The Figig Imazighen of Algeria

The Figig Imazighen of Algeria, numbering approximately 87,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Amazigh people of the South Oran oases of western Algeria, especially the Ksour Mountains and Saoura basin, whose Zenati varieties form a cross-border continuum with the closely related speech of Figuig in Morocco. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Central Atlas Tamazight is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Amazigh, Figig

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Algeria
People Cluster: Amazigh-Saharan
Primary Language(s): Central Atlas Tamazight (tzm)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 87,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042638
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Central Atlas Tamazight
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

70%
%
Tamazight, Central Atlas Speakers

Media Resources in Central Atlas Tamazight:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

Bible Resources in Central Atlas Tamazight:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Lctab n Rebbi s Tamazight n Atlas✓✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Central Atlas Tamazight bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
readPsalm 20:7

Pray for those who trust in anything other than the Lord to be convicted of their sin and learn about what Jesus did for them so that they can choose to trust in Him.

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.

I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me. I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
readPsalm 3:5-6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience isolation or other persecution, God will sustain them and give them confidence and rest in Him.

And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readLuke 10:2

Ask God to send out laborers into His harvest field, raising up believers from around the world to go and proclaim the kingdom of God with those who need to hear it.

Amazigh, Figig Across Countries (ROP3 - 103014) reported in the following countries:

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