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Nyamwezi, Nyanyembe of Tanzania

Photo source: Nyamwezi: The Moon People

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
1,765,000	Nyamwezi	Islam	34.00 %	1.00 %	Not available		2.2

Nyamwezi, Nyanyembe of Tanzania

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24 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Location in Country:

Northwest central, Tabora region, between Lake Victoria and Lake Rukwa; Rukwa, Singida, and Shinyanga regions
(Source: Ethnologue 2010)

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People Name in Country:

Nyamwezi, Nyanyembe

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Alternate People Names:

Nyanyembe

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Population in Country:

1,765,000

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Ethnicity

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NAB57o

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Language

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Primary Language:

(1,765,000 Speakers)

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	34.00 %	(Evangelical: 1.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	1.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	61.00 %
Non-Religious	2.00 %
Other / Small	2.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	15.00 %
Independent	0.00 %
Protestant	25.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	60.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

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2.2

Level 2 Less than 2% Evangelical. Initial (localized) church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1940

New Testament:

1951

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Nyamwezi
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
Scripture	World Scriptures

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