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Approximate Global Speakers

1,845,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

13

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Map Notes
PRIMARY Language
(13 people groups)
Click column headings for sorting ▲▼
Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
Chaliyan India 6,000 Progress Gauge
 Devadiga (Hindu traditions) India 160,000 Progress Gauge
Gatti India 6,800 Progress Gauge
Hanabar India 80,000 Progress Gauge
 Hasalaru India 27,000 Progress Gauge
Koracha, tribal India 18,000 Progress Gauge
Maila India 2,900 Progress Gauge
Malaikudi India 9,800 Progress Gauge
Malava India 21,000 Progress Gauge
Marata India 91,000 Progress Gauge
 Mavilan India 37,000 Progress Gauge
Nalkadaya India 3,000 Progress Gauge
Sudri India 1,200 Progress Gauge
  Totals:  13     12 ◼︎ (10 ✸︎)
SECONDARY Language
(207 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
 Adiyan India 17,000 Progress Gauge
Ajila India 3,500 Progress Gauge
 Alambadi Kurichchan India 45,000 Progress Gauge
 Ambalavasi India 167,000 Progress Gauge
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) India 189,000 Progress Gauge
 Andh India 514,000 Progress Gauge
 Ansari India 11,243,000 Progress Gauge
 Ao India 244,000 Progress Gauge
Arayan India 214,000 Progress Gauge
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 6,947,000 Progress Gauge
 Baira India 9,300 Progress Gauge
Bakad India 6,300 Progress Gauge
Bakuda India 14,000 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 Chetti India 772,000 Progress Gauge
 Bania Porwal India 341,000 Progress Gauge
 Bania unspecified India 30,963,000 Progress Gauge
 Banijiga India 792,000 Progress Gauge
Barda India 3,700 Progress Gauge
 Basor India 967,000 Progress Gauge
Bathada India 3,200 Progress Gauge
 Bavcha India 4,900 Progress Gauge
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) India 2,659,000 Progress Gauge
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) India 2,011,000 Progress Gauge
Bhand (Hindu traditions) India 35,000 Progress Gauge
 Bhandari India 681,000 Progress Gauge
Bharathar (Christian traditions) India 40,000 Progress Gauge
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) India 13,000 Progress Gauge
 Bhil Mina India 114,000 Progress Gauge
Bhil Paware India 108,000 Progress Gauge
 Bhil unspecified India 17,826,000 Progress Gauge
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 6,801,000 Progress Gauge
 Bhotia Sikkim India 89,000 Progress Gauge
 Bhumij India 1,177,000 Progress Gauge
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) India 1,532,000 Progress Gauge
 Boya India 4,213,000 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Christian India 5,100 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat India 297,000 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Gaur India 3,238,000 Progress Gauge
Brahmin Havik India 27,000 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin Kanaujia India 4,539,000 Progress Gauge
Brahmin Mahratta India 474,000 Progress Gauge
 Brahmin unspecified India 61,578,000 Progress Gauge
 Bru India 217,000 Progress Gauge
Byari (Beary) India 477,000 Progress Gauge
 Chakhesang India 165,000 Progress Gauge
 Chakma India 230,000 Progress Gauge
 Chalvadi India 237,000 Progress Gauge
Chaptegar India 7,100 Progress Gauge
Charodi India 11,000 Progress Gauge
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) India 394,000 Progress Gauge
Cherumar Christian India 485,000 Progress Gauge
 Christian India 1,469,000 Progress Gauge
 Dakkal India 6,100 Progress Gauge
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) India 3,131,000 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
Dom (Dombara) India 77,000 Progress Gauge
 Gamit India 480,000 Progress Gauge
 Gandla India 78,000 Progress Gauge
 Gangakula India 1,631,000 Progress Gauge
 Goanese India 615,000 Progress Gauge
Godda India 2,800 Progress Gauge
 Gond unspecified India 15,176,000 Progress Gauge
 Gowdulu India 9,600 Progress Gauge
 Hakki Pikki India 26,000 Progress Gauge
 Halam India 44,000 Progress Gauge
 Halba India 769,000 Progress Gauge
Halsar India 11,000 Progress Gauge
 Halwakki Wakkal India 145,000 Progress Gauge
Harkantra India 21,000 Progress Gauge
Hasla India 1,300 Progress Gauge
 Holar India 171,000 Progress Gauge
 Holaya India 851,000 Progress Gauge
Idayan India 75,000 Progress Gauge
 Ilavan India 6,094,000 Progress Gauge
Ilavan Christian India 124,000 Progress Gauge
 Irular India 235,000 Progress Gauge
Iruliga India 14,000 Progress Gauge
 Jenu Kuruba India 50,000 Progress Gauge
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) India 3,497,000 Progress Gauge
 Kachari Dimasa India 153,000 Progress Gauge
Kadu Kuruba India 25,000 Progress Gauge
 Kaikadi India 356,000 Progress Gauge
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) India 4,057,000 Progress Gauge
 Kalal Idiga India 1,861,000 Progress Gauge
 Kalota India 66,000 Progress Gauge
Kammara India 138,000 Progress Gauge
 Kathodi India 330,000 Progress Gauge
 Kattunayakan India 70,000 Progress Gauge
Kavara India 81,000 Progress Gauge
Kavuthiyan India 31,000 Progress Gauge
 Kharia India 794,000 Progress Gauge
 Khasi India 1,310,000 Progress Gauge
 Kokna India 1,139,000 Progress Gauge
 Koli Dhor India 433,000 Progress Gauge
 Koli Mahadev India 1,760,000 Progress Gauge
 Konda Kapu India 24,000 Progress Gauge
 Konyak India 251,000 Progress Gauge
