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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Yaure of Cote d’Ivoire

The Yaure of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 56,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Akan people descended from Baule migrants who left Ghana amid the rise of the Ashanti Kingdom in the 1700s, settling between Ivory Coast's Baule and Guro territories and adopting Mande speech, known for serrated black funerary masks. They mostly adhere to Animism and Yaouré is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Mande
Primary Language(s): Yaouré (yre)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 56,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013149
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Pray for the Yaure of Cote d’Ivoire

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

75%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yaouré
Language Family: Mande

100%
%
Yaouré Speakers

Media Resources in Yaouré:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Yaouré:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Yaouré bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Yaure 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 Yaure:
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 Yaure of Cote d’Ivoire

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
read1 Timothy 6:9

Pray for those, rich and poor, who have put their trust in worldly things, and ask that they will be honest with themselves, acknowledge their need for God and turn to Him.

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
readJohn 8:12

Pray that many will come to know Jesus, the light of the world, and have the light of life instead of walking in darkness.

For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
readPsalm 86:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord with all their heart, knowing that He is the one true God and will teach them His ways.

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
readMatthew 28:19-20

Ask God to bring people among this group to faith in Jesus who will be obedient to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching them to obey all that Christ has commanded.

Yaure Across Countries (ROP3 - 111006) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
YaurePG013149YaureCote d’Ivoire56,500No Longer UnreachedYaouréAnimism

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