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The Southern Muji of China

The Southern Muji of China, numbering approximately 32,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Phula-related Yi people of southern Yunnan, concentrated in northern Jinping and neighboring Yuanyang, Mengzi, and Gejiu. They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Southern Muji is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Muji, Southern

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Tibetan Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Other Tibeto-Burmese
Primary Language(s): Southern Muji (ymc)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 32,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007319
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Pray for the Southern Muji of China

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

96%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southern Muji
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

92%
%
Muji, Southern Speakers

Media Resources in Southern Muji:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Southern Muji:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Southern Muji bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Southern Muji are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Southern Muji:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Southern Muji of China

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
readJohn 3:17

Pray for those who are living under the burdens of man-made religion to learn about the freedom Jesus offers them and turn to Him in faith.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Pray that the merciful God who is at work in people's hearts will advance His gospel among them.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures.
readPsalm 23:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that the Lord is their shepherd, providing for their every need.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
read1 Corinthians 15:10–11

Pray that God's people will preach the message of Jesus' death and resurrection and that it will spread among the lost through the selfless witness of believers.

Muji Across Countries (ROP3 - 114233) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
Southern MujiPG007319Southern MujiChina32,500No Longer UnreachedSouthern MujiChinese Folk Religion

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