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The Cuvok of Cameroon

The Cuvok of Cameroon, numbering approximately 16,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Central Chadic people centered around Tchouvok near Zamay in Mokolo commune, Cameroon's Far North Region, whose society has traditionally given blacksmiths important physical and spiritual roles. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Cuvok is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Cuvok (cuv)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 16,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012569
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Pray for the Cuvok of Cameroon

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

40%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Cuvok
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Cuvok Speakers

Media Resources in Cuvok:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Cuvok:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Cuvok 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 Cuvok:
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 Cuvok of Cameroon

For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.
readLuke 19:10

Pray that those who are lost will respond to the One who came to seek and save the lost, and experience the joy of being found.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
readJohn 14:6

Pray that those who are searching for a way to God and desiring truth will encounter the good news of eternal life and accept it.

Jesus said, ‘Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
readMark 10:29-30

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know that when they make sacrifices to follow Jesus, He is there with them and will bless them abundantly in this life and in the life to come.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will patiently endure hardships as they share the gospel, knowing that the Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise.

Cuvok Across Countries (ROP3 - 102338) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
CuvokPG012569CuvokCameroon16,500No Longer UnreachedCuvokFolk Islam

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