• PEOPLE NAME: OY OF LAOS

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Southeast Asian Peoples

People Cluster: Mon-Khmer

Language: Oy - (oyb)

Alternate Name(s): Lao Theung (Upland), Oi, Huei

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Laos

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Population: 23,500

Global Population: 23,500


PEID: 9159

ROP: 107716

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Oy of Laos, numbering 23,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Mon-Khmer people cluster within the Southeast Asian Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Laos. Their primary language is Oy. The primary religion practiced by the Oy is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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