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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Asho Chin of Myanmar

The Asho Chin of Myanmar, numbering approximately 32,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Myanmar They are an Indigenous people, with Chin as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Kuki-Chin (Zo) people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Theravada Buddhism. They primarily speak Chin, Asho.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Chin, Asho

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Myanmar
People Cluster: Kuki-Chin (Zo)
Primary Language(s): Chin, Asho (csh)
Primary Religion(s): Theravada Buddhism
Population: 32,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG009406
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Theravada Buddhism
Religious Affiliation: Buddhism

60%
%
Theravada Buddhism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Chin, Asho
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Chin, Asho Speakers

Media Resources in Chin, Asho:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Chin, Asho:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Asho Chin 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 Asho Chin:
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 Asho Chin of Myanmar

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
readPsalm 62:1

Pray that those who are troubled and don't know about the God who saves will hear the good news and find rest in the one true God who can offer salvation for their souls.

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
readPsalm 16:11

Pray that God will make a way for His path of life to be revealed to many so that they may come into His presence and experience abundant joy and eternal pleasures at His right hand.

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.”
readGenesis 15:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God to keep His promises.

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.

Chin, Asho Across Countries (ROP3 - 100557) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Asho ChinPG001206Asho ChinBangladesh4,600No Longer UnreachedChin, AshoProtestantism
Asho ChinPG009406Asho ChinMyanmar32,500No Longer UnreachedChin, AshoTheravada Buddhism

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