The Tamil of Reunion

The Tamil of Reunion, numbering approximately 189,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a diaspora community of Tamil Hindus in Reunion. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Réunion Creole French is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Reunion
People Cluster: Tamil
Primary Language(s): Réunion Creole French (rcf)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 189,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG015474

Pray for the Tamil of Reunion

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

99%
%
Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Réunion Creole French
Language Family: Indo-European

75%
%
Réunion French Creole Speakers

Media Resources in Réunion Creole French:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Réunion Creole French:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Réunion Creole French bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Tamil 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 Tamil:
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 Tamil of Reunion

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
read1 Timothy 6:9

Pray for those, rich and poor, who have put their trust in worldly things, and ask that they will be honest with themselves, acknowledge their need for God and turn to Him.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
readHebrews 4:12

Pray for God's Word to be accessible to everyone in this people group in a way they will resonate with so that many will engage with it, receive it, and share it with others.

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
readActs 2:46-47

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be devoted to the teaching of God's Word, to fellowship with one another, and to prayer.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that the promise in Revelation 7:9-10 will encourage believers from among them or from nearby people groups to share the gospel with people who have never learned it.

Tamil Hindu Across Countries (ROP3 - 113732) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

15 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Sri Lankan TamilSri Lankan TamilUnited Kingdom74,500No Longer UnreachedTamilHinduism
Sri Lankan TamilSri Lankan TamilSri Lanka2,635,000No Longer UnreachedTamilHinduism
TamilTamilNetherlands7,900Engaged yet UnreachedTamilHinduism
TamilTamilCambodia1,800No Longer UnreachedTamilFolk Hinduism
TamilTamilMalaysia2,620,000No Longer UnreachedTamilHinduism
TamilTamilMyanmar297,000Engaged yet UnreachedTamilFolk Hinduism
TamilTamilSingapore245,000Engaged yet UnreachedTamilHinduism
TamilTamilBahrain48,500Engaged yet UnreachedTamilHinduism
TamilTamilReunion189,000Engaged yet UnreachedRéunion Creole FrenchHinduism
TamilTamilSeychelles400Engaged yet UnreachedTamilHinduism
TamilTamilGermany67,000Engaged yet UnreachedTamilHinduism
TamilTamilFrance126,000Engaged yet UnreachedTamilHinduism
TamilTamilCanada163,000No Longer UnreachedTamilHinduism
TamilTamilUnited States339,000Engaged yet UnreachedTamilHinduism
Tamil HinduTamil HinduThailand35,000No Longer UnreachedTamilHinduism

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