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Population of Groups Speaking

11,365,000

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 *
Afghan, Tajik	Afghanistan	10,585,000	10,986,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	212
Afghan, Tajik	Iran	400,000	10,986,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	8
Afghan, Tajik	Kazakhstan	800	10,986,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Afghani, general	Australia	26,000	79,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Darwazi, Badakhshani	Afghanistan	16,000	16,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Farsiwan	Pakistan	5,600	5,600	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Moghal	Afghanistan	2,300	3,097,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Nuristani, Malakhel	Afghanistan	3,200	3,200	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pahlavani	Afghanistan	3,700	3,700	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Parsee	Afghanistan	2,300	153,000	●	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Qizilbash	Pakistan	5,000	304,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Qizilbash	Afghanistan	299,000	304,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	6
Tangshuri	Afghanistan	16,000	16,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 13						13 ●			236

* 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 *
Afshari	Afghanistan	15,000	393,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.04 %	0.04 %	1
Arab, Tajiki	Afghanistan	18,000	19,000		Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.20 %	1
Hazara	Pakistan	263,000	4,664,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Irular	India	224,000	224,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.31 %	-1	4
Parsee	Pakistan	7,500	153,000	●	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Persian	Pakistan	14,000	41,809,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sayyid	Bangladesh	1,186,000	17,132,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	24
Sayyid	India	7,819,000	17,132,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	156
Shaikh	India	85,376,000	234,920,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	1708
Totals: 9						9 ●			1,901

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	prs
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Afghan Persian
Badakhshi
East Farsi
Eastern Farsi
Farsi
Madaglashti
Parsi
Persian
Tajik
Tajiki
Tangshew (Tangshuri)
Tangshuri

Dialects
Darwazi
Parsiwan
Tangshew
Tangshiui

Dialect Alternate Names
Tangshewi
Tangshuri
Tanshiui

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1974
New Testament	1982-1985
Complete Bible	2008

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Father's Love Letter
Audio Recordings	Father's Love Letter
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Audio Recordings	StoryRunners Oral Bible Stories
Film / Video	God's Love Story
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Indigitube.tv Video / Animation
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Dari
Film / Video	Magdalena (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	Rivka (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	The Prophets' Story
Film / Video	The Savior 3 - Woman at the Well
Film / Video	The Savior 7 - Golgotha
General	Four Spiritual Laws
Mobile App	Download Audio Bible app as APK File from FCBH
Mobile App	Download Audio Bible app from Google Play Store
Text / Printed Matter	Bible Gateway Scripture
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Today's Dari Version
Text / Printed Matter	Online Bible text (Scripture Earth)
Text / Printed Matter	World Missionary Press Booklets

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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