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Language: Hlai

Population of Groups Speaking

1,172,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Li, Bendi	China	81,000	81,000	●	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.03 %	2
Li, Ha	China	711,000	711,000	●	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.11 %	14
Li, Meifu	China	55,000	55,000	●	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.03 %	1
Li, Qi	China	325,000	325,000	●	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	0.20 %	0.14 %	6
Totals: 4						4 ●			23

* 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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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	No reported people groups speaking this as secondary language
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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	lic
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Portions
Progress Scale	●

Language Alternate Names
Baisha-Yuanmen
Bendi (Baisha-Yuanmen)
Bli
Dai
Day
Dli
Gei
Ha (Luohua-Hayan-Baoxian)
Hlai, Has
Klai
La
Lai
Le
Li
Local Li
Loi
Luohua-Hayan-Baoxian
Meifu (Moifau)
Moifau
Qi (Gei)
Slai
Tongshi-Qiandui-Baocheng
Zwn

Dialects
Bendi
Dong Fang
Ha
Hainan Baotingxian
Hainan Changjiang Baoping
Hainan Ledung
Hua Yao
Hua Yao Gasa
Ledung Sanrong
Lingshui Wanfu
Lingshui Zhuguan
Meifu
Qi
Qiongzhong Changzheng
Sanya Hongqi
Tongjia
Wuding

Dialect Alternate Names
Baisha-yuanmen
Dai: Hua Yao
Dai: Hua Yao Gasa
Dai: Wuding
Daiba
Gei
Hainan Changjiang Baopin
Hainan Tongjia
Hlai: Bendi
Hlai: Dong Fang
Hlai: Hainan Changjiang Baopin
Hlai: Hainan Ledung
Hlai: Hainan Tongjia
Hlai: Ledung Sanrong
Hlai: Lingshui Wanfu
Hlai: Lingshui Zhuguan
Hlai: Meifu
Hlai: Qi
Hlai: Qiongzhong Changzheng
Hlai: Sanya Honggi
Hlai: Wuding
Hua Yao Dai
Li: Dong Fang
Li: Hainan Baotingxian
Li: Hainan Changjiang Baoping
Li: Hainan Ledung
Li: Hainan Tongjia
Li: Ledung Sanrong
Li: Lingshui Wanfu
Li: Lingshui Zhuguan
Li: Qiongzhong Changzheng
Li: Sanya Hongqi
Li: Tongjia
Luohua-hayan-baoxian
Moifau
Qiongzhong Li
Sanya Honggi
Tongshi-qiandui-baocheng
Zwn

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	2015
New Testament	None Reported
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Hlai
Film / Video	Story of Hope
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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A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
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