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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

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 8:1

Pray that God will reassure those who may be struggling with the cost of following Jesus that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
readIsaiah 30:21

As the lost in this people group seek to know the truth of who God is, pray that the Spirit of God will draw them to Himself and guide them in the way they should go.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
readGalatians 3:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be united in Christ across all differences of ethnicity, social status, and gender.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
read1 Corinthians 9:20

Pray that believers from similar cultures will be compelled by Christ's love to reach people who don't know the gospel, and that those people will receive the good news with joy.

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

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
Darang DengPG006721Darang DengChina12,500Unengaged and UnreachedDigaro-MishmiChinese Folk Religion

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