People group profile · PG010899
The Tai Nyo of Thailand
The Tai Nyo of Thailand, numbering about 82,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic subgroup of the Tai peoples of northeastern Thailand.
They are an indigenous people in the Tai people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Theravada Buddhism, and they primarily speak Nyaw.
Fast facts
- Country
- Thailand
- Population
- 82,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Tai
- Primary language
- Nyaw (nyw)
- Primary religion
- Theravada Buddhism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Mukdahan province: Wan Yai and Don Tan districts; Nakhon Phanom province: Tha Uthen, Na Wa, and Phon Sawan districts; Nong Khai province: Tha Bo district; Sakon Nakhon province: Mueang, Kut Bak, Song Dao, and Warit Chaphum districts; Sa Kaeo province: is
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tai Nyo are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Tai Nyo
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Theravada Buddhism · Buddhism
90% adherents
Primary language
Nyaw · Nyulnyulan family
100% speak Nyaw
Gospel resources in Nyaw
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings 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 Tai Nyo
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- 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.
Nyaw, Tai Nyo in other countries
The same people (ROP3 111248) is reported in 1 other country.
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