Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: West Malaysia Indigenous

Language: Urak Lawoi’ - (urk)

Alternate Name(s): Malay Sub-cluster

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Thailand

Also found in:

Population: 2,300

Global Population: 2,300

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical

Overview: The Urak Lawoi Aborigine of Thailand, numbering 2,300, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the West Malaysia Indigenous people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Thailand. Their primary language is Urak Lawoi’. The primary religion practiced by the Urak Lawoi Aborigine is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.

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