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Akha in Thailand

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
60,000	Akha	Christianity	90.00 %	22.00 %

Akha in Thailand

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Location in Country:

Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, and Mae Hong Son provinces. 250 villages.
(Source: Ethnologue 2016)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Akha

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Ada	Ahka
Aini	Ak'a
Aka	Ekaw
Guoke	Hà Nhì
Ikaw	Ikho
Ikor	Jeu-g'oe
Kaw	Khako
Ko	Ko Phen

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Population in Country:

60,000

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Ethnicity

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MSY50i

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Language

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Primary Language:

(60,000 Speakers)

ahk

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	5.00 %
Christianity	90.00 %	(Evangelical: 22.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	5.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	0.00 %
Protestant	0.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	0.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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Level 6 Greater than or equal to 10% Evangelical

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1939-1991

New Testament:

1968-1987

Complete Bible:

2001-2002

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Ministry Resources ^[7]
Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching
Audio Recordings	Online Audio Scripture
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio
Film / Video	God's Story video
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Akha
Film / Video	LUMO film of Gospels
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
General	Gospel resources links
Mobile App	Download audio Bible app as APK file
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Akha

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