Maslam Kotoko in Cameroon


Population
Main Language
Largest Religion
Christian
Evangelical
Progress
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Introduction / History

Maslam Kotoko is a language, not a specific ethnic group. This language is dying out and being replaced by Arabic. Maslam Kotoko speakers live in Chad and Cameroon.


What Are Their Lives Like?

The Maslam Kotoko speakers are in the process of adjusting to speaking Arabic rather than their own language. Within a couple of decades, they will likely be Arabized. Their grandchildren will probably not speak the Maslam Kotoko language. To make matters worse, Kotoko people are often suspected of being dangerous witches who are greedy for wealth and power.


What Are Their Beliefs?

The Maslam Kotoko people are noted for embracing alternative forms of Islam, though they blend their Islam with animism, the belief in spirits that have power to bless and to curse. Their faith is mainly in these spirits, not Allah, the God of Islam. Those in Cameroon as less Islamized than those in Chad.


What Are Their Needs?

The Maslam Kotoko people need to adjust to important changes. They can no longer put their identity in their old ethnicity, but they can put their identity in Christ, the King of kings.


Prayer Points

Pray for Maslam Kotoko speakers to put their identity in the risen Christ rather than their ethnicity or religion.
Pray for a spiritual hunger that will drive the Maslam Kotoko people to embrace Jesus Christ.
Pray for them to become part of disciple making movements.


Scripture Prayers for the Kotoko, Maslam in Cameroon.


References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotoko_people
http://www.wycliffe.net/world?continent=&country=CD&code=msv
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslam_language


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Kotoko, Maslam
People Name in Country Kotoko, Maslam
Natural Name Maslam Kotoko
Alternate Names Maltam
Population this Country 400
Population all Countries 1,300
Total Countries 2
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 2
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 4  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed
PeopleID3 13575
ROP3 Code 106388
Country Cameroon
Region Africa, West and Central
Continent Africa
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 43  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, Makari subdivision, northwest of Kousséri, Maltam, and Saho.   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Country Cameroon
Region Africa, West and Central
Continent Africa
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 43  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, Makari subdivision, northwest of Kousséri, Maltam, and Saho..   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 1.00 %)
10.00 %
Ethnic Religions
50.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
40.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Maslam
Language Code msv   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Unknown
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Maslam
Language Code msv   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Maslam

Primary Language:  Maslam

Bible Translation Status:  Unspecified

Resource Type Resource Name Source
None reported  
Map Source Joshua Project / Global Mapping International  
Profile Source Joshua Project 
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