 Korama unspecified India 229,000 Progress Gauge
 Korku India 1,062,000 Progress Gauge
 Koya unspecified India 978,000 Progress Gauge
Kudiya India 3,300 Progress Gauge
 Kudumban India 33,000 Progress Gauge
 Kudumi India 308,000 Progress Gauge
 Kuki Chin India 149,000 Progress Gauge
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) India 16,789,000 Progress Gauge
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 19,289,000 Progress Gauge
Kunchatiga India 398,000 Progress Gauge
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) India 446,000 Progress Gauge
 Kuruba India 4,371,000 Progress Gauge
 Kuruman India 60,000 Progress Gauge
 Lingayat India 3,604,000 Progress Gauge
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) India 10,126,000 Progress Gauge
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) India 8,296,000 Progress Gauge
 Mahli India 428,000 Progress Gauge
 Mahratta Kunbi India 7,996,000 Progress Gauge
 Mahratta unspecified India 32,672,000 Progress Gauge
 Malabar Catholic India 2,814,000 Progress Gauge
 Malai Vedan India 17,000 Progress Gauge
Malakuravan India 1,200 Progress Gauge
Malasar India 10,000 Progress Gauge
Malayekandi India 1,900 Progress Gauge
 Mali (Hindu traditions) India 10,613,000 Progress Gauge
 Mannan, caste India 294,000 Progress Gauge
 Mappila India 9,184,000 Progress Gauge
 Mech India 57,000 Progress Gauge
Meda India 46,000 Progress Gauge
 Mizo India 151,000 Progress Gauge
Mizo Lushai India 594,000 Progress Gauge
 Moger India 129,000 Progress Gauge
Moger Moyon India 14,000 Progress Gauge
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) India 167,000 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
 Oraon India 4,734,000 Progress Gauge
 Paite (Christian traditions) India 84,000 Progress Gauge
Pale India 10,000 Progress Gauge
Palleyan India 2,100 Progress Gauge
Palliyan India 6,600 Progress Gauge
Pambada India 4,300 Progress Gauge
 Pan India 1,429,000 Progress Gauge
 Paniyan India 105,000 Progress Gauge
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) India 822,000 Progress Gauge
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) India 2,306,000 Progress Gauge
Paravan (Christian traditions) India 39,000 Progress Gauge
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) India 92,000 Progress Gauge
 Pardhi India 382,000 Progress Gauge
 Parja unspecified India 523,000 Progress Gauge
 Patelia India 126,000 Progress Gauge
Pulayan Thanda India 133,000 Progress Gauge
 Pulayan unspecified India 1,109,000 Progress Gauge
 Rabha India 387,000 Progress Gauge
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 12,582,000 Progress Gauge
Rajpur India 53,000 Progress Gauge
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 48,473,000 Progress Gauge
 Sali India 1,107,000 Progress Gauge
 Samagara India 94,000 Progress Gauge
 Santal (Sawntal) India 7,928,000 Progress Gauge
 Sayyid India 8,390,000 Progress Gauge
 Shaikh unspecified India 90,380,000 Progress Gauge
Sikligar (Hindu traditions) India 78,000 Progress Gauge
Silpi India 221,000 Progress Gauge
 Soligar India 6,600 Progress Gauge
Soligaru India 36,000 Progress Gauge
 Somvanshi India 523,000 Progress Gauge
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 8,327,000 Progress Gauge
 Syrian Christian India 3,912,000 Progress Gauge
 Teli (Hindu traditions) India 20,067,000 Progress Gauge
 Teli (Muslim traditions) India 1,789,000 Progress Gauge
 Teli Ganiga (Hindu traditions) India 38,000 Progress Gauge
Teli Ganiga (Muslim traditions) India 1,200 Progress Gauge
 Tipera India 723,000 Progress Gauge
 Toda India 2,300 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
Vannan (Christian traditions) India 156,000 Progress Gauge
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) India 937,000 Progress Gauge
 Vanniyan India 13,368,000 Progress Gauge
 Varli India 1,308,000 Progress Gauge
Velakkithalanayan India 381,000 Progress Gauge
Velan India 90,000 Progress Gauge
Veluthadanayar India 214,000 Progress Gauge
Vettuvan India 121,000 Progress Gauge
 Viswakarma Asari India 732,000 Progress Gauge
Viswakarma Kallasari India 56,000 Progress Gauge
 Viswakarma Kollan India 201,000 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
Yerava India 33,000 Progress Gauge
  Totals:  207     170 ◼︎ (118 ✸︎)

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Language Code tcy
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Bible Translation New Testament

Language Family
Ethnologue Dravidian
Glottolog Dravidian

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Language Alternate Names
Bantwal
Belthangadi
Brahmin Tulu
Common Tulu
Kasaragod
Kerala
Mangalore
Manjeswara
Northeast Tulu
Northwest Tulu
Puttur
South Central Tulu
Southeast Tulu
Southwest Tulu
Sullia Subrahmanya
Tal
Tallu
Thalu
Thulu
Tilu
Tullu
Tuluva Bhasa
Udipi

Dialects
Bellari
Brahmin
Brahmin Tulu
Common
Common Tulu
Kasergod
Myacherver
Northeast
Northeast Tulu
Northwest
Northwest Tulu
South Central
South Central Tulu
Southeast
Southeast Tulu
Southwest
Southwest Tulu

Dialect Alternate Names
Bantwal
Belthangadi
Brahmin Tulu
Common Tulu
Kasaragod
Kerala
Mangalore
Manjeswara
Northeast Tulu
Northwest Tulu
Puttur
South Central Tulu
Southeast Tulu
Southwest Tulu
Sullia Subrahmanya
Udipi


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Bible Portions 1842-1912
New Testament 1847-2010
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