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The South Fali of Cameroon

The South Fali of Cameroon, numbering approximately 68,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Fali people of northern Cameroon's Benoue area, comprising the Kangou, Tinguelin, Bele, and related southern communities, traditionally organized into exogamous patrilineal clans and lineages. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and South Fali is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): South Fali (fal)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 68,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012782
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

88%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: South Fali
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Fali, South Speakers

Media Resources in South Fali:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in South Fali:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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Or check out the South Fali bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The South Fali 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 South Fali:
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 South Fali of Cameroon

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him
readLuke 10:34

Pray that the lost among them will experience the kind of compassion Jesus taught His followers to show others, and that they will trust in Him because He is the one who brings healing to the broken and lost.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
readEphesians 5:32-33

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will grasp the profound mystery of Christ's love for the Church, reflecting this love in their marriages.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Praise the God who is able to make a way forward, even when it seems impossible. Ask Him to do a new thing among this people group specifically and among the nations, raising up believers to go and share the gospel with individuals and places where it has not flourished before.

Fali, South Across Countries (ROP3 - 102991) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
South FaliPG012782South FaliCameroon68,000No Longer UnreachedSouth FaliFolk Islam

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