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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Adi Gallong of India

The Adi Gallong of India, numbering approximately 71,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a clan-based tribal group of the Adi in Arunachal Pradesh, settled along the Siyom and Siang river regions, who live mainly by agriculture and follow the Donyi-Polo faith. They trace their descent to the ancestor Abo Tani They are an Indigenous people, with Adi as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Adi people cluster of the Himalayan Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Adi, Galo.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Adi Gallong

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Himalayan Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Adi
Primary Language(s): Adi, Galo (adl)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 71,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG041851
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Adi, Galo
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Adi, Galo Speakers

Media Resources in Adi, Galo:

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Bible Resources in Adi, Galo:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Adi Gallong 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 Adi Gallong:
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 Adi Gallong of India

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
readPsalm 62:1

Pray that those who are troubled and don't know about the God who saves will hear the good news and find rest in the one true God who can offer salvation for their souls.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope.
readPsalm 130:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will wait on the Lord and have patience and trust, knowing His ways and His timing are always perfect.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Adi, Gallong Across Countries (ROP3 - 111267) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
Adi GallongPG041851Adi GallongIndia71,500No Longer UnreachedAdi, GaloEthnoreligion

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