• PEOPLE NAME: TONGA OF THAILAND

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PEID: 10894

ROP: 114836

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Southeast Asian Peoples

People Cluster: Mon-Khmer

Language: Ten’edn - (tnz)

Alternate Name(s): Tonga-Mos, Mos Negrito, Orang Asli

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Thailand

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Population: 200

Global Population: 200


PEID: 10894

ROP: 114836

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Tonga of Thailand, numbering 200, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Mon-Khmer people cluster within the Southeast Asian Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Thailand. Their primary language is Ten’edn. The primary religion practiced by the Tonga is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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