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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Pattani Malays of Thailand

The Pattani Malays of Thailand, numbering approximately 3,510,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a people of Thailand. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Pattani Malay is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Pattani Malay

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Thailand
People Cluster: Malay
Primary Language(s): Pattani Malay (mfa)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 3,510,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG043708
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Pray for the Pattani Malays of Thailand

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Pattani Malay
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Malay, Pattani Speakers

Media Resources in Pattani Malay:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Pattani Malay:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Pattani Malay bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Pattani Malays 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 Pattani Malays:
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 Pattani Malays of Thailand

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
readEphesians 2:8-9

Pray that the lost among them will receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith, not by works, and be created for good works.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
readJohn 14:2-3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will persevere in hope, remembering that Jesus went to prepare a place for them to be with Him for eternity!

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.

Pattani Malay Across Countries (ROP3 - 107943) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Pattani MalaysPG043708Pattani MalaysThailand3,510,000Engaged yet UnreachedPattani MalaySunni Islam

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