• PEOPLE NAME: PHAI OF LAOS

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Southeast Asian Peoples

People Cluster: Mon-Khmer

Language: Phai - (prt)

Alternate Name(s): Lua, Mal, Prai, Htin

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Laos

Also found in:

Population: 28,500

Global Population: 28,500


PEID: 33456

ROP: 108003

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

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


Overview: The Phai of Laos, numbering 28,500, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Mon-Khmer people cluster within the Southeast Asian Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Laos. Their primary language is Phai. The primary religion practiced by the Phai is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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