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The Han Chinese, Taiwanese of Argentina

The Han Chinese, Taiwanese of Argentina, numbering approximately 1,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Han Chinese ethnolinguistic group of southern Fujian who speak Southern Min languages and share a maritime cultural heritage shaped by trade, migration, and longstanding ties to Taiwan and Southeast Asia. They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Min Nan Chinese is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Han Chinese, Taiwanese

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: Argentina
People Cluster: Chinese
Primary Language(s): Min Nan Chinese (nan)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 1,400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG017341

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

76%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Min Nan Chinese
Language Family: Southern Daly

100%
%
Chinese, Min Nan Speakers

Media Resources in Min Nan Chinese:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

3 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Min Nan Chinese:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Wycliffe Malaysia✓✓
Today's Taiwanese Version✓✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Min Nan Chinese bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Han Chinese, Taiwanese 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 Han Chinese, Taiwanese:
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 Han Chinese, Taiwanese of Argentina

For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?
readPsalm 18:31

As people look to their own efforts for hope, pray they will have the opportunity to learn and believe in the Lord, who is the only Rock worthy of their faith.

Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.
readActs 18:8

Pray that rulers and leaders will access the gospel, respond in faith, and be baptized, uniting with Christ and His Church, and influence others to follow Him.

Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
readPsalm 25:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the merciful nature and steadfast love of God as they walk with Him daily.

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.

Han Chinese, Min Nan Across Countries (ROP3 - 102140) reported in the following countries:

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10 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Han Chinese (Min Nan)PG006805Han Chinese (Min Nan)China35,550,000No Longer UnreachedMin Nan ChineseAgnosticism
Han Chinese (Min Nan)PG007538Han Chinese (Min Nan)Taiwan13,680,000No Longer UnreachedMin Nan ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Min Nan)PG046598Han Chinese (Min Nan)Malaysia2,415,000No Longer UnreachedMin Nan ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Min Nan)PG020729Han Chinese (Min Nan)Singapore1,790,000No Longer UnreachedMin Nan ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han ChinesePG007673Han ChinesePhilippines1,275,000No Longer UnreachedMin Nan ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Min Nan)PG050604Han Chinese (Min Nan)Hong Kong418,000No Longer UnreachedMin Nan ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Min Nan)PG047035Han Chinese (Min Nan)United States156,000No Longer UnreachedMin Nan ChineseUnaffiliated
Han Chinese (Min Nan)PG047427Han Chinese (Min Nan)Canada29,000No Longer UnreachedMin Nan ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Min Nan)PG042927Han Chinese (Min Nan)Peru7,700No Longer UnreachedMin Nan ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese, TaiwanesePG017341Han Chinese, TaiwaneseArgentina1,400No Longer UnreachedMin Nan ChineseChinese Folk Religion

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