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Akha of Vietnam

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
1,500	Akha	Ethnic Religions	5.00 %	0.30 %			1.2

Akha of Vietnam

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Geography

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21 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Location in Country:

Quang Binh, Quang Tri provinces, both sides of Viet Nam-Laos border, northeast of Phuc Trach
(Source: Ethnologue 2010)

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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

100185

10223

Yes

Population in Country:

1,500

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

People Name General:

MSY50i

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Language

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Primary Language:

ahk

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	25.00 %
Christianity	5.00 %	(Evangelical: 0.30 %)
Ethnic Religions	70.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	5.00 %
Protestant	15.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	80.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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1.2

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Level 1 Less than 2% Evangelical. Some evangelical resources available, but no active church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1991

New Testament:

1987

Complete Bible:

2001

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (Talking Bibles)
Film / Video	Gods Story
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Akha
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
Scripture	World Scriptures

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