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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Zotung Chin of Myanmar

The Zotung Chin of Myanmar, numbering approximately 54,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a linguistic subgroup of the larger Chin ethnic community indigenous to the Chin state of western Myanmar. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Zotung Chin is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Myanmar
People Cluster: Kuki-Chin (Zo)
Primary Language(s): Zotung Chin (czt)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 54,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG009552
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

50%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Zotung Chin
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Chin, Zotung Speakers

Media Resources in Zotung Chin:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Zotung Chin:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Zotung Chin 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 Zotung Chin:
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 Zotung Chin of Myanmar

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
read1 Timothy 6:9

Pray for those, rich and poor, who have put their trust in worldly things, and ask that they will be honest with themselves, acknowledge their need for God and turn to Him.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the gospel of God's kingdom will reach more people and that they will respond in faith, becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
readPhilippians 2:5-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will imitate His humility in all they do.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
readEphesians 6:10

Ask God to strengthen believers with His mighty power so that as they cross cultures to share the gospel, they will stand firm against the schemes of the enemy.

Chin, Zotung Across Countries (ROP3 - 111188) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Zotung ChinPG009552Zotung ChinMyanmar54,500No Longer UnreachedZotung ChinProtestantism
Zotung ChinPG050345Zotung ChinUnited States175No Longer UnreachedZotung ChinProtestantism

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