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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Yunnan Mongols of China

The Yunnan Mongols of China, numbering approximately 8,900 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a small Mongolic-origin community in Yunnan Province, southwestern China, most commonly known as the Khatso people. They are descendants of Mongol military settlers who remained in Yunnan after the Mongol conquest of the region during the 13th century. They mostly adhere to Daoism and Katso is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Mongol, Yunnan

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Mongolian
Primary Language(s): Katso (kaf)
Primary Religion(s): Daoism
Population: 8,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources
People Group ID: PG007315
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Daoism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

60%
%
Daoism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Katso
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

70%
%
Katso Speakers

Media Resources in Katso:

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Bible Resources in Katso:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources (GSEC: 0), there are no evangelical Christians or churches among this people group and there is no access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources

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My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
readPsalm 73:26

Pray that those who are lost and struggling to find hope will find their strength and hope in God, recognizing Him as their portion and deliverer forever.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that the lost will seek God and learn that they have a heavenly Father who loves them and wants them to live eternally with Him.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
readJames 1:2-3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will consider it pure joy when they face trials of many kinds, trusting in God's promise that the testing of their faith produces perseverance.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

Katso Across Countries (ROP3 - 115846) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▲
Yunnan MongolsPG007315Yunnan MongolsChina8,900Unengaged and UnreachedKatsoDaoism

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