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Approximate Global Speakers

3,543,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

21

Scripture Status

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Gospel Recordings

Map Notes
PRIMARY Language
(21 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
Beldar Mith Gauda India 1,400 Progress Gauge
Bhavit India 9,800 Progress Gauge
Chaptegar India 7,100 Progress Gauge
Charodi India 11,000 Progress Gauge
Daman Catholic India 2,600 Progress Gauge
Ghadi India 6,400 Progress Gauge
 Goanese Australia 2,700 Progress Gauge
 Goanese Canada 1,800 Progress Gauge
 Goanese India 615,000 Progress Gauge
 Goanese Uganda 5,100 Progress Gauge
 Goanese United Kingdom 18,000 Progress Gauge
 Goanese, Kenyan Kenya 11,000 Progress Gauge
Halleer India 4,700 Progress Gauge
Harkantra India 21,000 Progress Gauge
 Kunbi Konkani India 702,000 Progress Gauge
Nai Mhalo Nhavi India 1,300 Progress Gauge
Padiar India 1,300 Progress Gauge
Rajpur India 53,000 Progress Gauge
Sunri (Muslim traditions) India 15,000 Progress Gauge
Thovoi India 17,000 Progress Gauge
Velip India 34,000 Progress Gauge
  Totals:  21     13 ◼︎ (11 ✸︎)
SECONDARY Language
(246 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adi Dravida India 8,995,000 Progress Gauge
 Adi Dravida Christian India 689,000 Progress Gauge
 Adi Karnataka India 3,112,000 Progress Gauge
Adi Karnataka Christian India 184,000 Progress Gauge
 Agamudaiyan unspecified India 935,000 Progress Gauge
Ager (Hindu traditions) India 15,000 Progress Gauge
 Agri India 461,000 Progress Gauge
Ajila India 3,500 Progress Gauge
 Alambadi Kurichchan India 45,000 Progress Gauge
 Andh India 514,000 Progress Gauge
Anduran India 2,600 Progress Gauge
Anglo India 133,000 Progress Gauge
 Ansari India 11,243,000 Progress Gauge
Anuppan India 1,100 Progress Gauge
Arayan India 214,000 Progress Gauge
 Arunthathiyar India 1,074,000 Progress Gauge
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 6,947,000 Progress Gauge
Badhai Konkani India 51,000 Progress Gauge
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) India 3,044,000 Progress Gauge
 Baira India 9,300 Progress Gauge
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) India 3,781,000 Progress Gauge
Bakad India 6,300 Progress Gauge
Bakuda India 14,000 Progress Gauge
Balagai India 9,000 Progress Gauge
 Balai (Hindu traditions) India 2,366,000 Progress Gauge
 Balija (Hindu traditions) India 1,871,000 Progress Gauge
Bandi (Hindu traditions) India 5,200 Progress Gauge
 Bania Agarwal India 5,168,000 Progress Gauge
Bania Chaturth India 34,000 Progress Gauge
 Bania Chetti India 772,000 Progress Gauge
Bania Gujar India 199,000 Progress Gauge
Bania Kasar India 73,000 Progress Gauge
 Bania Komti India 1,876,000 Progress Gauge
Bania Mahajan India 197,000 Progress Gauge
 Bania Mahesri India 382,000 Progress Gauge
 Bania Mahur India 912,000 Progress Gauge
 Bania unspecified India 30,963,000 Progress Gauge
 Banijiga India 792,000 Progress Gauge
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 6,567,000 Progress Gauge
 Basor India 967,000 Progress Gauge
Bathada India 3,200 Progress Gauge
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) India 2,659,000 Progress Gauge
Bedar Bile India 117,000 Progress Gauge
Bedar Kare India 113,000 Progress Gauge
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) India 2,011,000 Progress Gauge
Bellara India 1,700 Progress Gauge
 Bengali Muslim Moghal India 1,848,000 Progress Gauge
 Bhaina India 83,000 Progress Gauge
 Bhandari India 681,000 Progress Gauge
Bhansala India 292,000 Progress Gauge
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) India 1,459,000 Progress Gauge
 Bhatia (Hindu traditions) India 246,000 Progress Gauge
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 6,801,000 Progress Gauge
Bhottada India 486,000 Progress Gauge
Bidur India 377,000 Progress Gauge
 Bind India 1,051,000 Progress Gauge
 Boya India 4,213,000 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Chitpavan India 506,000 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Deshastha India 591,000 Progress Gauge
Brahmin Devarukha India 34,000 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat India 297,000 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Gaur India 3,238,000 Progress Gauge
Brahmin Gujar Gaur India 283,000 Progress Gauge
Brahmin Havik India 27,000 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Joshi India 399,000 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Kanaujia India 4,539,000 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Kannada India 460,000 Progress Gauge
Brahmin Karbadu India 60,000 Progress Gauge
Brahmin Karhada India 85,000 Progress Gauge
Brahmin Mahratta India 474,000 Progress Gauge
