People group profile · PG050548
The Pako Kanai of Laos
The Pako Kanai of Laos, numbering about 2,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Kanai subgroup of the Pako people of Laos who belong to the broader Mon-Khmer tradition and maintain a distinct highland identity in the mountainous Laos-Vietnam borderlands.
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 Pacoh.
Fast facts
- Country
- Laos
- Population
- 2,100
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Mon-Khmer
- Primary language
- Pacoh (pac)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Also known as
- Kanai
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Salavan province, Sa Mouay district: 3 villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Pako Kanai are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Concentrated Church Planting
Next steps for the Pako Kanai
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
95% adherents
Primary language
Pacoh · Austroasiatic family
90% speak Pacoh
Gospel resources in Pacoh
- Bible 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 Pako Kanai
- 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.
- 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.
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