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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Black Tai of France

The Black Tai of France, numbering approximately 5,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Tai-Kadai-speaking ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the border area of southwest China, northwest Vietnam and northeastern Laos. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Tai Dam is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 3 Flash: Black Tai

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: France
People Cluster: Tai
Primary Language(s): Tai Dam (blt)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 5,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000139

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

10%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tai Dam
Language Family: Tai-Kadai

100%
%
Tai Dam Speakers

Media Resources in Tai Dam:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Tai Dam:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Tai Dam bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Black Tai:
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Pray specifically for the Black Tai of France

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
readMatthew 11:28

Pray for those who are tired, weary, and burdened by the weight of sin to encounter Jesus and experience the rest that only He can give.

"Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool."
readIsaiah 1:18

Pray that God will make a way for the gospel to reach many through means they can understand and access, that they will receive the good news with joy, and that they will experience complete forgiveness and cleansing from their sin that Jesus offers through His sacrifice.

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will lead those who might hesitate in getting baptized to trust Him as they obey His command, even when obedience is hard.

Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
readPsalm 149:3

Pray that God will send His people across cultures to share the gospel so that those who don't yet know the truth about Him might praise His name and share the hope of Christ with others.

Tai Dam Across Countries (ROP3 - 109709) reported in the following countries:

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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Black ThaiPG007392Black ThaiChina48,500Unengaged and UnreachedTai DamAnimism
Black ThaiPG020944Black ThaiLaos65,000Engaged yet UnreachedTai DamAnimism
Black TaiPG000139Black TaiFrance5,000Unengaged and UnreachedTai DamRoman Catholicism
Black TaiPG010830Black TaiThailand25,000No Longer UnreachedTai DamAnimism
Black TaiPG011109Black TaiVietnam817,000Engaged yet UnreachedTai DamAnimism
Black TaiPG043537Black TaiUnited States4,400Unengaged and UnreachedTai DamAnimism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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