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The Buyang of China

The Buyang of China, numbering approximately 3,800 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a very small, highly endangered Indigenous Kra (Kadai) people living in southeastern Yunnan and western Guangxi, near the China–Vietnam border. They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Guibian Zhuang is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Buyang

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Zhuang
Primary Language(s): Guibian Zhuang (zgn)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 3,800
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006706
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

98%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Guibian Zhuang
Language Family: Tai-Kadai

100%
%
Zhuang, Guibian Speakers

Media Resources in Guibian Zhuang:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Guibian Zhuang:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Guibian Zhuang 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 Buyang:
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Pray specifically for the Buyang of China

The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.
readMatthew 4:16

Pray that those living in darkness and the shadow of death will see a great light and turn to the Lord for salvation.

Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. Heal the sick in it and say to them, "the kingdom of God has come near to you."
readLuke 10:8-9

Pray that the lost will receive messengers of the gospel with joy, turn from their sins, and be healed.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
readPsalm 42:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will thirst for God and be satisfied when they abide in Him.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
read1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

Buyang Across Countries (ROP3 - 101816) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BuyangPG006706BuyangChina3,800Unengaged and UnreachedGuibian ZhuangChinese Folk Religion

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