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Language: Koya

Estimated Global Speakers

601,000

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 *
Gandia Odisha	India	3,500	3,500	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.18 %	-1	1
Koya Dora	India	30,000	30,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.80 %	-1	1
Koya Eti	India	36,000	36,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.45 %	-1	1
Totals: 3						3 ●			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 *
Andh	India	488,000	488,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	10
Arleng	India	497,000	498,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	19.74 %	-1	-1 -
Bagata	India	146,000	146,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.69 %	-1	3
Baiga	India	569,000	572,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.22 %	-1	11
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	India	6,103,000	6,257,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	122
Bathudi	India	229,000	229,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	5
Bhottada	India	455,000	455,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.25 %	-1	9
Bhumia	India	156,000	156,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.10 %	-1	3
Bhumij	India	1,116,000	1,145,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.02 %	-1	22
Binjhal	India	137,000	137,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	3
Binjhia	India	177,000	183,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.45 %	-1	4
Chakhesang	India	156,000	156,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.27 %	-1	-1 -
Chakma	India	217,000	680,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.91 %	-1	4
Chenchu	India	69,000	69,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.82 %	-1	1
Desua Bhumij	India	500	500	●	Hinduism	1 ●	4.49 %	-1	1
Dharua	India	18,000	18,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	1
Didayi	India	11,000	11,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.52 %	-1	1
Gadaba	India	132,000	132,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.74 %	-1	3
Ghara	India	300	300	●	Hinduism	2 ●	12.31 %	-1	-1 -
Gond	India	14,247,000	14,253,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.87 %	-1	285
Gond Dorla	India	161,000	161,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.60 %	-1	3
Gond Muria	India	685,000	685,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.94 %	-1	14
Gond Rajgond	India	1,205,000	1,205,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.56 %	-1	24
Halba	India	728,000	728,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.30 %	-1	15
Hmar	India	98,000	98,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.87 %	-1	-1 -
Ho	India	1,071,000	1,138,000	●	Unknown	1 ●	2.37 %	-1	21
Jatapu	India	142,000	142,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.15 %	-1	3
Juang	India	47,000	47,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	1
Kammara	India	120,000	120,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.72 %	-1	2
Kandha Gauda	India	26,000	26,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.82 %	-1	1
Kattunayakan	India	66,000	66,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.49 %	-1	1
Kawar	India	984,000	988,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	20
Kharwar	India	565,000	574,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	11
Kisan	India	1,621,000	1,627,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.67 %	-1	32
Kolah Lohara	India	9,500	9,500	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.22 %	-1	1
Koli Mahadev	India	1,669,000	1,686,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	33
Kolowar	India	240,000	240,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	5
Konda Dhora	India	232,000	232,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.00 %	-1	5
Konda Kapu	India	21,000	21,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.99 %	-1	1
Konda Reddi	India	122,000	122,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.91 %	-1	2
Kori	India	2,575,000	2,598,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	51
Kotia	India	53,000	53,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.43 %	-1	1
Koya	India	784,000	784,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.80 %	-1	16
Koya Gonma	India	5,000	5,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.00 %	-1	1
Koya Racha	India	32,000	32,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.80 %	-1	1
Koya Rajulu	India	31,000	31,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.78 %	-1	1
Kui Dongria	India	165,000	165,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	8.51 %	-1	-1 -
Kui Khond	India	1,832,000	1,837,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.22 %	-1	-1 -
Kui Kuvi	India	212,000	212,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	10.75 %	-1	-1 -
Kui Sitha	India	124,000	124,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	10.31 %	-1	-1 -
Kuli	India	16,000	16,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.22 %	-1	1
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal)	India	126,000	126,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	11.29 %	-1	-1 -
Mahli	India	406,000	437,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.23 %	-1	8
Mandia	India	2,600	2,600	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.28 %	-1	1
Mankidi	India	-1 Unknown	-1 Unknown	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.73 %	-1	1
Mankirdia	India	2,400	2,400	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.66 %	-1	-1 -
Manna Dhora	India	19,000	19,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	1
Matia	India	202,000	240,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	4
Mizo Lushai	India	563,000	565,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.84 %	-1	-1 -
Mukha Dhora	India	44,000	44,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.62 %	-1	1
Munda	India	3,665,000	3,810,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	19.36 %	-1	-1 -
Naikda	India	3,794,000	3,794,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.08 %	-1	76
Oraon	India	4,446,000	4,607,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.44 %	-1	-1 -
Pardhan	India	316,000	316,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.15 %	-1	6
Parja	India	489,000	489,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.32 %	-1	10
Pentia	India	10,000	10,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.25 %	-1	1
Rajwar	India	606,000	616,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	12
Santal	India	7,592,000	8,281,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.77 %	-1	-1 -
Saora	India	978,000	981,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	16.71 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Malia	India	67,000	67,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	30.37 %	-1	-1 -
Shabar	India	529,000	529,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.07 %	-1	-1 -
Valmiki	India	71,000	71,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.28 %	-1	-1 -
Yenadi	India	644,000	644,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.84 %	-1	13
Yerukula	India	537,000	537,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.77 %	-1	11
Totals: 74						56 ●			900

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	kff
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	New Testament
Progress Scale	●

Language Alternate Names
Chintoor Koya
Dor Koi
Dora
Dora Koi
Dorla Koitur
Dorla Koya
Dorli (Chintoor Koya)
Godavari Koya
Gommu Koya
Gotte Koya
Jaganathapuram Koya (Godavari Koya)
Kavor
Kaya
Koa
Koi
Koi Gondi
Koitar
Korla
Koyato
Koyi
Malkangiri Koya
Podia Koya (Gotte Koya)
Raj Koya

Dialects
Chintoor Koya
Dorla
Dorli
Godavari
Jaganathapuram Koya
Koi
Malakangiri
Podia
Podia Koya
Raj
Rajkoya

Dialect Alternate Names
Chintoor
Dorli
Godavari Koya
Gommu Koya
Gondi: Dorla
Gondi: Raj
Gondi: Southern
Gondi: Southern Raj
Gotte Koya
Jaganathapuram Koya
Kavor
Kaya
Koa
Koi
Koi Gondi
Koi: Koya
Koitar
Koya
Koya: Dorli
Koya: Godavari
Koya: Malakanagiri
Koya: Malakangiri
Koya: Podia
Koyato
Koyi
Malakanagiri Koya
Podia Koya
Raj Koya
Raj Koya);
Southern Raj

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1882-1889
New Testament	1997-2016
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Koya
General	Gospel website in this language
Text / Printed Matter	Online Bible text (Scripture Earth)

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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