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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Wuzlam of Cameroon

The Wuzlam of Cameroon, numbering approximately 35,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people who live in the Mandara Mountains of northern Cameroon, specifically in the Wuzlam Massif, within the Mayo-Ouldémé canton, Tokombéré arrondissement, Mayo-Sava Division, Far North Region. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Wuzlam is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Wuzlam (udl)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 35,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012808
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

65%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Wuzlam
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Wuzlam Speakers

Media Resources in Wuzlam:

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Bible Resources in Wuzlam:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Wuzlam 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 Wuzlam:
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 Wuzlam of Cameroon

All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.
readRomans 3:12

Pray that those who are enslaved to sin will admit their need for a Savior, acknowledging that no one is righteous.

And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.
readLuke 2:17

Pray that the lost will receive the good news of salvation in God's Son, have hearts eager to share it with others, and that all who hear will respond with wonder and faith!

Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
readPsalm 25:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the merciful nature and steadfast love of God as they walk with Him daily.

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

Wuzlam Across Countries (ROP3 - 110883) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
WuzlamPG012808WuzlamCameroon35,500No Longer UnreachedWuzlamSunni Islam

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