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The Nandu-Tari of Nigeria

The Nandu-Tari of Nigeria, numbering approximately 28,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Ahwai people indigenous to the Ahwai Mountains area of Sanga in southern Kaduna State, comprising the mutually intelligible Ndun, Nyeng, and Shakara communities. They mostly adhere to Neo-Pentecostalism and Ahwai is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Nandu-Tari

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Ahwai (nfd)
Primary Religion(s): Neo-Pentecostalism
Population: 28,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014011
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Neo-Pentecostalism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

55%
%
Neo-Pentecostalism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ahwai
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Ahwai Speakers

Media Resources in Ahwai:

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Bible Resources in Ahwai:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Nandu-Tari 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 Nandu-Tari:
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 Nandu-Tari of Nigeria

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
readActs 4:12

Pray that those walking in darkness among them will come to know the name by which they must be saved, and call upon Him in faith.

For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
readPsalm 57:10

Pray that God will work, even in the hearts of hard-to-reach people, and that they will rejoice in His steadfast love and faithfulness.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 6:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will lay down all evil desires, dying to sin and living for Him alone.

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.
readEphesians 6:13

Pray that God will send believers to the lost of this people group and that, as they share the gospel, they will take up the whole armor of God so that they can stand firm when trials come.

Nandu-Tari Across Countries (ROP3 - 107071) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Nandu-TariPG014011Nandu-TariNigeria28,500No Longer UnreachedAhwaiNeo-Pentecostalism

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