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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Khamet of Thailand

The Khamet of Thailand, numbering approximately 150 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Mon-Khmer ethnic group indigenous to northwest Laos. They mostly adhere to Animism and Rmeet is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Khamet

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Thailand
People Cluster: Mon-Khmer
Primary Language(s): Rmeet (lbn)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 150
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG010870
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

95%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Rmeet
Language Family: Austroasiatic

100%
%
Rmeet Speakers

Media Resources in Rmeet:

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Bible Resources in Rmeet:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Khamet are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Khamet:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Khamet of Thailand

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
readIsaiah 48:11

Pray that those who have been living for their own glory will turn to the One who is worthy of all praise and find their true identity in Him.

After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.
readLuke 5:27-28

Prat that God will prepare many hearts to meet Him when He says, “Follow Me!” and that they will respond in faith, leaving everything behind to follow Him.

But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.
read1 Peter 3:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will always be prepared to share the reason for the hope that they have in Jesus with gentleness and respect.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Lamet Across Countries (ROP3 - 104890) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
LametPG009138LametLaos28,000Unengaged and UnreachedRmeetAnimism
KhametPG010870KhametThailand150No Longer UnreachedRmeetAnimism
LametPG043319LametUnited States35Unengaged and UnreachedRmeetEthnoreligion

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