Brahmin Marathi India 93,000 Progress Gauge
Brahmin Mewada India 103,000 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Nambudiri India 101,000 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Sanadhya India 2,864,000 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Saraswat India 634,000 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Sawaria India 4,467,000 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin unspecified India 61,578,000 Progress Gauge
 Budega Jangam India 325,000 Progress Gauge
Byari (Beary) India 477,000 Progress Gauge
Chaliyan India 6,000 Progress Gauge
 Chalvadi India 237,000 Progress Gauge
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) India 48,190,000 Progress Gauge
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) India 1,648,000 Progress Gauge
 Chenna Dasar India 78,000 Progress Gauge
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) India 394,000 Progress Gauge
Cherumar Christian India 485,000 Progress Gauge
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) India 65,000 Progress Gauge
 Christian India 1,469,000 Progress Gauge
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) India 121,000 Progress Gauge
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) India 3,131,000 Progress Gauge
 Devadiga (Hindu traditions) India 160,000 Progress Gauge
Devadiga Kalavant India 7,500 Progress Gauge
 Devanga India 516,000 Progress Gauge
 Dhangar Bharwad India 2,931,000 Progress Gauge
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) India 1,021,000 Progress Gauge
 Dhobi Parit India 267,000 Progress Gauge
 Dhor India 157,000 Progress Gauge
 Gamit India 480,000 Progress Gauge
 Gandla India 78,000 Progress Gauge
 Gangakula India 1,631,000 Progress Gauge
 Garo (A-chik Mande) India 1,156,000 Progress Gauge
 Garoda (Hindu traditions) India 132,000 Progress Gauge
 Gauda India 2,139,000 Progress Gauge
 Gawli India 19,000 Progress Gauge
Ghadasi India 9,100 Progress Gauge
 Ghisadi India 20,000 Progress Gauge
 Giddikki India 75,000 Progress Gauge
 Gond unspecified India 15,176,000 Progress Gauge
Gondaru India 102,000 Progress Gauge
 Gondhali India 62,000 Progress Gauge
Gopal India 39,000 Progress Gauge
 Gosain unspecified India 1,665,000 Progress Gauge
 Gowdulu India 9,600 Progress Gauge
 Gudigar India 3,000 Progress Gauge
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) India 7,546,000 Progress Gauge
Habura India 7,600 Progress Gauge
 Hajam India 2,091,000 Progress Gauge
Halsar India 11,000 Progress Gauge
 Halwakki Wakkal India 145,000 Progress Gauge
Hanabar India 80,000 Progress Gauge
 Hasalaru India 27,000 Progress Gauge
Hasla India 1,300 Progress Gauge
 Holar India 171,000 Progress Gauge
 Holaya India 851,000 Progress Gauge
 Ilavan India 6,094,000 Progress Gauge
Ilavan Christian India 124,000 Progress Gauge
 Jingar India 72,000 Progress Gauge
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) India 3,497,000 Progress Gauge
 Kachari (Hindu traditions) India 87,000 Progress Gauge
 Kadia (Hindu traditions) India 159,000 Progress Gauge
Kadu Kuruba India 25,000 Progress Gauge
 Kaikadi India 356,000 Progress Gauge
 Kaikolan India 2,603,000 Progress Gauge
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) India 4,057,000 Progress Gauge
 Kalal Idiga India 1,861,000 Progress Gauge
Kalavant India 11,000 Progress Gauge
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) India 696,000 Progress Gauge
 Kathodi India 330,000 Progress Gauge
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) India 435,000 Progress Gauge
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) India 2,375,000 Progress Gauge
 Khoja India 444,000 Progress Gauge
 Kokna India 1,139,000 Progress Gauge
 Kolhati India 30,000 Progress Gauge
 Koli (Hindu traditions) India 2,357,000 Progress Gauge
 Koli Dhor India 433,000 Progress Gauge
 Koli Mahadev India 1,760,000 Progress Gauge
 Koli Malhar India 328,000 Progress Gauge
Komarpaik India 28,000 Progress Gauge
Koracha, tribal India 18,000 Progress Gauge
 Korama unspecified India 229,000 Progress Gauge
 Korwa India 470,000 Progress Gauge
 Koshti India 1,172,000 Progress Gauge
Kotegar India 7,000 Progress Gauge
 Kudumi India 308,000 Progress Gauge
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) India 16,789,000 Progress Gauge
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 19,289,000 Progress Gauge
Kunbi Anjna India 408,000 Progress Gauge
 Kunbi Tirole India 352,000 Progress Gauge
Kunchatiga India 398,000 Progress Gauge
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) India 446,000 Progress Gauge
 Kuruba India 4,371,000 Progress Gauge
 Lingayat India 3,604,000 Progress Gauge
 Lohana India 614,000 Progress Gauge
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) India 10,126,000 Progress Gauge
