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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ta-Oy Yin of Laos

The Ta-Oy Yin of Laos, numbering approximately 8,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Ta‑Oy ethnolinguistic community indigenous to southern Laos, who speak Upper Ta’oih, a Mon‑Khmer language, and preserve a distinct Yin identity rooted in the cultural traditions of the Ta‑Oy people. They mostly adhere to Animism and Upper Ta'oih is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Ta-Oy Yin

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Laos
People Cluster: Mon-Khmer
Primary Language(s): Upper Ta'oih (tth)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 8,600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG050569
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

95%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Upper Ta'oih
Language Family: Austroasiatic

50%
%
Ta’oih, Upper Speakers

Media Resources in Upper Ta'oih:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Upper Ta'oih:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Upper Ta'oih bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ta-Oy Yin 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 Ta-Oy Yin:
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 Ta-Oy Yin of Laos

That they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:27

Pray that those who don't yet know Christ will search diligently for God and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb’
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that many people will receive the gospel and will be part of the great multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, clothed in white robes and palm branches, proclaiming salvation belongs to our God.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
readPsalm 51:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him, and God will help them to proclaim His praise and declare His goodness all day long.

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.

Ta-Oy Yin Across Countries (ROP3 - 119548) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Ta-Oy YinPG050569Ta-Oy YinLaos8,600No Longer UnreachedUpper Ta'oihAnimism

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