• PEOPLE NAME: MATAL OF CAMEROON


PEID: 12683

ROP: 106395

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Chadic

Language: Matal - (mfh)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Cameroon

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Population: 57,000

Global Population: 57,000


PEID: 12683

ROP: 106395

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Matal of Cameroon, numbering 57,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Chadic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Cameroon. Their primary language is Matal. The primary religion practiced by the Matal is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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