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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Damal of Indonesia

The Damal of Indonesia, numbering approximately 19,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a highland people of Central Papua centered in the Beoga and Ilaga areas, closely related to the Amungme and organized into the exogamous Magaij and Mom moieties. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Damal is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: New Guinea
Primary Language(s): Damal (uhn)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 19,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022898
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

82%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Damal
Language Family:

76%
%
Damal Speakers

Media Resources in Damal:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Damal:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1992 DF✓

1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Damal 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 Damal:
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 Damal of Indonesia

But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven"
readMatthew 9:14

Pray that those who are spiritually dead will recognize their need for spiritual nourishment and turn to the One who offers true fulfillment.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.
readPsalm 104:8

Pray that they will see the hand of God in the beauty and order of the natural world, and that they will worship Him as the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

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.

O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart.
readPsalm 15:1-2

Ask God to send believers who will go and, with integrity, walk blamelessly and do what is right, speaking truth about the Lord with those who need to learn about His redemption plan.

Damal Across Countries (ROP3 - 102407) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
DamalPG022898DamalIndonesia19,500No Longer UnreachedDamalProtestantism

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