People group profile · PG011232
The Tay of Vietnam
The Tay of Vietnam, numbering about 1,925,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Central Tai-speaking ethnic group indigenous to northeastern Vietnam.
They are an indigenous people in the Zhuang people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Tày.
Fast facts
- Country
- Vietnam
- Population
- 1,925,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Zhuang
- Primary language
- Tày (tyz)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Northeast of Ha Noi city, near China border, widespread, possibly in Laos; Bac Giang, Bac Kan, Cao Bang, Ha Giang, Hai Duong, Lai Chau, Lang Son, Lao Cai, Quang Ninh, Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang, and Yen Bai provinces
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tay are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Tay
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
52% adherents
Primary language
Tày · Tai-Kadai family
76% speak Tày
Gospel resources in Tày
- Bible available, published 2022
- 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 Tay
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
Tay in other countries
The same people (ROP3 109909) is reported in 1 other country.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tay | United States | 700 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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