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Language: Ndau

Population of Groups Speaking

1,861,000

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 *
Ndau	Zimbabwe	1,042,000	1,829,000	●	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	45.00 %	1.20 %	-1 -
Ndau, Shona	Mozambique	787,000	1,829,000	●	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	25.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Senji	Mozambique	33,000	33,000	●	Ethnic Religions	2 ●	30.00 %	2.00 %	-1 -
Totals: 3						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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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
	Totals: 0						0 ●			0

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	ndc
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Abatonga
Atonga
Batoka
Batonga
Changa
Changa (Chichanga)
Chibabava
Chichanga
Chindau
Chisenji
Chixanga
Cidanda
Cidondo
Cigova
Cimashanga
Cindanda
Cindau
Danda (Cidanda)
Dondo (Chibabava)
Gova (Cigova)
Mashanga
Ndanda
Ndau (Cindau)
Ndzawu
Njao
Senji
Shanga
Shanga (Changa)
Sofala
Southeast Shona
Tonga (Abatonga)
Vadanda
Wadondo
Watande
Watonga
Xanga

Dialects
Changa
Chishanga
Danda
Dondo
Garwe
Gova
Ndau
Shanga
Tonga

Dialect Alternate Names
Abatonga
Atonga
Batoka
Batonga
Changa
Chibabava
Chichanga
Chisenji
Chixanga
Cidanda
Cidondo
Cigova
Cimashanga
Cindanda
Mashanga
Ndanda
Ndau Costal
Ndau: Changa
Ndau: Dondo
Ndau: Shanga
Sanga
Senji
Shona: Chishanga
Shona: Southeastern
Vadanda
Wadondo
Watande
Watonga
Xanga

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1906-1989
New Testament	1919-2000
Complete Bible	1957-2014

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Format ▲	Resource (Direct link)	Source (General link)
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching	Global Recordings Network
Audio Recordings	DAVAR Partners recording, complete Bible	DAVAR Partners International
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament	Faith Comes by Hearing
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Ndau	Jesus Film Project
Film / Video	LUMO film of Gospels	Bible Media Group/LUMO
General	Gospel resources links	Scripture Earth
Mobile App	Download audio Bible app from Google Play Store	Faith Comes by Hearing
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Ndau	YouVersion Bibles
Text / Printed Matter	Topical Scripture booklets and Bible studies	World Missionary Press

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 updates.
Joshua Project occasionally adjusts profile text from third party sources. This is done to avoid confusion regarding the current reality of a people group, to fix grammar and spelling and to avoid potentially offensive wording.
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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