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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kiong Nai of China

The Kiong Nai of China, numbering approximately 2,800 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of China. They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Jiongnai Bunu is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Kiong Nai

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Yao-Mien
Primary Language(s): Jiongnai Bunu (pnu)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 2,800
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG007229
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

90%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Jiongnai Bunu
Language Family: Hmong-Mien

70%
%
Bunu, Jiongnai Speakers

Media Resources in Jiongnai Bunu:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Jiongnai Bunu:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kiong Nai are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Kiong Nai:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Kiong Nai of China

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
readRomans 1:22

Ask God to pour out His mercy and bring those who are walking in their own wisdom to faith in Jesus.

“I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that was not called by my name."
readIsaiah 65:1

Pray that the lost will be found by God, even when they are not seeking Him. Pray that He will reveal Himself to them in a way they cannot ignore and that they will respond in faith.

And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
readActs 16:15

Pray that God will bring entire families and households to faith in Him and raise up servant-leaders from among them.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

Kiong Nai Across Countries (ROP3 - 114140) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
Kiong NaiPG007229Kiong NaiChina2,800Engaged yet UnreachedJiongnai BunuChinese Folk Religion

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