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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ndoola of Cameroon

The Ndoola of Cameroon, numbering approximately 4,400 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the wider Mambila people of Cameroon's Adamaoua Region, also called Njoyame, speaking a Mambiloid language related to Mambila, Vute, and Kwanja around the Mambila Plateau. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Ndoola is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Ndoola (ndr)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 4,400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012727
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Pray for the Ndoola of Cameroon

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

74%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ndoola
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Ndoola Speakers

Media Resources in Ndoola:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Ndoola:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Ndoola bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Ndoola 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 Ndoola:
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 Ndoola of Cameroon

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
readMatthew 11:28

Pray for those who are tired, weary, and burdened by the weight of sin to encounter Jesus and experience the rest that only He can give.

After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.
readLuke 5:27-28

Prat that God will prepare many hearts to meet Him when He says, “Follow Me!” and that they will respond in faith, leaving everything behind to follow Him.

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
readActs 2:46-47

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be devoted to the teaching of God's Word, to fellowship with one another, and to prayer.

He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
readJohn 1:7

Pray that God will raise up witnesses to testify about Jesus so that all might believe, knowing that He is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.

Ndoro Across Countries (ROP3 - 107172) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
NdoroPG014016NdoroNigeria122,000No Longer UnreachedNdoolaEthnoreligion
NdoolaPG012727NdoolaCameroon4,400Engaged yet UnreachedNdoolaEthnoreligion

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