People group profile · PG050566
The Ta-Oy Pras of Laos
The Ta-Oy Pras of Laos, numbering about 1,300 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Ta‑Oy ethnolinguistic community indigenous to southern Laos, who speak Upper Ta’oih, a Mon‑Khmer language, and maintain a distinct Pras identity rooted in the cultural traditions of the Ta‑Oy people.
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
- Laos
- Population
- 1,300
- 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
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Pras
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Salavan province, Ta Oy district: 4 villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ta-Oy Pras 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 Ta-Oy Pras
- 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
100% adherents
Primary language
Upper Ta'oih · Austroasiatic family
80% speak Upper Ta'oih
Gospel resources in Upper Ta'oih
- Bible available, published 2010
- 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 Ta-Oy Pras
- 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.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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