Bajau, West Coast Language

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Population of Groups Speaking

253,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

None, Definite Need

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Bajau, West Coast	Brunei	12,000	253,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.02 %	0.02 %	1
Bajau, West Coast	Malaysia	241,000	253,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Totals: 2					2 ●				6

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	No reported people groups speaking this as secondary language
	Totals: 0					0 ●				0

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Item	Code
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	bdr
Written	Unknown
Bible Translation	Started

Language Alternate Names
Bajau
Bajau Sama
Land Bajaw
Sama
West Coast Bajao
West Coast Bajaw

Dialects
Banggi
Kawang
Kota Belud
Papar
Pitas Bajau
Putatan
Sandakan Bajau
West Coast

Dialect Alternate Names

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	None Reported
New Testament	None Reported
Complete Bible	None Reported

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The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%