Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Tibetan Peoples

People Cluster: Other Tibeto-Burmese

Language: Lahu - (lhu)

Alternate Name(s): Lahu Na and Lahu Nyi, Lao Soung (Highland)

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Laos

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Population: 15,000

Global Population: 15,000

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical

Overview: The Lahu of Laos, numbering 15,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Other Tibeto-Burmese people cluster within the Tibetan Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Laos. Their primary language is Lahu. The primary religion practiced by the Lahu is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.

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