People group profile · PG007546
The Yami of Taiwan
The Yami of Taiwan, numbering about 4,700 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a maritime Austronesian people who call themselves Tao, or man, settling Orchid Island around 4,000 years ago and maintaining trade and intermarriage with the Ivatan of the Philippines, later protesting an undisclosed 1982 nuclear waste facility.
They are an indigenous people in the Taiwan Indigenous people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Yami.
Fast facts
- Country
- Taiwan
- Population
- 4,700
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Taiwan Indigenous
- Primary language
- Yami (tao)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 40% or Greater but Less than 50%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Taitung county: Botel Tobago (Lanyu) island, Orchid island, southeast coast
Where they live
Gospel status
The Yami are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Yami
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
42% adherents
Primary language
Yami · Austronesian family
72% speak Yami
Gospel resources in Yami
- Bible available, published 1994
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- The Bible Society in Taiwan, 1994 · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Yami
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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