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Estimated Global Speakers

806,000

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 *
Hualngo	India	200	200	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Mizo	Myanmar (Burma)	19,000	163,000	●	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	45.00 %	-1 -
Mizo	India	144,000	163,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.50 %	-1	-1 -
Mizo Bawm	India	1,200	8,900	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Mizo Biete	India	200	200	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Mizo Fanai	India	14,000	14,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.23 %	-1	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	Bangladesh	1,500	566,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	90.37 %	-1	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	India	564,000	566,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.84 %	-1	-1 -
Poi	India	49,000	49,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.71 %	-1	-1 -
Ralte	India	18,000	18,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.25 %	-1	-1 -
Tlau	India	300	300	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 11						0 ●			0

* 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 *
Arleng	India	499,000	500,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	19.74 %	-1	-1 -
Biate	India	16,000	16,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	42.13 %	-1	-1 -
Binjhal	India	137,000	137,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	3
Bru	India	204,000	206,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	16.92 %	-1	-1 -
Chakma	India	217,000	680,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.85 %	-1	4
Chin Mara	India	44,000	70,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.32 %	-1	-1 -
Christian	India	1,215,000	1,532,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Gadaba	India	132,000	132,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.74 %	-1	3
Gangte	India	21,000	21,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	95.93 %	-1	-1 -
Garo	India	1,095,000	1,223,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	95.60 %	-1	-1 -
Halam	India	42,000	44,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	46.71 %	-1	-1 -
Hmar	India	98,000	98,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.87 %	-1	-1 -
Hojai	India	4,200	4,200	●	Hinduism	2 ●	20.37 %	-1	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	India	145,000	156,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	6.08 %	-1	-1 -
Khasi	India	1,521,000	1,605,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	83.53 %	-1	-1 -
Khiamniungan	India	62,000	73,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.29 %	-1	-1 -
Kolha	India	706,000	706,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.27 %	-1	14
Kom	India	18,000	18,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.93 %	-1	-1 -
Kuki Chin	India	135,000	175,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	91.20 %	-1	-1 -
Kuki Chin Zahao	India	2,100	2,100	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.14 %	-1	-1 -
Munda	India	3,673,000	3,818,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	20.43 %	-1	-1 -
Naga	India	19,000	19,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	77.36 %	-1	-1 -
Oraon	India	4,454,000	4,615,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.43 %	-1	-1 -
Paite (Christian traditions)	India	80,000	80,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.76 %	-1	-1 -
Paite Simte	India	7,800	7,800	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.61 %	-1	-1 -
Parja	India	489,000	489,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.33 %	-1	10
Pawi	India	53,000	53,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.62 %	-1	-1 -
Pnar	India	2,400	7,800	●	Christianity	3 ●	74.11 %	-1	-1 -
Poumai	India	128,000	128,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.00 %	-1	-1 -
Santal	India	7,607,000	8,294,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.77 %	-1	-1 -
Sema	India	245,000	245,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.33 %	-1	-1 -
Tai Man	India	5,800	4,629,000	●	Buddhism	2 ●	21.82 %	-1	-1 -
Thadou	India	217,000	217,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	97.89 %	-1	-1 -
Tipera	India	631,000	755,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	8.31 %	-1	-1 -
Tiwa	India	255,000	255,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.71 %	-1	5
Vaiphei	India	46,000	54,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.23 %	-1	-1 -
Zeliang	India	104,000	104,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	93.66 %	-1	-1 -
Zou	India	25,000	93,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.43 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 38						6 ●			39

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	lus
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Duhlian Twang
Dulien
Haulngo
Hualngo
Ka-Lin-Kaw
Le
Lei
Lukhai
Lusago
Lusai
Lusei
Lushai
Lushai-Mizo
Lushay
Lushei
Mizo ṭawng
Mizo, Lushai
Sailau
Whelngo

Dialects
Dulien
Fannai
Hmar
Lushai
Mizo
Ngente
Pang
Ralte
Tlau

Dialect Alternate Names
Duhlian Twang
Dulien
Hualngo
Le
Lei
Lukhai
Lusago
Lusai
Lusei
Lushai
Lushai: Mizo
Lushai: Mizo: Hmar
Lushei
Mizo
Mizo: Hmar
Sailau
Whelngo

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1898-1956
New Testament	1916-1986
Complete Bible	1959-1995

Possible Print Bibles
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National Bible Societies
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Bible.is (Faith Comes By Hearing)
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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Mizo
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Mizo (Lushai) Bible
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Old Version Bible
Text / Printed Matter	Father's Love Letter
Text / Printed Matter	Multi-Language Media
Text / Printed Matter	World Missionary Press Booklets

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 of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome suggested updates.
A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
The data is sometimes not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
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