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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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For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRom 6:23

Pray that those who haven't heard yet will hear and believe that the wages of their sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
readJames 4:4

Pray that the lost will be convicted of their friendship with the world, which is hostility toward God, and that they will turn from their sin and embrace the grace and mercy of God through Christ Jesus.

But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.
readHebrews 10:38

Pray that as people trust in Christ, they will live by faith and not shrink back from their hope in Christ.

You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
read2 Corinthians 1:11

Pray that many people will join in praying for the spread of the gospel here, and that God will answer these prayers by drawing more people to Himself.

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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