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The Iramba of Tanzania

The Iramba of Tanzania, numbering approximately 1,275,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Bantu ethnolinguistic community of central Tanzania, concentrated in the Singida region, who speak the Nilamba language and maintain a distinct cultural identity rooted in clan traditions, farming, and livestock keeping. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Nilamba is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Tanzania
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Tanzania
Primary Language(s): Nilamba (nim)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,275,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014947
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nilamba
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Nilamba Speakers

Media Resources in Nilamba:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Nilamba:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2009 Bible Society of Tanzania✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Nilamba bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Iramba 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 Iramba:
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 Iramba of Tanzania

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
readRomans 1:22

Ask God to pour out His mercy and bring those who are walking in their own wisdom to faith in Jesus.

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
read2 Timothy 4:3-4

Pray that the lost will be open to the truth of the gospel and turn from false teachings and myths to the sound doctrine of Christ in faith.

Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!
readPsalm 105:3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will glory in His holy name and that their hearts will rejoice.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Iramba Across Countries (ROP3 - 104048) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
IrambaPG014947IrambaTanzania1,275,000No Longer UnreachedNilambaEthnoreligion

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