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The Jahanke of Guinea

The Jahanke of Guinea, numbering approximately 52,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Manding-speaking ethnic group indigenous to the Senegambia region. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Jahanka is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Guinea
People Cluster: Malinke
Primary Language(s): Jahanka (jad)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 52,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013411
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Pray for the Jahanke of Guinea

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Jahanka
Language Family: Mande

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Jahanka Speakers

Media Resources in Jahanka:

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Bible Resources in Jahanka:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Jahanke 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 Jahanke:
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 Jahanke of Guinea

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
readPsalm 10:17-18

Pray that God, in accordance with His good character, will give justice to those who are oppressed by sin and that they will know that His offer of salvation is for everyone.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
readHebrews 4:12

Pray for God's Word to be accessible to everyone in this people group in a way they will resonate with so that many will engage with it, receive it, and share it with others.

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
readDeuteronomy 6:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hide God's Word in their hearts, let it shape their conversations and daily lives, and pass on their faith to the next generation.

For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, “‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
readActs 13:47

Pray that as people come to faith, they will follow the Lord's leading to go to their neighbors and share the treasure they found in Christ.

Jahanka Across Countries (ROP3 - 104152) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
JahankaPG023172JahankaMali2,400Engaged yet UnreachedJahankaSunni Islam
JahankaPG014231JahankaSenegal56,500Engaged yet UnreachedJahankaFolk Islam
JahankePG013458JahankeGuinea-Bissau12,000Unengaged and UnreachedJahankaFolk Islam
JahankePG013411JahankeGuinea52,000Engaged yet UnreachedJahankaSunni Islam
JahankaPG013230JahankaGambia5,600Unengaged and UnreachedJahankaFolk Islam

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