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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Nde of Nigeria

The Nde of Nigeria, numbering approximately 53,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Ekoid-speaking people of Nigeria's Cross River State whose Nde dialect forms the largest of three closely related but culturally distinct varieties, spoken alongside the Nsele and Nta, within the wider Bakor cluster of farming communities. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Nde-Nsele-Nta is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Nde-Nsele-Nta (ndd)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 53,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014013
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

88%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nde-Nsele-Nta
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Nde-Nsele-Nta Speakers

Media Resources in Nde-Nsele-Nta:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Nde-Nsele-Nta:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Nde 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 Nde:
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 Nde of Nigeria

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
readRomans 5:7-8

Pray for the many who don't yet understand the hope of the gospel, and pray that God will reveal to them that while they were in darkness, Christ died for them.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise).
readEphesians 6:1-2

Pray that God will bring young men and women to faith in Jesus and that the fruit of their faith will be a powerful testimony as they honor their parents.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
readColossians 4:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, their speech will always be gracious and ready to answer for the hope which is within them.

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
read2 Corinthians 12:28

Ask God to raise up believers who will faithfully proclaim the good news and equip others to do the same.

Nde Across Countries (ROP3 - 107153) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
NdePG014013NdeNigeria53,000No Longer UnreachedNde-Nsele-NtaProtestantism

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