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The Deaf Macanese of Macao

The Deaf Macanese of Macao, numbering approximately 4,900 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a community of individuals who are culturally Deaf and actively participate in Deaf culture, often using sign language as their primary means of communication. They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Hong Kong Sign Language is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3 Flash: Deaf Macanese

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Deaf Peoples
Country: Macao
People Cluster: Deaf
Primary Language(s): Hong Kong Sign Language (hks)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 4,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources
People Group ID: PG050609

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hong Kong Sign Language
Language Family: Sign Language

70%
%
Hong Kong Sign Language Speakers

Media Resources in Hong Kong Sign Language:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Hong Kong Sign Language:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Hong Kong Sign Language bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

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): No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources (GSEC: 0), there are no evangelical Christians or churches among this people group and there is no access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources

Next steps for the Deaf Macanese:
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Pray specifically for the Deaf Macanese of Macao

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
readEphesians 2:4-5

Pray that those who have not yet received new life will be made alive together with Christ, saved by grace and raised up with Him to newness of life.

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.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
read2 Corinthians 9:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God in all things, especially in times of persecution.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sends me, even so I am sending you."
readJohn 20:21

Ask God to raise up and send out believers cross-culturally who will go out in His authority and be sustained by His peace as they share the gospel with the lost.

Deaf Macanese Across Countries (ROP3 - 119669) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Deaf MacanesePG050609Deaf MacaneseMacao4,900Unengaged and UnreachedHong Kong Sign LanguageChinese Folk Religion

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