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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Darang Deng of China

The Darang Deng of China, numbering approximately 12,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a small, indigenous ethnolinguistic people of southeastern Tibet (China) who belong to the broader Deng / Mishmi cultural complex that spans China, India, and Myanmar. They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Digaro-Mishmi is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3 Flash: Darang Deng

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Tibetan Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Other Tibeto-Burmese
Primary Language(s): Digaro-Mishmi (mhu)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 12,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006721
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

86%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Digaro-Mishmi
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Digaro-Mishmi Speakers

Media Resources in Digaro-Mishmi:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Digaro-Mishmi:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Wycliffe India Version✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Digaro-Mishmi bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

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 Darang Deng:
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Pray specifically for the Darang Deng of China

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
readEphesians 2:8-9

Pray that the lost among them will receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith, not by works, and be created for good works.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Pray that the lost will see the new thing God can do in their lives and trust in His plan and purpose for them.

Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.
readExodus 4:12

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will equip them with the words and wisdom to proclaim His message effectively.

And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men." And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
readMark 1:17-18

Pray that God will raise up believers from this place and/or other cultures nearby to proclaim the gospel to those who desperately need to encounter it.

Deng, Darang Across Countries (ROP3 - 114035) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▲PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Darang DengPG006721Darang DengChina12,500Unengaged and UnreachedDigaro-MishmiChinese Folk Religion

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