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Moken of Myanmar (Burma)

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
7,700	Moken	Ethnic Religions	0.05 %	0.04 %	Not available	Not available	1.2

Moken of Myanmar (Burma)

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Geography

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32 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Location in Country:

South. Mergui Archipelago, Dung, and other islands
(Source: Ethnologue 2010)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Moken

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Salone	Salong
Sea Gypsy	Selung

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13769

Yes

Population in Country:

7,700

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

People Name General:

MSY44z

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Language

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Primary Language:

(7,600 Speakers)

mwt

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	0.05 %	(Evangelical: 0.04 %)
Ethnic Religions	74.95 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	25.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	0.00 %
Protestant	100.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	0.00 %

(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:

1913

New Testament:

2002

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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