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Estimated Global Speakers

256,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Sema	India	249,000	249,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.33 %	-1	-1 -
Viswerna	India	3,700	3,700	●	3 ●	Christianity	96.51 %	-1	-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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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Angami	India	160,000	160,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	98.67 %	-1	-1 -
Ao	India	235,000	235,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.07 %	-1	-1 -
Arleng	India	504,000	505,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	19.62 %	-1	-1 -
Chakhesang	India	159,000	159,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.27 %	-1	-1 -
Chang	India	66,000	66,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.04 %	-1	-1 -
Christian	India	992,000	1,269,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Garo	India	1,111,000	1,238,000	●	5 ●	Christianity	95.60 %	80.00 %	-1 -
Haomei	India	67,000	67,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	97.28 %	-1	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	India	147,000	158,000	●	2 ●	Hinduism	6.10 %	-1	-1 -
Kahha	India	54,000	54,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.20 %	-1	-1 -
Khasi	India	1,543,000	1,626,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	83.53 %	-1	-1 -
Khiamniungan	India	63,000	74,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.35 %	-1	-1 -
Konyak	India	243,000	245,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	97.88 %	-1	-1 -
Kuki Chin	India	136,000	185,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	91.24 %	-1	-1 -
Lotha	India	180,000	180,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.22 %	-1	-1 -
Makwara	India	700	700	●	3 ●	Christianity	96.86 %	-1	-1 -
Mizo	India	146,000	165,000	●	5 ●	Christianity	98.50 %	95.00 %	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	India	573,000	575,000	●	5 ●	Christianity	98.84 %	94.00 %	-1 -
Naga	India	19,000	19,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	77.30 %	-1	-1 -
Naga Tangkhul	India	202,000	207,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	98.08 %	-1	-1 -
Paite (Christian traditions)	India	81,000	81,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	98.76 %	-1	-1 -
Pawi	India	53,000	53,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	98.62 %	-1	-1 -
Pochury	India	23,000	23,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	98.93 %	-1	-1 -
Rengma	India	69,000	69,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	98.79 %	-1	-1 -
Sangtam	India	77,000	77,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.27 %	-1	-1 -
Thadou	India	220,000	220,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	97.89 %	-1	-1 -
Tikhir	India	7,700	7,700	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.02 %	-1	-1 -
Tiwa	India	259,000	259,000	●	1 ●	Hinduism	1.71 %	-1	5
Yimchungra	India	69,000	69,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.33 %	-1	-1 -
Zeliang	India	105,000	105,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	93.67 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 30					1 ●				5

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	nsm
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Dayang (Western Sumi)
Sema
Simi
Sumi
Sümi
Western Sumi

Dialects
Dayang
Dhyang
Lazemi
Sema Naga
Zhimomi
Zumomi

Dialect Alternate Names
Naga, Sema
Naga, Sumi
Western Sumi

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1928-1961
New Testament	1944-1960
Complete Bible	2000-2004

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Naga, Sumi
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Sumi Naga

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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