People group profile · PG009421
The Daai Chin of Myanmar
The Daai Chin of Myanmar, numbering about 41,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are one of 32 officially recognized Chin tribes of southern Chin State, whose name means peace or harmony, remaining independent until a British expedition in 1890 led to annexation in 1897, with about 99 percent of the population now Christian.
They are an indigenous people in the Kuki-Chin (Zo) people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Daai Chin.
Fast facts
- Country
- Myanmar
- Population
- 41,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Kuki-Chin (Zo)
- Primary language
- Daai Chin (dao)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Also known as
- Nghmoye
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Chin state: Kanpetlet, Matupi, Mindat, and Paletwa townships, 142 villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Daai Chin are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Daai Chin
- 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
88% adherents
Primary language
Daai Chin · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Daai Chin
Gospel resources in Daai Chin
- Bible available, published 2019
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Daai Chin
- 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.
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