The Ta-Oy Yin of Laos

The Ta-Oy Yin of Laos, numbering approximately 8,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a Ta‑Oy ethnolinguistic community indigenous to southern Laos, who speak Upper Ta’oih, a Mon‑Khmer language, and preserve a distinct Yin identity rooted in the cultural traditions of the Ta‑Oy people Yin, In They are an Indigenous people, with Ta-Oy (Tai'oh) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Mon-Khmer people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Animism and Upper Ta'oih is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Laos
People Cluster: Mon-Khmer
Primary Language(s): Upper Ta'oih (tth)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 8,600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG050569
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

95%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Upper Ta'oih
Language Family: Austroasiatic

50%
%
Ta’oih, Upper Speakers

Media Resources in Upper Ta'oih:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Upper Ta'oih:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Upper Ta'oih bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ta-Oy Yin 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 Ta-Oy Yin:
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 Ta-Oy Yin of Laos

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
readPsalm 62:1

Pray that those who are troubled and don't know about the God who saves will hear the good news and find rest in the one true God who can offer salvation for their souls.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the gospel of God's kingdom will reach more people and that they will respond in faith, becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
readRomans 8:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the God who has given them freedom from fear so that they will trust Him completely as their good Father who meets all their needs.

And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
readMatthew 7:28-29

Pray that God will remind believers that they have His authority as they share His truth with the lost, and pray He will draw crowds of people to this message and plant it deeply in their hearts.

Ta-Oy Yin Across Countries (ROP3 - 119548) reported in the following countries:

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