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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Bisu of Thailand

The Bisu of Thailand, numbering approximately 1,100 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of China, Southwest Yunnan province: Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Simao Prefecture They are an Indigenous people, with Bisu as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Hani-Akha people cluster of the Himalayan Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism. They primarily speak Bisu.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Himalayan Peoples
Country: Thailand
People Cluster: Hani-Akha
Primary Language(s): Bisu (bzi)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 1,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG010828
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

99%
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Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bisu
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Bisu Speakers

Media Resources in Bisu:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Bisu:

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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Bisu bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Bisu are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Bisu:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Bisu of Thailand

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.

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
readIsaiah 40:11

Pray that the lost will come to know the tender care of the Good Shepherd, who gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart.

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
readColossians 2:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be rooted and built up in Him, abounding in thanksgiving for the grace and mercy He has shown them.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
readPsalm 8:1

Pray that God will raise up people who love Him and are able and willing to go to and share the hope of the gospel with those who don't know it. Pray that everyone will see His name as majestic in all the earth!

Bisu Across Countries (ROP3 - 101498) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BisuPG010828BisuThailand1,100Engaged yet UnreachedBisuAnimism

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