 Madiga (Christian traditions) India 644,000 Progress Gauge
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) India 10,010,000 Progress Gauge
 Mahar (Christian traditions) India 438,000 Progress Gauge
Mahratta Gomatang India 78,000 Progress Gauge
 Mahratta Jadhav India 2,939,000 Progress Gauge
 Mahratta Konkani India 592,000 Progress Gauge
Mahratta Kshatriya India 59,000 Progress Gauge
 Mahratta Kunbi India 7,996,000 Progress Gauge
 Mahratta Shinde India 582,000 Progress Gauge
 Mahratta unspecified India 32,672,000 Progress Gauge
Maila India 2,900 Progress Gauge
 Malabar Catholic India 2,814,000 Progress Gauge
Malava India 21,000 Progress Gauge
 Mali (Hindu traditions) India 10,613,000 Progress Gauge
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) India 591,000 Progress Gauge
 Mappila India 9,184,000 Progress Gauge
 Maravan India 3,375,000 Progress Gauge
Matang (Christian traditions) India 195,000 Progress Gauge
 Matang (Hindu traditions) India 2,726,000 Progress Gauge
 Mavilan India 37,000 Progress Gauge
 Moger India 129,000 Progress Gauge
Moger Moyon India 14,000 Progress Gauge
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) India 42,000 Progress Gauge
Mukri India 15,000 Progress Gauge
 Munda India 3,817,000 Progress Gauge
Mundala India 30,000 Progress Gauge
Nadar (Christian traditions) India 1,358,000 Progress Gauge
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) India 3,178,000 Progress Gauge
 Nai (Hindu traditions) India 12,706,000 Progress Gauge
 Naikda India 3,997,000 Progress Gauge
 Nair India 7,077,000 Progress Gauge
Nalakeyava India 6,600 Progress Gauge
Navait India 60,000 Progress Gauge
 Oraon India 4,734,000 Progress Gauge
Pale India 10,000 Progress Gauge
Pallan (Christian traditions) India 482,000 Progress Gauge
 Pan India 1,429,000 Progress Gauge
Pangul India 22,000 Progress Gauge
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) India 822,000 Progress Gauge
 Pashtun, Pathan India 12,041,000 Progress Gauge
Patramela India 4,800 Progress Gauge
Prabhu Kayastha India 288,000 Progress Gauge
 Pulayan unspecified India 1,109,000 Progress Gauge
 Raddi India 80,000 Progress Gauge
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 12,582,000 Progress Gauge
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 48,473,000 Progress Gauge
Ramoshi India 338,000 Progress Gauge
Raneyar India 3,800 Progress Gauge
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) India 375,000 Progress Gauge
 Ravalia India 558,000 Progress Gauge
 Sali India 1,107,000 Progress Gauge
 Samagara India 94,000 Progress Gauge
Sangar India 36,000 Progress Gauge
 Santal (Sawntal) India 7,928,000 Progress Gauge
 Sayyid India 8,390,000 Progress Gauge
 Shaikh Faruqi India 856,000 Progress Gauge
 Shaikh Qureshi India 8,640,000 Progress Gauge
 Shaikh Siddiqi India 7,956,000 Progress Gauge
 Shaikh unspecified India 90,380,000 Progress Gauge
 Shaikh Usmani India 507,000 Progress Gauge
Sikligar (Hindu traditions) India 78,000 Progress Gauge
 Silawat (Hindu traditions) India 73,000 Progress Gauge
 Sillekyatha India 38,000 Progress Gauge
 Somvanshi India 523,000 Progress Gauge
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 8,327,000 Progress Gauge
Sudra India 6,200 Progress Gauge
 Syrian Christian India 3,912,000 Progress Gauge
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) India 1,994,000 Progress Gauge
 Teli (Hindu traditions) India 20,067,000 Progress Gauge
 Thakkar India 614,000 Progress Gauge
Thandan (Hindu traditions) India 244,000 Progress Gauge
Tirmali India 15,000 Progress Gauge
 Urali India 75,000 Progress Gauge
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) India 3,820,000 Progress Gauge
 Vakkaliga unspecified India 6,715,000 Progress Gauge
Valmiki (Buddhist traditions) India 23,000 Progress Gauge
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) India 5,142,000 Progress Gauge
 Vanniyan India 13,368,000 Progress Gauge
 Viswakarma Asari India 732,000 Progress Gauge
Viswakarma Thattan India 212,000 Progress Gauge
 Viswakarma unspecified India 6,937,000 Progress Gauge
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 61,261,000 Progress Gauge
  Totals:  246     226 ◼︎ (192 ✸︎)

Language Alternate Names
Bardeskari
Chitpavani
Daldi
Goan
Goan Konkani
Goanese
Goanese Konkani
Gomantaki
Gomataki
Konkanasths
Konkani
Konknni
Kudali
Malvani
Mangalore Standard Konkani
Nawaits
Southern Kanara

Dialects
Bardeskari
Chitapavani
Chitpavani
Daldi
Gohsave
Kokan
Konkani
Kudali
Mangalore
Mangalore Standard Konkani
Sarasvat Brahmin

Dialect Alternate Names
Goan
Gomantaki
Gomataki
Kokani
Konanni
Konkani
Konkani, Goan: Bardeshkari
Konkani, Goan: Mangalore Standard Konkani
Konkani, Goanese
Konkanin
Malvani
Mangalore Standard Konkani
Nawaits
Rome Konkani
Saraswat Konkani
Southern Kanara
Tiswadi Goanese