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Population of Groups Speaking

432,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Divehi	Sri Lanka	1,900	3,100	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Divehi	India	1,200	3,100	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Maldivian, Malki	Maldives	429,000	429,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Totals: 3					3 ●				11

* 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 *
	Lakshadweep	India	62,000	62,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	-1	1
	Totals: 1					1 ●				1

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Item	Code
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	div
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Portions

Language Alternate Names
Dhivehi
Dhivehi Bas
Divehi
Divehi Bas
Divehli
Fuvah Mulaku
Huvadu
Mahl
Malé
Mali
Malikh
Maliku Bas
Maliku Bas (Minicoy Dialect)
Malki
Minicoy Dialect

Dialects
Addu
Dhivehi
Foa Mulaku
Haddhunmathee
Huvudu
Male
Maliku

Dialect Alternate Names
Devehi
Maldivian

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	2004
New Testament	None Reported
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Maldivian
Film / Video	My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime)
Text / Printed Matter	Jesus Messiah comic book

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 is of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Data is the best available, but may be incorrect or out-of-date. On-the-ground reality may vary from what is presented here. Kingdom movements maybe be occurring that we are unaware of
The data is not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some being more accurate than others. We do not recommend using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical for precise calculations.
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