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Population of Groups Speaking

1,908,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Keji	China	2,600	2,600	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Lama	India	600	2,200	●	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tibetan	Bhutan	4,500	1,079,000		Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tibetan	Canada	5,400	1,079,000		Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tibetan	India	100,000	1,079,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	0.27 %	-1	2
Tibetan	Sweden	1,000	1,079,000		Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tibetan Gtsang	Bhutan	900	764,000		Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tibetan Gtsang	China	763,000	764,000	●	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.01 %	15
Tibetan, Bhotia	Nepal	2,500	1,079,000	●	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tibetan, Boyu	China	4,300	4,300	●	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.60 %	0.60 %	1
Tibetan, Central	China	945,000	1,079,000	●	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.04 %	0.03 %	19
Tibetan, Central	Switzerland	8,000	1,079,000		Buddhism	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	1
Tibetan, Central	Taiwan	2,000	1,079,000		Buddhism	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	1
Tibetan, Central	United States	4,800	1,079,000		Buddhism	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.02 %	1
Tibetan, Nghari	China	64,000	64,000	●	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 15						15 ●			48

* 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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People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Bhotia	India	113,000	113,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.90 %	-1	2
Bhotia Sikkim	Bhutan	6,000	89,000		Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhotia Sikkim	India	83,000	89,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.44 %	-1	2
Bhotia Tibetan	India	3,600	3,600	●	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bodh (Buddhist traditions)	India	113,000	114,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	-1	2
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	India	1,566,000	1,566,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.20 %	-1	-1 -
Chakma	India	215,000	673,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.85 %	-1	4
Chero	India	156,000	161,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.15 %	-1	3
Choni	China	171,000	171,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	3
Galong	India	80,000	80,000	●	Unknown	2 ●	27.45 %	-1	-1 -
Gurung	Nepal	487,000	605,000	●	Buddhism	2 ●	5.15 %	-1	-1 -
Gurung Ghale	Nepal	21,000	21,000	●	Buddhism	2 ●	6.44 %	-1	-1 -
Kanaura	India	52,000	52,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	1
Khas	India	64,000	81,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.02 %	-1	-1 -
Lahaula	India	2,900	6,100	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.21 %	-1	1
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal)	India	125,000	125,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	11.29 %	-1	-1 -
Mangrik	India	24,000	74,000	●	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mech	India	54,000	60,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	27.35 %	-1	-1 -
Monpa	India	40,000	135,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	0.94 %	-1	1
Rongkup	India	74,000	81,000	●	Buddhism	2 ●	25.68 %	-1	-1 -
Sauria Paharia	India	52,000	57,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	46.85 %	-1	-1 -
Sherpa	Nepal	103,000	152,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.24 %	-1	2
Tipera	India	624,000	746,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	8.31 %	-1	-1 -
Zeliang	India	103,000	103,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	93.66 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 24						13 ●			24

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	bod
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
Progress Scale	●

Language Alternate Names
Aba (Batang)
Anshuenkuan Nyarong
Batang
Bhokha
Bhotia
Bod
Bod Skad
Byokha
Central Tibetan
Dartsemdo (Tatsienlu)
Dbus
Dbusgtsang
Deqing Zang
Diaspora Tibetan
Dru
Gtsang (Lhasa)
Hanniu
Lhasa
Lhasa Tibetan
Lhasa, Tibetan
Mngahris (Ngari)
Nganshuenkuan (Anshuenkuan Nyarong)
Ngari
Panakha-Panags
Paurong
Phoke
Pohbetian
Poke
Skad
Tatsienlu
Tebilian
Tibate
Tibetan
Tsang
U
Utsang
Wei
Weizang
Zang
Zang Wen

Dialects
Aba
Bhotia
Classical
Colloquial
Dartsemdo
Dbus
Deqin
Deqinxian
Diaspora
Domme
Gtsang
Kongbo
Lhasa
Literary
Media
Mngahris
Nepali
Nganshuenkuan
Qinghai
Spitti
Tuth Valley
Weixi
Xiaozhongdian

Dialect Alternate Names
Amdo: Qinghai
An duo
Bhokha
Bhotia
Bhotia: Tuth Valley
Bhotiya
Central Tibetan
Central Tibetan: Nepali
Dbus
Dbusgtsang
Deqing
Domme
Hsifan
Khamba: Deqin
Khamba: Deqinxian
Lhasa
Ngari
Phoke
Pohbetian
Spiti
Tebilian
Tibate
Tibetan, Central: Classical
Tibetan, Central: Literary
Tibetan, Central: Media
Tibetan, Deqen
Tibetan, Khams: Deqin
Tibetan, Zhongdian
Tibetan: An duo
Tibetan: Central
Tibetan: Colloquial
Tibetan: Deqin
Tibetan: Domme
Tibetan: Spiti
Tibetian
Tibetian: Spitti
Tsang
U
Wei
Weizang
Zang
Zang: An duo
Zang: Deqing
Zang: Weixi
Zang: Xiaozhongdian

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1862-1991
New Testament	1885-1973
Complete Bible	1948

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Father's Love Letter
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	Creation to Christ
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Good News for You
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Tibetan, Central
Film / Video	Phim
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project)
Film / Video	The Hope Video
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: པོད་སྐད་ - Tibetan

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%

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Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome suggested updates.
A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
The data is sometimes not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
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