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Language: Pashto, Northern Find language

Estimated Global Speakers

28,200,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Attar	Pakistan	500	500	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Domal	Pakistan	8,100	21,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Nilabi	Pakistan	700	700	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun	Pakistan	29,252,000	32,638,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	585
Pashtun	Tajikistan	4,800	32,638,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	United Arab Emirates	395,000	32,638,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	8
Pashtun, Northern	Afghanistan	2,749,000	32,638,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	55
Pashtun, Northern	Australia	9,000	32,638,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Canada	1,400	32,638,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Chile	4,800	32,638,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Denmark	12,000	32,638,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	France	39,000	32,638,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Germany	39,000	32,638,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Kyrgyzstan	600	32,638,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Malaysia	6,000	32,638,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	New Zealand	1,800	32,638,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Russia	5,500	32,638,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Turkmenistan	10,000	32,638,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	United Kingdom	54,000	32,638,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	United States	51,000	32,638,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Uzbekistan	2,800	32,638,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Wattal (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	200	5,900	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Wotapuri-Katarqalai	Afghanistan	3,500	3,500	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 23						23 ●			668

* 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	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	11,495,000	11,628,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	230
Awan	Pakistan	5,422,000	5,442,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	108
Bafinda	Pakistan	100,000	114,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Baghban (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	238,000	256,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Baloch	Pakistan	8,736,000	8,795,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	175
Banjara (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	93,000	258,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Barwala (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	580,000	582,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	12
Bashgali	Pakistan	18,000	18,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bashkar	Pakistan	220,000	220,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Bazigar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	4,500	12,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhathiara (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	172,000	358,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Bodla	Pakistan	18,000	18,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahui	Pakistan	2,723,000	3,070,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	54
Budhan (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	16,000	19,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Changar	Pakistan	358,000	364,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Chitrali	Pakistan	26,000	36,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dangarik	Pakistan	23,000	23,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dhund	Pakistan	716,000	726,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	14
Gaddi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	48,000	481,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gakkhar	Pakistan	60,000	60,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gardi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,800	2,100	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gujjar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,374,000	3,385,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	47
Hajam	Pakistan	2,190,000	4,593,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	44
Hazara	Pakistan	253,000	4,654,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	35,733,000	36,270,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	715
Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	519,000	521,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	10
Karal (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	225,000	225,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	India	6,693,000	7,953,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	134
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,260,000	7,953,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	25
Khattar	Pakistan	109,000	109,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Kumangar	Pakistan	1,100	2,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kumhiar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	45,000	53,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,102,000	2,746,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	42
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	431,000	519,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	15,000	615,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mewati (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	948,000	1,774,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	19
Moghal	Pakistan	1,291,000	3,084,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	26
Nuristani Narisati	Pakistan	43,000	187,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun Dilakzai	Pakistan	26,000	26,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun Maliar	Pakistan	547,000	547,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	11
Pashtun, Pathan	India	11,429,000	11,647,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	229
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	17,451,000	20,372,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	349
Rajput Awan	Pakistan	58,000	69,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Bhatti (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	874,000	885,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	17
Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	626,000	929,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Rajput Janjua (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	237,000	241,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Rajput Khakkha	Pakistan	36,000	37,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Khokhar	Pakistan	33,000	35,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Mandial	Pakistan	27,000	30,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Mangral	Pakistan	24,000	25,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sayyid	Pakistan	8,012,000	17,132,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	160
Shaikh	Pakistan	13,677,000	235,324,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	274
Shaikh Qureshi	Pakistan	773,000	8,848,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	15
Shin	Pakistan	40,000	40,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sonar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	353,000	384,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Sudhan	Pakistan	162,000	183,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	India	3,185,000	4,315,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	64
Tanaoli	Pakistan	704,000	704,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	14
Teli (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,901,000	4,598,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	58
Ulema (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	267,000	272,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Yidghal	Pakistan	9,400	9,400	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 61						61 ●			2,943

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	pbu
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Afghan
Afghan Pashto, Eastern
Eastern Afghan Pashto
Khogyani
Northwestern Pakhto
Pakhto
Pakhtoo
Pakhtoon
Pakhtu
Pakhtun
Paktu
Pashto, Yusufzai
Pashtoon
Pashtu
Passtoo
Pushto
Pusto
Sharqi
Yousafzai Pashto
Yusufzai Pashto

Dialects
Dera Ismail Khan
Durani
Ghilzai
Khatak
Marwat
Ningraharian Pashto
Northeastern Pashto
Northern
Northwestern

Dialect Alternate Names
Afghan
D.i.k.
Kohat
Northwestern Pakhto
Pakhto
Pakhtoo
Pakhtu
Paktu
Pashto Hazaragi
Pashto Northern
Pashto Northern (Yousaf zai)
Pashto, Eastern: Khatak
Pashto, Eastern: Marwat
Pashto, Eastern: Yusufzai
Pashto, Northern: Northeast
Pashto, Northern: Northwestern Pakhto
Pashto: Eastern
Pashtu
Pashtu, Northwestern
Pashtu: D.I.K.
Pashtu: Dera Ismail Khan
Pashtu: Kohat
Pashtu: Marwat
Pashtu: Yusuf Zai
Passtoo
Peshawar
Pushto
Pushtu
Pusto
Yousafzai Pashtu
Yusuf Zai
Yusufzai
Yusufzai Pashto

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1824-2010
New Testament	1818-1991
Complete Bible	1895

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	God's Love Story
Film / Video	Indigitube.tv Video / Animation
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Pashto, Northern
Film / Video	Magdalena (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	The Prophets' Story
Film / Video	The Savior 0 - The Savior Trailer
Film / Video	The Savior 4 - Sowing of the Word
General	General Ministry Resources
General	Got Questions Ministry
Text / Printed Matter	Multi-Language Media

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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