Levantine Arabs of Cote d’Ivoire (PGID: PG013104)

PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Levantine Arabs of Cote d’Ivoire

The Levantine Arabs of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 67,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Arab community of Syrian and Lebanese descent, often grouped together due to shared historical, linguistic, and cultural ties. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Standard Arabic is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Arab, Levantine

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Arab, Levant
Primary Language(s): Standard Arabic (arb)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 67,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013104

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

95%

Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Standard Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%

Arabic, Standard Speakers

Media Resources in Standard Arabic:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
The Savior	View Film
The Savior	View Film

6 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Standard Arabic:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
Easy to Read Version		✓	✓
Good News Version		✓
Sharif (Iraqi) Version	✓	✓	✓
Sharif Version	✓	✓	✓
Standard Arabic (Gulf)		✓
Van Dyke Version - multi voice	✓	✓	✓
Van Dyke Version - single voice	✓	✓	✓

7 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Standard Arabic bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Levantine Arabs are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Levantine Arabs:

Continue prayer and fasting for this group

Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Levantine Arabs of Cote d’Ivoire

But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
Psalm 130:4

Pray that God will bring those who have hard hearts to repentance and trust in Christ for the forgiveness of their sins.

Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!
Psalm 96:7

Pray that entire households will come to faith in Jesus and that God will bless their families with faith in Him for generations to come.

For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
1 Peter 2:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will proclaim the good news and the lost will recognize their need for the Shepherd and turn to Jesus Christ in faith.

And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
Luke 10:2

Ask God to send out laborers into His harvest field, raising up believers from around the world to go and proclaim the kingdom of God with those who need to hear it.

Arab, Levantine Across Countries (ROP3 - 109667) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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16 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▲	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG016310	Levantine Arabs	Dominica	50	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG016213	Levantine Arabs	British Virgin Islands	60	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG016402	Levantine Arabs	Curacao	325	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG013421	Levantine Arabs	Guinea	1,300	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Folk Islam
PG017480	Levantine Arabs	Ecuador	3,200	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG016381	Levantine Arabs	Haiti	5,700	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG013440	Levantine Arabs	Guinea-Bissau	11,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Folk Islam
PG000489	Levantine Arabs	Portugal	23,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG013104	Levantine Arabs	Cote d’Ivoire	67,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042458	Middle Eastern Arabs	Germany	104,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG020267	Levantine Arabs	Australia	196,000	No Longer Unreached	Gulf Arabic	Roman Catholicism
PG011511	Levantine Arabs	Egypt	218,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG012216	Levantine Arabs	Tunisia	251,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG000573	Levantine Arabs	Sweden	406,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG000662	Levantine Arabs	United Kingdom	512,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG024574	Levantine Arabs	Turkiye	1,460,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Folk Islam

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