The Kotoko-Logone of Chad

The Kotoko-Logone of Chad, numbering approximately 39,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Lagwan-speaking Kotoko people descended from the ancient Sao civilization, whose Logone River basin once held more than 20 city-states including Logone-Birni and Makari before 19th-century Islamization and absorption into the Bornu Empire. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Lagwan is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Kotoko-Logone

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Chad
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Lagwan (kot)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 39,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011389
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

90%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lagwan
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

85%
%
Lagwan Speakers

Media Resources in Lagwan:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Lagwan:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Lagwan bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kotoko-Logone 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 Kotoko-Logone:
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 Kotoko-Logone of Chad

"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
readJohn 8:32

Pray for those who live enslaved to sin to hear and receive the truth of the gospel and be set free.

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
read1 Timothy 2:1-2

Pray that leaders and those in authority will not thwart the spread of the gospel but put their faith in Christ, have hearts that are soft toward their people, and be freed from the temptations that power can bring.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
readPsalm 51:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him, and God will help them to proclaim His praise and declare His goodness all day long.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
readEphesians 6:12

Ask God to give those He sends to cross cultures the discernment they need to recognize the spiritual battle they are fighting. Pray God will protect their faith as they abide in Him.

Kotoko-Logone Across Countries (ROP3 - 105271) reported in the following countries:

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