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Language: Pashto, Southern Find language

Population of Groups Speaking

9,615,000

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 *
Afghani, general	Austria	37,000	79,000		1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Afghani, general	Denmark	12,000	79,000		1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Afghani, general	New Zealand	3,600	79,000		1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Ormuri	Afghanistan	3,200	3,200	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Southern	Afghanistan	9,338,000	9,553,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.02 %	0.02 %	187
Pashtun, Southern	Iran	158,000	9,553,000		1 ●	Islam	0.02 %	0.00 %	3
Pashtun, Southern	Kazakhstan	600	9,553,000		1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Southern	Norway	7,400	9,553,000		1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Southern	United Kingdom	48,000	9,553,000		1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Southern	Ukraine	900	9,553,000		1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tirahi	Afghanistan	5,600	5,600	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 11					11 ●				199

* 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	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	11,369,000	11,504,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	227
Awan	Pakistan	5,679,000	5,699,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	114
Baloch	Pakistan	8,202,000	8,262,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	164
Brahui	Pakistan	2,783,000	3,122,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	56
Brahui Sarawan	Pakistan	424,000	424,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	8
Christian	Pakistan	121,000	1,295,000	●	3 ●	Christianity	99.92 %	-1	-1 -
Dehwar	Pakistan	68,000	68,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	33,276,000	33,821,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	666
Jat Sindhu (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	266,000	269,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Jatt (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	727,000	727,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	15
Lassi	Pakistan	184,000	184,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Lori	Pakistan	66,000	66,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun	Pakistan	31,028,000	34,334,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	-1	621
Pashtun, Pathan	Sri Lanka	41,000	11,817,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Pathan	India	11,601,000	11,817,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	-1	232
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	17,956,000	20,908,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	359
Sayyid	Pakistan	8,149,000	17,371,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	163
Shaikh	Pakistan	13,517,000	235,487,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	-1	270
Totals: 18					17 ●				2,907

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	pbt
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Portions
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Language Alternate Names
Afghan
Durani
Kandahar Pashto
Pakhtoo
Pakhtu
Paktu
Pashtu
Pushto
Pushtu
Qandahar Pashto
Quetta-Kandahar Pashto
Southwestern Pashto

Dialects
Baluchi
Kabuli
Kandahar Pashto
Quetta Pashto
Southeastern Pashto
Southern
Southwestern Pashto
Western

Dialect Alternate Names
Afghan
Afghani
Dari: Kabuli
Pakhtoo
Pakhtu
Paktu
Pashto
Pashto: Kabuli
Pashtu: Baluchi
Pashtu: Kabuli
Pashtu: Southern
Pushto
Pushtu
Qandahar Pashto
Quetta-Kandahar Pashto

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	2011
New Testament	None Reported
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	General Ministry Resources
Audio Recordings	Pashto Radio
Film / Video	God's Love Story
Film / Video	The Prophets' Story

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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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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