Approximately 3,500 Kui Lung people live in Luang Namtha and Bokeo provinces of northern Laos, near the Laos-Myanmar border. They are part of the officially-recognized Kui minority group, who totaled 6,268 in the 1995 national census of Laos. In a different study in the same year, French ethnographer Laurent Chazee listed a lower figure of 1,870 Kui Lung living in 18 villages. The Kui Lung are concentrated in the Long and Viangphoukha districts of Luang Namtha. A Diaspora group lives further east in the Nale District. A few Kui Lung spill across the provincial border into the Meung District of Bokeo Province.
Although they are closely related to the Kucong, who are also known in Laos as Kui Sung, there are cultural, ethnic and linguistic differences between the two groups. Originally, both the Kucong and Kui Lung were part of the Lahu in southern China. The Kui Lung are one of Asia's most isolated people groups. In China, when Communist cadres found them in the 1950s, they were on the brink of extinction: "There were only three hatchets available in the whole village.... Their clothing was plantain leaves, in which they also wrapped their babes.... In their naked-ness the Kui Lung dared not to go out, so they placed their rattan, animal hides and meats by the wayside and hid in the bushes waiting for a prospective barterer. Then they would call out: 'Take these. Leave in exchange clothes and salt.' Only when the takers were far away would the people emerge from the bushes and collect whatever had been left for them."
Although there are no known Christians among the Kui Lung in Laos today, missionaries briefly encountered them in 1892. Daniel McGilvary reported, "I found on approaching him that he was not a Muso [Lahu], but a Kui-of a tribe which we had planned to visit later.... The village was a large one, as mountain villages go, of twenty-five or thirty houses, and from two hundred and fifty to three hundred souls-in general not unlike the [Lahu] villages we had seen. The Kui language also, while different from [Lahu], is cognate with it....Our religion was explained in its two leading ideas- rejection of the spirit-cult, and acceptance of Jesus for the pardon of sin and the life eternal. Questions were asked and answered."
Pray they will experience the peace of knowing God and will be released from all fear.
Ask God to raise up laborers to plant churches among the Kui Lung.
Ask God to prepare the hearts of the Kui Lung toward Him. Pray they would be a redeemed people.
Scripture Prayers for the Kui Lung in Laos.
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People Name General | Kui Lung |
People Name in Country | Kui Lung |
Alternate Names | |
Population this Country | 5,200 |
Population all Countries | 5,200 |
Total Countries | 1 |
Indigenous | Yes |
Progress Scale | 4 ● |
Unreached | No |
Frontier People Group | No |
Pioneer Workers Needed | |
People ID | 16142 |
ROP3 Code | 111238 |
Country | Laos | ||
Region | Asia, Southeast | ||
Continent | Asia | ||
10/40 Window | Yes | ||
Persecution Rank | 31 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) | ||
Location in Country | Luang Namtha and Bokeo provinces, Long, Viangphouka, Nale, and Meung districts Source: Faces of the Unreached in Laos, 1999 |
Country | Laos |
Region | Asia, Southeast |
Continent | Asia |
10/40 Window | Yes |
Persecution Rank | 31 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) |
Location in Country | Luang Namtha and Bokeo provinces, Long, Viangphouka, Nale, and Meung districts. Source: Faces of the Unreached in Laos, 1999 |
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Primary Religion: | Ethnic Religions |
Major Religion ▲ | Percent |
---|---|
Buddhism |
0.00 %
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Christianity (Evangelical 9.00 %) |
12.00 %
|
Ethnic Religions |
88.00 %
|
Hinduism |
0.00 %
|
Islam |
0.00 %
|
Non-Religious |
0.00 %
|
Other / Small |
0.00 %
|
Unknown |
0.00 %
|
Primary Language | Lahu (5,200 speakers) |
Language Code | lhu Ethnologue Listing |
Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing |
Total Languages | 1 |
Primary Language | Lahu (5,200 speakers) |
Language Code | lhu Ethnologue Listing |
Total Languages | 1 |
People Groups | Speaking Lahu |
Primary Language: Lahu
Bible Translation ▲ | Status (Years) |
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Bible-Portions | Yes (1924-1962) |
Bible-New Testament | Yes (1932-1962) |
Bible-Complete | Yes (1989-2014) |
Bible-NT Audio | Online |
Possible Print Bibles | |
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Amazon | |
World Bibles | |
Forum Bible Agencies | |
National Bible Societies | |
World Bible Finder | |
Virtual Storehouse |
Resource Type ▲ | Resource Name | Source |
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Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching | Global Recordings Network |
Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio | Jesus Film Project |
Film / Video | God's Story video | God's Story |
Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Lahu | Jesus Film Project |
Film / Video | LUMO film of Gospels | Bible Media Group/LUMO |
Film / Video | World Christian Videos | World Christian Videos |
General | Faith Comes By Hearing - Bible in text, audio, video | Faith Comes by Hearing |
General | Gospel resources links | Scripture Earth |
General | YouVersion Bible versions in text and/or audio | YouVersion Bibles |
Mobile App | Android Bible app: Lahu | YouVersion Bibles |
Mobile App | Download audio Bible app as APK file | Faith Comes by Hearing |
Mobile App | iOS Bible app: Lahu | YouVersion Bibles |
Text / Printed Matter | Literacy primer for Lahu | Literacy & Evangelism International |
Text / Printed Matter | The Ancient Path | Live Global |
Text / Printed Matter | Topical Scripture booklets and Bible studies | World Missionary Press |
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Profile Source | Peoples of Laos, Asia Harvest Copyrighted © Used with permission |
Data Sources | Data is compiled from various sources. Learn more. |