
readJohn 6:35-36

Praise God for the things such as bread that He has provided as natural conversation bridges to the gospel. Pray that believers will use any bridges He provides to share the gospel with those who do not yet know the good news.

Aizi, Tiagbamrin Across Countries (ROP3 - 100168) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

1 people group

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

Peoplegroups.org relies on updates from the field and other organizations for much of our data, so if you have any updates, please contact us. We use various international naming standards. For a list of these standards and fields, visit our Data Standards section.

Scroll to Top