• PEOPLE NAME: PWO KAREN OF THAILAND

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PEID: 10936

ROP: 110820

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples

People Cluster: Karen

Language: Pwo Northern Karen - (pww)

Alternate Name(s): Karen, Karen Sub-cluster, Pwo Northern

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Thailand

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Population: 84,500

Global Population: 84,500


PEID: 10936

ROP: 110820

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Pwo Karen of Thailand, numbering 84,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Karen people cluster within the Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Thailand. Their primary language is Pwo Northern Karen. The primary religion practiced by the Pwo Karen is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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