People group profile · PG022039
The Anal of Myanmar
The Anal of Myanmar, numbering about 50 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Naga people also called Namfau after their two founding villages, whose oral tradition traces settlement from the Arakan coast through Myanmar's Chin Hills before dispersing into Manipur, part of a Naga migration scholars trace to northwestern China.
They are an indigenous people in the Tangsa Naga people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Anal.
Fast facts
- Country
- Myanmar
- Population
- 50
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Tangsa Naga
- Primary language
- Anal (anm)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 75% or Greater
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Anal 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 Anal
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Anal · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Anal
Gospel resources in Anal
- 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 Anal
- 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.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
Anal in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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