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The Lakota Dida of Cote d’Ivoire

The Lakota Dida of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 195,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Dida people of south-central Côte d'Ivoire centered around Lakota, distinguished within the broader Dida complex by Lakota, Abou, and Vata speech varieties and a historically decentralized village social order. They mostly adhere to Neo-Pentecostalism and Lakota Dida is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Dida, Lakota

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Kru
Primary Language(s): Lakota Dida (dic)
Primary Religion(s): Neo-Pentecostalism
Population: 195,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013103
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Neo-Pentecostalism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Neo-Pentecostalism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lakota Dida
Language Family: Kru

100%
%
Dida, Lakota Speakers

Media Resources in Lakota Dida:

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Bible Resources in Lakota Dida:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Lakota Dida 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 Lakota Dida:
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 Lakota Dida of Cote d’Ivoire

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
readColossians 3:5-6

Pray for God to have mercy and give those who don't yet know Him the gift of Jesus and His salvation for all who call upon His name.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:5

While there are many who do not yet praise God, pray that He will work in their lives, advance the gospel among them, and bring many to saving faith in Christ.

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.
readMatthew 18:20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be encouraged as they remember that Jesus is with them when they gather in His name.

Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."
readMatthew 6:9b-10

Pray that God will raise up Christians who are driven by a desire to see God's name worshiped, His kingdom come, and His will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Ask Him to send them to the lost in this people group and sustain them.

Dida, Lakota Across Countries (ROP3 - 105595) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Lakota DidaPG013103Lakota DidaCote d’Ivoire195,000No Longer UnreachedLakota DidaNeo-Pentecostalism

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