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The Mid Grand Valley Dani of Indonesia

The Mid Grand Valley Dani of Indonesia, numbering approximately 77,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Dani people of Indonesia's central New Guinea highlands centered in the middle Baliem Valley, traditionally organized into patrilineal clans and political alliances. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Mid Grand Valley Dani is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Dani, Mid Grand Valley

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Indonesia
People Cluster: New Guinea
Primary Language(s): Mid Grand Valley Dani (dnt)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 77,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022900
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

68%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mid Grand Valley Dani
Language Family: Nuclear Trans New Guinea

100%
%
Dani, Mid Grand Valley Speakers

Media Resources in Mid Grand Valley Dani:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Mid Grand Valley Dani:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1990 The British and Foreign Bible Society✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Mid Grand Valley Dani bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mid Grand Valley Dani 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 Mid Grand Valley Dani:
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 Mid Grand Valley Dani of Indonesia

All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.
readRomans 3:12

Pray that those who are enslaved to sin will admit their need for a Savior, acknowledging that no one is righteous.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
readPsalm 51:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence that God has turned His face from their sins and forgiven their iniquities.

Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD!
readPsalm 134:1

Pray that God will raise up believers among them who are in awe of Him and that, in service to Him, they will share the gospel with others so that they too may bless the Lord!

Dani, Mid Grand Valley Across Countries (ROP3 - 102436) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
Mid Grand Valley DaniPG022900Mid Grand Valley DaniIndonesia77,000No Longer UnreachedMid Grand Valley DaniProtestantism

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