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Language: Kodava

Estimated Global Speakers

123,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

New Testament

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Amma Kodaga	India	2,000	2,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kodaga	India	113,000	113,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Totals: 2						2 ●			3

* 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-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. 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	16,000	16,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.77 %	-1	1
Aka	India	11,000	11,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.74 %	-1	-1 -
Barda	India	3,500	3,500	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.62 %	-1	1
Bhattra	India	313,000	313,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.88 %	-1	6
Bhotia	India	114,000	114,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.90 %	-1	2
Bhotia Sikkim	India	84,000	90,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.44 %	-1	2
Bhumia	India	159,000	159,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.98 %	-1	3
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	India	1,588,000	1,588,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.21 %	-1	-1 -
Brahmin	India	59,134,000	63,125,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	1183
Byari (Beary)	India	456,000	456,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Christian	India	1,263,000	1,707,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	India	11,993,000	12,319,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	240
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	India	969,000	2,045,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	19
Gandla	India	74,000	74,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gond	India	14,356,000	14,362,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.92 %	-1	287
Halba	India	733,000	733,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.30 %	-1	15
Haomei	India	67,000	67,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	97.28 %	-1	-1 -
Hmar	India	98,000	98,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.87 %	-1	-1 -
Holaya	India	813,000	813,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	16
Illemei	India	96,000	96,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.22 %	-1	-1 -
Jenu Kuruba	India	47,000	47,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	1
Juang	India	47,000	47,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	1
Kadu Kuruba	India	24,000	24,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	1
Kapariya	India	26,000	26,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Koli (Hindu traditions)	India	2,255,000	2,482,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	45
Koli Dhor	India	413,000	415,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.20 %	-1	8
Koracha, tribal	India	17,000	17,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.01 %	-1	1
Korama	India	219,000	219,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	4
Korku	India	1,043,000	1,045,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.31 %	-1	21
Korwa	India	450,000	453,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.09 %	-1	9
Kota	India	700	700	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.81 %	-1	1
Koya	India	793,000	793,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.29 %	-1	16
Kudiya	India	3,200	3,200	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	1
Kuki Chin	India	135,000	176,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	91.08 %	-1	-1 -
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	India	15,741,000	16,185,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	315
Kuruba	India	4,174,000	4,174,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.04 %	-1	83
Kuruman	India	57,000	57,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	1
Lingayat	India	3,479,000	3,479,000	●	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	70
Mahratta	India	31,159,000	31,162,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	623
Malayekandi	India	1,800	1,800	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Marata	India	87,000	87,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	2
Mech	India	55,000	61,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	27.21 %	-1	-1 -
Meda	India	44,000	44,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	1
Mizo	India	144,000	163,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.49 %	-1	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	India	567,000	569,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.84 %	-1	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	India	1,276,000	1,285,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	India	3,015,000	3,041,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	60
Naikda	India	3,817,000	3,822,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.08 %	-1	76
Oraon	India	4,487,000	4,641,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.48 %	-1	-1 -
Pale	India	9,500	9,500	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Paniyan	India	100,000	100,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.38 %	-1	2
Poumai	India	129,000	129,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.00 %	-1	-1 -
Rabha	India	370,000	372,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.26 %	-1	-1 -
Rongkup	India	75,000	82,000	●	Buddhism	2 ●	25.65 %	-1	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	India	7,639,000	7,898,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.77 %	-1	-1 -
Shaikh	India	85,886,000	223,464,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	1718
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	India	7,772,000	7,885,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	155
Tangchanghya	India	687,000	829,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	8.58 %	-1	-1 -
Vakkaliga	India	6,403,000	6,403,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.21 %	-1	128
Viswakarma	India	7,694,000	7,701,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	154
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	India	58,642,000	59,932,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	1173
Yerava	India	31,000	31,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.21 %	-1	1
Totals: 62						45 ●			6,459

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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	2021
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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