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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The A-Hmao of China

The A-Hmao of China, numbering approximately 650,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of China. They mostly adhere to Animism and Large Flowery Miao is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: A-Hmao

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Miao / Hmong
Primary Language(s): Large Flowery Miao (hmd)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 650,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG006652
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Pray for the A-Hmao of China

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

40%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Large Flowery Miao
Language Family: Hmong-Mien

90%
%
Miao, Large Flowery Speakers

Media Resources in Large Flowery Miao:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Large Flowery Miao:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Large Flowery Miao bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The A-Hmao are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the A-Hmao:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the A-Hmao of China

I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
readIsaiah 45:5-6

Pray that the lost among them will be delivered from the confusion of false beliefs and come to know the one true God who alone brings light and purpose to their lives.

Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
readPsalm 66:5

Pray that many here will come and see what the Creator God has done on their behalf.

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
readPsalm 133:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be unified and love one another as God loves them.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
read1 Corinthians 15:10–11

Pray that God's people will preach the message of Jesus' death and resurrection and that it will spread among the lost through the selfless witness of believers.

A-Hmao Across Countries (ROP3 - 113981) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
A-HmaoPG006652A-HmaoChina650,000No Longer UnreachedLarge Flowery MiaoAnimism

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