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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Riang of India

The Riang of India, numbering approximately 245,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a tribal community of Mizoram, Tripura, and Assam also known as Tuikuk in Mizoram. The Riang are organized into two major clans each with six subclans, practicing slash-and-burn agriculture. They mostly adhere to Folk Hinduism and Riang (India) is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: South Asian Tribal
Primary Language(s): Riang (India) (ria)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Hinduism
Population: 245,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG041685
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

82%
%
Folk Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Riang (India)
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Riang Speakers

Media Resources in Riang (India):

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Bible Resources in Riang (India):

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Riang 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 Riang:
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 Riang of India

For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.
readPsalm 130:7b

Pray for those who are unaware of God's steadfast love that is offered to them through Jesus Christ to learn the truth and experience His plentiful redemption.

There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.
readPsalm 19:3

Pray that God will lead them to His Word, and where it is not available, ask that He will raise up those who will produce gospel media in their heart language.

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
read2 Corinthians 9:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the principle of sowing and reaping, and be generous in their giving and serving, knowing that they will reap a generous harvest.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

Riang Across Countries (ROP3 - 108370) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
RiangPG001200RiangBangladesh700No Longer UnreachedRiang (India)Protestantism
RiangPG041685RiangIndia245,000No Longer UnreachedRiang (India)Folk Hinduism

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