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The Rengma Naga of India

The Rengma Naga of India, numbering approximately 80,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Naga group of Nagaland and Assam's Karbi Anglong district, their name recalling a warrior's traditional dress. Shifting cultivation remains primary, supplemented by weaving and pottery, and most now follow Christianity. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Southern Rengma Naga is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: Naga, Rengma

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Tangsa Naga
Primary Language(s): Southern Rengma Naga (nre)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 80,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG042067
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

99%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southern Rengma Naga
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Naga, Southern Rengma Speakers

Media Resources in Southern Rengma Naga:

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Bible Resources in Southern Rengma Naga:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Rengma Naga 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 Rengma Naga:
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 Rengma Naga of India

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.

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
readPsalm 57:11

Pray that the lost will learn about God's great love and faithfulness so that they might trust in Christ for their salvation.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
readHebrews 10:36

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will patiently endure suffering and hardships and do God's will so that they may receive what He has promised.

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
read3 John 1:2

Ask God to grant protection and good health — both physical and spiritual — to those He sends cross-culturally to share the gospel.

Naga, Rengma Across Countries (ROP3 - 113452) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Rengma NagaPG042067Rengma NagaIndia80,000No Longer UnreachedSouthern Rengma NagaProtestantism

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