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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Salang of Laos

The Salang of Laos, numbering approximately 1,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Bahnaric-speaking highland people of southern Laos's Attapu province, known as Salang on the Lao side and Halang across the border in Vietnam's Kon Tum province, part of the broader Lao Theung highland ethnic cluster. They mostly adhere to Animism and Halang is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Salang

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Laos
People Cluster: Mon-Khmer
Primary Language(s): Halang (hal)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 1,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG009109
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

100%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Halang
Language Family: Austroasiatic

68%
%
Halang Speakers

Media Resources in Halang:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Halang:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Halang bible at Bible.com

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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): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), 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

Next steps for the Salang:
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Pray specifically for the Salang of Laos

Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
readPsalm 46:10

Pray that those who do not yet worship Jesus will be still and know that He is God, that He will be exalted among them and in all the earth.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
readHebrews 10:32-33

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the day of their salvation and persevere in their faith despite hardships and suffering.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Halang Across Countries (ROP3 - 111234) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
HalangPG011135HalangVietnam16,500No Longer UnreachedHalangAnimism
SalangPG009109SalangLaos1,000Unengaged and UnreachedHalangAnimism

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