• PEOPLE NAME: LUA OF THAILAND

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Southeast Asian Peoples

People Cluster: Mon-Khmer

Language: Prai - (prt)

Alternate Name(s): Prai, Madl, Hill Tribes Sub-Cluster, T'in

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Thailand

Also found in:

Population: 66,500

Global Population: 66,500


PEID: 10886

ROP: 105893

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Lua of Thailand, numbering 66,500, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Mon-Khmer people cluster within the Southeast Asian Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Thailand. Their primary language is Prai. The primary religion practiced by the Lua is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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