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People group profile · PG025000

The Hui of Myanmar

The Hui of Myanmar, numbering about 9,800 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Myanmar; a dialect subgroup of Mandarin Chinese (cmn).

They are a diaspora people in the Chinese-Hui people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Mandarin Chinese.

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Fast facts

Country
Myanmar
Population
9,800
Affinity group
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
People cluster
Chinese-Hui
Primary language
Mandarin Chinese (cmn)
Primary religion
Sunni Islam
Strategic Progress Index
Unengaged and Unreached
Evangelical
No Known Evangelicals
GSEC
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority
Frontier Unreached People Group
Region
South-Eastern Asia, Asia

Where they live

Gospel status

The Hui 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 Hui

  • 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

Sunni Islam · Islam

95% adherents

Primary language

Mandarin Chinese · Sino-Tibetan family

100% speak Mandarin Chinese

Gospel resources in Mandarin Chinese

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

Films

Bibles

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

Pray for the Hui

  1. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
  2. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
  3. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
  4. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.

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Hui in other countries

The same people (ROP3 103896) is reported in 6 other countries.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
HuiChina11,510,000Engaged yet Unreached
HuiThailand91,500Engaged yet Unreached
HuiTaiwan60,500Engaged yet Unreached
HuiSingapore18,000Unengaged and Unreached
HuiMalaysia18,000Unengaged and Unreached
HuiUnited States2,300Engaged yet Unreached

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