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Language: Khoekhoe

Population of Groups Speaking

352,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Nama, Khoekhoe	South Africa	2,100	352,000		Christianity	5 ●	70.00 %	14.00 %	-1 -
Nama, Khoekhoe	Namibia	350,000	352,000	●	Christianity	4 ●	88.00 %	8.00 %	-1 -
Totals: 2						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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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	naq
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Berdama
Bergdamara
Bondelswarts
Central Dama
Dama
Damaqua
Damara
Hai\|\|’om
Hai\|\|'om
Kakuya Bushman
Kakuya Bushman Nasie
Khoekhoegowab
Khoekhoegowap
Khoeknoegowap
Khoi
Maqua
Nama
Namagowab
Namakwa
Naman
Namaqua
Nasie
Rooi Nasie
Sesfontein Damara
Tama
Tamakwa
Tamma
Topnaar

Dialects
Bondelswarts-Nama
Central Damara
Central Nama
Damara & Nama
Gimsbok Nama
Namibia
Namidama
Sesfontein Damara
Sesfontein-Dama
Topnaar-Nama

Dialect Alternate Names
Berdama
Bergdamara
Dama
Damaqua
Damara
Hottentot
Kakuya Bushman Nasie
Khoekhoe
Khoekhoegowab
Khoekhoegowap
Khoeknoegowap
Khoi
Klipkaffer
Klipkaffern
Koekhoegowap
Kupkaferrn
Kupkaffer
Maqua
Nama
Nama: Damara & Nama
Nama: Namibia
Namakwa
Naman
Namaqua
Rooi Nasie
Tama
Tamakwa
Tamara
Tamma

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1831-1984
New Testament	1866-1909
Complete Bible	1966-1994

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Khoekhoe
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Khoekhoegowab Bible (Revised)
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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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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