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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The South Gisiga of Cameroon

The South Gisiga of Cameroon, numbering approximately 152,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Cameroon. They mostly adhere to Animism and South Giziga is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): South Giziga (giz)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 152,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012783
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

99%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: South Giziga
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Giziga Speakers

Media Resources in South Giziga:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in South Giziga:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1996 Bible Society of Cameroon✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the South Giziga bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The South Gisiga 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 Gisiga:
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 Gisiga of Cameroon

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will be freed from the emptiness of fading hopes and find lasting life and truth in the unchanging Word of God.

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!
readPsalm 96:3

Pray for people to hear and believe the good news of Jesus and joyfully share it with their family and friends.

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
readColossians 3:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
readJohn 1:35-36

Pray for those God sends to cross cultures to share the gospel, that they might faithfully share the good news of the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

Giziga Across Countries (ROP3 - 109445) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
South GisigaPG012783South GisigaCameroon152,000No Longer UnreachedSouth GizigaAnimism

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