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The Vute of Nigeria

The Vute of Nigeria, numbering approximately 3,800 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Baboute people who migrated from the Lake Chad region to found the towns of Banyo and Tibati as the area's first ironworkers, settling near the Mbam River headwaters between the 1600s and 1800s with smaller communities extending into Nigeria. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Vute is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Vute (vut)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 3,800
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG014160
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

60%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Vute
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Vute Speakers

Media Resources in Vute:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Vute:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2007 Bible Society of Cameroon and Lutheran Bible Translators✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Vute bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

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

Next steps for the Vute:
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Pray specifically for the Vute of Nigeria

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.
readProverbs 8:17

As many search for hope, pray they will discover materials that will lead them to Jesus and explain the gospel in a way they will resonate with.

The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
readPsalm 146:9

Pray for God to watch over people, wherever they are, and cause them to meet believers who will share the gospel with them clearly and lovingly.

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
read1 Corinthians 9:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hearts that want to serve the lost around them so that many might come to faith in Jesus.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns”
readIsaiah 52:7

Pray that God will provide open doors for believers who cross cultures to share the good news of salvation with those who need it. Pray that He will give them joy as they see Him move.

Vute Across Countries (ROP3 - 110593) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
VutePG012802VuteCameroon44,500Engaged yet UnreachedVuteFolk Islam
VutePG014160VuteNigeria3,800Unengaged and UnreachedVuteEthnoreligion

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