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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Berguid of Chad

The Berguid of Chad, numbering approximately 26,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a people of southeastern Chad's Moubi Goz and Moubi Zarga cantons, whose Birgit language includes several named varieties such as Abgue, Agrab, and Duguri spoken by around 25,000 people. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Birgit is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Chad
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Birgit (btf)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 26,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources
People Group ID: PG011320
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Birgit
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Birgit Speakers

Media Resources in Birgit:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Birgit:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Birgit bible at Bible.com

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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): No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources (GSEC: 0), there are no evangelical Christians or churches among this people group and there is no access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources

Next steps for the Berguid:
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Pray specifically for the Berguid of Chad

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
readJames 2:5

Pray for those living in despair to experience the riches of God's love and the hope of eternal life through faith in Christ.

I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
readPsalm 34:4

Pray for each who becomes a child of God to share the hope of eternity with family and friends.

Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
readPsalm 51:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence that God has turned His face from their sins and forgiven their iniquities.

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.

Berguid Across Countries (ROP3 - 101282) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BerguidPG011320BerguidChad26,000Unengaged and UnreachedBirgitSunni Islam

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