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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

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Pray for the Tamil of Reunion

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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

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Bible Resources in Réunion Creole French:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

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

Linked from YouVersion

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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 I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
readMatthew 5:44-45

Pray for those who don't know Jesus to encounter believers who are kind and compassionate and that their imitation of Christ will serve as a testimony that attracts lost people to Jesus.

After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.
readLuke 5:27-28

Prat that God will prepare many hearts to meet Him when He says, “Follow Me!” and that they will respond in faith, leaving everything behind to follow Him.

Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
readPsalm 6:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will remind them that He is near and will help them place their hope in Him when others wish to do them harm.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
readJohn 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

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

Strategic Progress Index
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14 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▲
TamilPG008196TamilCambodia1,800No Longer UnreachedTamilFolk Hinduism
TamilPG009527TamilMyanmar297,000Engaged yet UnreachedTamilFolk Hinduism
TamilPG000442TamilNetherlands7,900Engaged yet UnreachedTamilHinduism
Sri Lankan TamilPG000621Sri Lankan TamilUnited Kingdom74,500No Longer UnreachedTamilHinduism
Sri Lankan TamilPG006432Sri Lankan TamilSri Lanka2,635,000No Longer UnreachedTamilHinduism
TamilPG009351TamilMalaysia2,620,000No Longer UnreachedTamilHinduism
TamilPG010723TamilSingapore245,000Engaged yet UnreachedTamilHinduism
Tamil HinduPG010925Tamil HinduThailand35,000No Longer UnreachedTamilHinduism
TamilPG015474TamilReunion189,000Engaged yet UnreachedRéunion Creole FrenchHinduism
TamilPG015483TamilSeychelles400Engaged yet UnreachedTamilHinduism
TamilPG042414TamilGermany67,000Engaged yet UnreachedTamilHinduism
TamilPG042483TamilFrance126,000Engaged yet UnreachedTamilHinduism
TamilPG043485TamilCanada163,000No Longer UnreachedTamilHinduism
TamilPG047226TamilUnited States339,000Engaged yet UnreachedTamilHinduism

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