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Lahu of Myanmar (Burma)

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
143,000	Lahu	Christianity	80.00 %	43.00 %			3.2

Lahu of Myanmar (Burma)

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Location in Country:

Shan state, Kentung District
(Source: Ethnologue 2010)

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People Name in Country:

Lahu

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Black Lahu	Kaixien
La Hủ	Lahuna
Laku	Launa
Lohei	Luohei
Mooso	Muhso
Mussar	Musso
Mussuh	Mussur
Namen	Red Lahu

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Population in Country:

143,000

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Ethnicity

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MSY50i

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Primary Language:

(143,000 Speakers)

lhu

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Religion Sub-division:

Protestant

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	80.00 %	(Evangelical: 43.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	20.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	19.00 %
Protestant	60.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	1.00 %
Roman Catholic	20.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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3.2

Level 6 Greater than or equal to 10% Evangelical

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1962

New Testament:

1962

Complete Bible:

1989

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Film / Video	Gods Story
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Lahu
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
Printed Matter	Literacy & Evangelism International
Printed Matter	World Christian Tract Ministry
Scripture	World Missionary Press Booklets
Scripture	World Scriptures

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