People group profile · PG009254
The Jah Hut of Malaysia
The Jah Hut of Malaysia, numbering about 5,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Senoi Orang Asli people whose name means forest people, settled along Pahang River's west bank after ancestors fled the 1862 Rawa Rebellion at Pagar Ruyung, one of only two Orang Asli groups renowned for producing carved masks and sculptures.
They are an indigenous people in the West Malaysia Indigenous people cluster of the Malay Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Jah Hut.
Fast facts
- Country
- Malaysia
- Population
- 5,400
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- West Malaysia Indigenous
- Primary language
- Jah Hut (jah)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Pahang: south of main Semai [sea] language area and Kuala Krau
Where they live
Gospel status
The Jah Hut 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 No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Jah Hut
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
65% adherents
Primary language
Jah Hut · Austroasiatic family
100% speak Jah Hut
Gospel resources in Jah Hut
- Bible available, published 2023
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- Bible Society of Malaysia · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Jah Hut
- 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.
- 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.
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