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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Tsou of Taiwan

The Tsou of Taiwan, numbering approximately 6,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as 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 are an Indigenous people, with Tsou as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Taiwan Indigenous people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. 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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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

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
readColossians 3:5-6

Pray for God to have mercy and give those who don't yet know Him the gift of Jesus and His salvation for all who call upon His name.

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed"
readGalatians 3:8

Ask the Lord to fulfill His promise to Abraham that all nations would be blessed by advancing the gospel to every people group who has yet to receive it.

"...I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
readMatthew 16:18b

Pray that God will build and grow His Church among this people.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

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

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
TsouPG007544TsouTaiwan6,800No Longer UnreachedTsouProtestantism

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