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Language: Mal Paharia

Estimated Global Speakers

198,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	No reported people groups speaking this as primary language
	Totals: 0						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-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 *
Anal	India	23,000	23,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.17 %	-1	-1 -
Bhil	India	16,909,000	17,403,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.77 %	-1	338
Bhotia Sikkim	India	84,000	90,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.44 %	-1	2
Bhuiya	India	2,094,000	2,108,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	42
Bhunjia	India	27,000	27,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	1
Binjhia	India	179,000	185,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.45 %	-1	4
Chakma	India	218,000	760,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.91 %	-1	4
Christian	India	1,263,000	1,707,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Gadaba	India	134,000	134,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.63 %	-1	3
Gond	India	14,356,000	14,362,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.92 %	-1	287
Ho	India	1,076,000	1,144,000	●	Unknown	1 ●	2.37 %	-1	22
Juang	India	47,000	47,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	1
Kamar	India	31,000	33,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.04 %	-1	1
Kandha Gauda	India	27,000	27,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.82 %	-1	1
Kharia	India	757,000	769,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	31.45 %	-1	-1 -
Kharwar	India	569,000	578,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	11
Kisan	India	1,630,000	1,636,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.67 %	-1	33
Kui Khond	India	1,850,000	1,855,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.52 %	-1	-1 -
Lohara	India	267,000	285,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.11 %	-1	5
Lotha	India	179,000	179,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.22 %	-1	-1 -
Mahali	India	82,000	82,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.34 %	-1	2
Mahli	India	409,000	441,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.23 %	-1	8
Malto	India	190,000	222,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	14.11 %	-1	-1 -
Malto	Bangladesh	32,000	222,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.85 %	-1	1
Mech	India	55,000	61,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	27.21 %	-1	-1 -
Munda	India	3,692,000	3,748,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	19.40 %	-1	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	India	150,000	168,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.61 %	-1	3
Oraon	India	4,487,000	4,641,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.48 %	-1	-1 -
Parenga	India	12,000	12,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	1
Parhaiya	India	31,000	34,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.78 %	-1	1
Parja	India	498,000	498,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.31 %	-1	10
Rajwar	India	610,000	620,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	12
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 -
Saora	India	984,000	987,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	16.77 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Jadu	India	18,000	18,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	39.08 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Jati	India	34,000	34,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	22.81 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Kapusavar	India	26,000	26,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	27.95 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Khotto	India	18,000	18,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	39.13 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Lanjia	India	24,000	24,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	29.25 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Malia	India	67,000	67,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	30.37 %	-1	-1 -
Saur	India	169,000	169,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	3
Shabar	India	532,000	532,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.14 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 43						24 ●			796

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	mkb
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Dehri
Mad
Mader
Mal
Mal Pahariya
Maler
Malpaharia
Malti
Malto
Maltu
Manlati
Mar
Marpaharia
Maw
Mawdo
Mawer
Mawer Nondi
Paharia
Parsi

Dialects

Dialect Alternate Names

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1994
New Testament	Yes
Complete Bible	2018

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Mal Paharia
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%

Disclaimers:

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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