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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Achang of Myanmar

The Achang of Myanmar, numbering approximately 40,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a cross-border people known locally as Ngochang or Maingtha, concentrated in Kachin State's Bhamo District, with related Achang communities in Yunnan. They mostly adhere to Polytheism and Achang is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Tibetan Peoples
Country: Myanmar
People Cluster: Other Tibeto-Burmese
Primary Language(s): Achang (acn)
Primary Religion(s): Polytheism
Population: 40,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG009475
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Polytheism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

70%
%
Polytheism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Achang
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

70%
%
Achang Speakers

Media Resources in Achang:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Achang:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
United Bible Societies, 2004✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Achang bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Achang 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 Achang:
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 Achang of Myanmar

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him
readLuke 10:34

Pray that the lost among them will experience the kind of compassion Jesus taught His followers to show others, and that they will trust in Him because He is the one who brings healing to the broken and lost.

Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
readPsalm 2:10-11

Pray for the rulers and authorities here to seek the Lord and serve Him only. Pray that the people they lead will be amazed by the work of God in their lives.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
read2 Corinthians 5:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will understand and experience the truth that in Christ, they are a new creation, and the old has gone and the new has come.

Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
readPsalm 105:1

Pray that many among them will call on the name of Jesus, develop a heart for the nations, and go to places where the gospel has not yet been received.

Achang Across Countries (ROP3 - 100038) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
AchangPG009475AchangMyanmar40,500No Longer UnreachedAchangPolytheism
AchangPG006653AchangChina38,500No Longer UnreachedAchangTheravada Buddhism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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