People group profile · PG006317
The Yakha of Nepal
The Yakha of Nepal, numbering about 22,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Kirati ethnolinguistic community of eastern Nepal who speak the Yakkha language and maintain a distinct cultural identity rooted in the Arun Valley, traditional agriculture, and Kirat religious traditions.
They are an indigenous people in the South Asian Tribal people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Kirati, and they primarily speak Yakha.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Population
- 22,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Tribal
- Primary language
- Yakha (ybh)
- Primary religion
- Kirati
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Kosi province: Dhankuta district, Mahalaxmi municipality; Sankhuwasabha district, Chainpur, Dharmadevi, Madi, and Panchakhapan municipalities
Where they live
Gospel status
The Yakha are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Concentrated Church Planting
Next steps for the Yakha
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Kirati · Other
82% adherents
Primary language
Yakha · Sino-Tibetan family
71% speak Yakha
Gospel resources in Yakha
- Bible available, published 2023
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Yakha)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Yakha
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
Yakha in other countries
The same people (ROP3 110935) is reported in 1 other country.
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