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People group profile · PG009539

The Rawngtu Chin of Myanmar

The Rawngtu Chin of Myanmar, numbering about 5,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Myanmar.

They are an indigenous people in the Kuki-Chin (Zo) people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Polytheism, and they primarily speak Rawngtu Chin.

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AI-generated illustration, not a photograph. Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Rawngtu Chin

Fast facts

Country
Myanmar
Population
5,000
Affinity group
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
People cluster
Kuki-Chin (Zo)
Primary language
Rawngtu Chin (weu)
Primary religion
Polytheism
Strategic Progress Index
No Longer Unreached
Evangelical
30% or Greater but Less than 40%
GSEC
10% or Greater Evangelical
Lostness priority
Significantly Reached People Group
Region
South-Eastern Asia, Asia

Where they live

Gospel status

The Rawngtu 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 10% evangelical.

  • Congregations exist Yes
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Rawngtu 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

Polytheism · Ethnoreligion

70% adherents

Primary language

Rawngtu Chin · Bookkeeping family

100% speak Rawngtu Chin

Gospel resources in Rawngtu Chin

  • Bible not available
  • JESUS Film not available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings not available
  • Audio resources not available
  • Bible stories not available

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Rawngtu Chin

  1. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  2. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  3. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  4. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.

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