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The Chong of Cambodia

The Chong of Cambodia, numbering approximately 1,200 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indigenous Pearic people of western Cambodia, distinct from the Khmer majority, with communities in Koh Kong and a traditional Chong language belonging to the Austroasiatic family. They mostly adhere to Animism and Chong is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Cambodia
People Cluster: Mon-Khmer
Primary Language(s): Chong (cog)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 1,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG008183
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

95%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Chong
Language Family: Austroasiatic

65%
%
Chong Speakers

Media Resources in Chong:

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Bible Resources in Chong:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Chong 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 Chong:
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 Chong of Cambodia

Abraham said, "God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together.
readGenesis 22:8

Pray that God will open the ears of those who are lost to understand and believe that only shed blood takes away sin and that, like Abraham, they will believe that God Himself provides the lamb for the burnt offering, who is Jesus the final, perfect sacrifice.

The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
readPsalm 146:9

Pray for God to watch over people, wherever they are, and cause them to meet believers who will share the gospel with them clearly and lovingly.

The LORD bless you and keep you.
readNumbers 6:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be blessed with God's grace, trusting that He will never abandon them.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
readMark 5:20

Pray that God will bring people who appear beyond hope to faith in Jesus and that they will then go and tell others of the marvelous things He has done.

Chong Across Countries (ROP3 - 102183) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
ChongPG008183ChongCambodia1,200Engaged yet UnreachedChongAnimism
ChongPG010844ChongThailand700Unengaged and UnreachedChongAnimism

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