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The Deaf Sierra Leoneans of Sierra Leone

The Deaf Sierra Leoneans of Sierra Leone, numbering approximately 89,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a community of individuals who are culturally Deaf and actively participate in Deaf culture, often using sign language as their primary means of communication. They mostly adhere to Animism and Sierra Leone Sign Language is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Deaf of Sierra Leone

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Deaf Peoples
Country: Sierra Leone
People Cluster: Deaf
Primary Language(s): Sierra Leone Sign Language (sgx)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 89,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG048842
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Pray for the Deaf Sierra Leoneans of Sierra Leone

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Sierra Leone Sign Language
Language Family: Sign Language

45%
%
Sierra Leone Sign Language Speakers

Media Resources in Sierra Leone Sign Language:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Sierra Leone Sign Language:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Sierra Leone Sign Language bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Deaf Sierra Leoneans are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Deaf Sierra Leoneans:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Deaf Sierra Leoneans of Sierra Leone

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 6:23

Pray that those who do know about God's free gift will hear and believe that the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord and that they will joyfully accept this gift.

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.

And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!"
readMark 7:9

Pray that as men, women, boys, and girls place their faith in Christ, they will let go of any traditions that do not honor Him.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Praise the God who is able to make a way forward, even when it seems impossible. Ask Him to do a new thing among this people group specifically and among the nations, raising up believers to go and share the gospel with individuals and places where it has not flourished before.

Deaf Sierra Leonean Across Countries (ROP3 - 116611) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Deaf Sierra LeoneansPG048842Deaf Sierra LeoneansSierra Leone89,500Engaged yet UnreachedSierra Leone Sign LanguageAnimism

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