The Eotile of Cote d’Ivoire

The Eotile of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 8,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a lagoon-dwelling people of southeastern Côte d’Ivoire whose homeland lies along the Aby Lagoon and who retained a distinct identity despite Anyi-Sanwi domination. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Anyin is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Anyin (any)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 8,600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013072
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Pray for the Eotile of Cote d’Ivoire

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Anyin
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Anyin Speakers

Media Resources in Anyin:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Anyin:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Or check out the Anyin bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Eotile 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 Eotile:
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 Eotile of Cote d’Ivoire

And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
readExodus 14:22

Pray that the God who split the sea so that the Israelites might pass through would do another great work among these people, softening the hearts of those who remain lost to the good news and saving them from their sins.

Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!
readPsalm 150:2

Pray for the gospel to advance among those who are living in darkness. Pray that they will come to know Jesus and praise Him for all that He has done.

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.
readIsaiah 49:13

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and suffer for their faith, they will sing for joy and be glad in their hearts because the Lord has compassion on them.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that the promise in Revelation 7:9-10 will encourage believers from among them or from nearby people groups to share the gospel with people who have never learned it.

Eotile Across Countries (ROP3 - 102932) reported in the following countries:

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