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Estimated Global Speakers

122,000

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New Testament

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Agani	India	500	500	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Amma Kodaga	India	2,000	2,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Ayri	India	200	200	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Banna	India	300	300	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kanate	India	500	500	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kodava	India	112,000	112,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Koyava	India	700	700	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Maniyani	India	800	800	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 8						8 ●			9

* 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 *
Adiyan	India	17,000	17,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.75 %	-1	1
Bhotia	India	113,000	113,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.90 %	-1	2
Bhotia Sikkim	India	83,000	89,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.44 %	-1	2
Brahmin	India	58,307,000	62,164,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	1166
Byari (Beary)	India	433,000	433,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Christian	India	1,203,000	1,516,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	India	11,775,000	12,080,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	235
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	India	956,000	2,185,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	19
Gandla	India	73,000	73,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Halba	India	720,000	720,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.30 %	-1	14
Holaya	India	801,000	801,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	16
Jenu Kuruba	India	47,000	47,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	1
Kapariya	India	25,000	25,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Korama	India	215,000	215,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	4
Korwa	India	444,000	446,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.09 %	-1	9
Kudiya	India	3,000	3,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	1
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	India	15,366,000	15,702,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	307
Kuruba	India	4,101,000	4,101,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.04 %	-1	82
Lingayat	India	3,346,000	3,346,000	●	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	67
Maleru	India	500	500	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.02 %	-1	1
Marata	India	86,000	86,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	2
Mech	India	54,000	60,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	27.35 %	-1	-1 -
Meda	India	44,000	44,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.11 %	-1	1
Nadar (Christian traditions)	India	1,257,000	1,266,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	India	2,957,000	2,982,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	59
Naikda	India	3,763,000	3,763,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.08 %	-1	75
Oraon	India	4,411,000	4,570,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.43 %	-1	-1 -
Pale	India	9,400	9,400	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Paniyan	India	99,000	99,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.38 %	-1	2
Rabha	India	365,000	367,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.26 %	-1	-1 -
Shaikh	India	84,587,000	232,851,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	1692
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	India	7,674,000	7,761,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	153
Vakkaliga	India	6,332,000	6,332,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.21 %	-1	127
Viswakarma	India	7,583,000	7,590,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	152
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	India	58,008,000	59,231,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	1160
Yerava	India	31,000	31,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.21 %	-1	1
Totals: 36						31 ●			5,363

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	kfa
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	New Testament
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Language Alternate Names
Coorg
Coorge
Coorgi Kodava
Kadagi
Khurgi
Kodagu
Kotagu
Kurja
Kurug

Dialects
Coorgi

Dialect Alternate Names
Kodava Thak

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1873
New Testament	2018
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%

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