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The Levantine Arabs of Guinea-Bissau

The Levantine Arabs of Guinea-Bissau, numbering approximately 11,000 people, are Unengaged and 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 Folk Islam and Levantine Arabic is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Guinea-Bissau
People Cluster: Arab, Levant
Primary Language(s): Levantine Arabic (apc)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 11,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013440

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

97%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Levantine Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Levantine Speakers

Media Resources in Levantine Arabic:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Levantine Arabic:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Sabeel Media✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Levantine Arabic bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Levantine Arabs:
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Pray specifically for the Levantine Arabs of Guinea-Bissau

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
readPsalm 62:1

Pray that those who are troubled and don't know about the God who saves will hear the good news and find rest in the one true God who can offer salvation for their souls.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Pray that the lost will see the new thing God can do in their lives and trust in His plan and purpose for them.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
readGalatians 3:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be united in Christ across all differences of ethnicity, social status, and gender.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sends me, even so I am sending you."
readJohn 20:21

Ask God to raise up and send out believers cross-culturally who will go out in His authority and be sustained by His peace as they share the gospel with the lost.

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

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16 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Levantine ArabsPG024574Levantine ArabsTurkiye1,460,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicFolk Islam
Levantine ArabsPG000662Levantine ArabsUnited Kingdom512,000Engaged yet UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG000573Levantine ArabsSweden407,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG012216Levantine ArabsTunisia251,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG011511Levantine ArabsEgypt218,000Engaged yet UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG020267Levantine ArabsAustralia196,000No Longer UnreachedGulf ArabicRoman Catholicism
Middle Eastern ArabsPG042458Middle Eastern ArabsGermany104,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG013104Levantine ArabsCote d’Ivoire67,000Engaged yet UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG000489Levantine ArabsPortugal23,000Engaged yet UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG013440Levantine ArabsGuinea-Bissau11,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicFolk Islam
Levantine ArabsPG016381Levantine ArabsHaiti5,700Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG017480Levantine ArabsEcuador3,200Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG013421Levantine ArabsGuinea1,300Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicFolk Islam
Levantine ArabsPG016402Levantine ArabsCuracao325Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG016213Levantine ArabsBritish Virgin Islands60Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG016310Levantine ArabsDominica50Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam

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