People group profile · PG011241
The Upper Ta-Oy of Vietnam
The Upper Ta-Oy of Vietnam, numbering about 24,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Mon-Khmer hill people of Vietnam's A Luoi and Huong Hoa districts near the Laos border, linked by ancestry to the medieval Khmer Empire and calling themselves Taoih, with a related Pa Co subgroup whose name means people who live behind the mountains.
They are an indigenous people in the Mon-Khmer people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Upper Ta'oih.
Fast facts
- Country
- Vietnam
- Population
- 24,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Mon-Khmer
- Primary language
- Upper Ta'oih (tth)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Upper Ta-Oy 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Upper Ta-Oy
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
98% adherents
Primary language
Upper Ta'oih · Austroasiatic family
100% speak Upper Ta'oih
Gospel resources in Upper Ta'oih
- Bible available
- 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 Upper Ta-Oy
- 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.
- 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.
Ta'oih, Upper in other countries
The same people (ROP3 109837) is reported in 1 other country.
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