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The Dompago of Benin

The Dompago of Benin, numbering approximately 127,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a language of Benin, West Djougou and border areas, Atakora Province. They mostly adhere to Animism and Kabiyè is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Benin
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Kabiyè (kbp)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 127,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012336
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Pray for the Dompago of Benin

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

85%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kabiyè
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Kabiyè Speakers

Media Resources in Kabiyè:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Kabiyè:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2011 Bibles International✓
Roman Catholic Version✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Kabiyè 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 Dompago:
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Pray specifically for the Dompago of Benin

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 message of hope will reach those who are wandering in darkness, offering them a path to eternal life.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
readPsalm 42:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will thirst for God and be satisfied when they abide in Him.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
readLuke 10:1

Ask God to raise up, send out, and sustain Christians who can go together to share the good news of Jesus with those who need it.

Dompago Across Countries (ROP3 - 102695) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▲NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
DompagoPG012336DompagoBenin127,000Unengaged and UnreachedKabiyèAnimism
DompagoPG014340DompagoTogo25,500No Longer UnreachedLukpaAnimism

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