• PEOPLE NAME: YANDANG OF NIGERIA

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PEID: 14184

ROP: 110967

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi

Language: Yendang - (ynq)

Alternate Name(s): Yendang, Yundum

Primary Religion: Christianity - Neo-Pentecostalism

Country: Nigeria

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Population: 121,000

Global Population: 121,000


PEID: 14184

ROP: 110967

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Yandang of Nigeria, numbering 121,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Nigeria. Their primary language is Yendang. The primary religion practiced by the Yandang is Neo-Pentecostalism, a movement characterized by manifestations in non-Pentecostal churches of what have been traditionally categorized as Pentecostal experiences, frequently combined with prosperity gospel theology.


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