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The Tai Kaleun of Laos

The Tai Kaleun of Laos, numbering approximately 12,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic subgroup of the Tai peoples of northern Thailand and central Laos. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Northeastern Thai is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Tai Kaleun

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Laos
People Cluster: Tai
Primary Language(s): Northeastern Thai (tts)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 12,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG033469
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Northeastern Thai
Language Family: Tai-Kadai

100%
%
Thai, Northeastern Speakers

Media Resources in Northeastern Thai:

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Bible Resources in Northeastern Thai:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Tai Kaleun:
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Pray specifically for the Tai Kaleun of Laos

And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
readMatthew 6:16

Pray that those who live to please men and not God will turn from the emptiness of seeking approval from others and find true satisfaction in the treasure of a personal relationship with God.

...I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
readPsalm 13:5

Ask God to bring many to trust in His unfailing love and cause their hearts to rejoice in His salvation.

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
readRomans 12:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will offer their bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, knowing that this is their spiritual worship.

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
readPsalm 96:4

Pray that God will raise up believers to declare His glory among the lost, so that they may know that He is great and greatly to be praised, that He is exalted above all gods.

Tai Kaleun Across Countries (ROP3 - 111245) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
Tai KaleunPG033469Tai KaleunLaos12,500Unengaged and UnreachedNortheastern ThaiEthnoreligion

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