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The Tsou of Taiwan

The Tsou of Taiwan, numbering approximately 6,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Austronesian people of Taiwan's Alishan mountains whose clans trace migration from the Yushan peak to the Chianan Plain, forming their first multi-clan settlement of Tfuya around 1600, marked today by the Homeyaya and Mayasvi festivals. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Tsou is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: Taiwan
People Cluster: Taiwan Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Tsou (tsu)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 6,800
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007544
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Pray for the Tsou of Taiwan

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

45%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tsou
Language Family: Austronesian

32%
%
Tsou Speakers

Media Resources in Tsou:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Tsou:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
The Bible Society in Taiwan✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Tsou bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Tsou 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 Tsou:
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 Tsou of Taiwan

For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
readEphesians 5:8

Pray that those who are lost will turn from the darkness they are walking in and embrace the light, becoming children of light who bear fruit in every good work.

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!
readPsalm 96:8

Pray for people here to humbly give God the glory due His name.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
readPhilippians 3:20-21

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember their citizenship is in heaven.

And the King will answer them, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."
readMatthew 25:40

Ask God to raise up and send believers who will serve "the least of these" with compassion and energy because they know that in serving those in need, they are serving Christ.

Tsou Across Countries (ROP3 - 110221) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TsouPG007544TsouTaiwan6,800No Longer UnreachedTsouProtestantism

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