People group profile · PG050560
The Sadang Duan of Laos
The Sadang Duan of Laos, numbering about 1,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Duan subgroup of the Sedang people of southern Laos who belong to the broader Mon-Khmer tradition and have maintained a distinct highland identity in the forested regions near the Vietnam border.
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 Sedang.
Fast facts
- Country
- Laos
- Population
- 1,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Mon-Khmer
- Primary language
- Sedang (sed)
- 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
- Sadang Halang
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Attapeu province, Phouvong district: 3 villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Sadang Duan 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 Sadang Duan
- 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
96% adherents
Primary language
Sedang · Austroasiatic family
90% speak Sedang
Gospel resources in Sedang
- 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 Sadang Duan
- 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.
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