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Estimated Global Speakers

15,857,000

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Afghan Pawinda	Pakistan	4,800	4,800		1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Turi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	4,300	4,300	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 2					2 ●				2

* 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 *
Awan	Pakistan	5,385,000	5,404,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	108
Baghban (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	250,000	268,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Baloch	Pakistan	7,895,000	7,953,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	158
Baloch Chandia	Pakistan	134,000	134,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Baloch Lashari	Pakistan	144,000	144,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Baloch Palafi	Pakistan	41,000	41,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Rind	Pakistan	848,000	848,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	17
Bashkar	Pakistan	166,000	166,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Brahui	Pakistan	2,566,000	2,891,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	51
Brahui Sarawan	Pakistan	349,000	349,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Dangarik	Pakistan	22,000	22,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dehwar	Pakistan	61,000	61,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dhund	Pakistan	651,000	661,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Gabare	Pakistan	8,600	8,600	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gakkhar	Pakistan	54,000	54,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gujar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	4,747,000	5,220,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	95
Hajam	Pakistan	2,102,000	4,504,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	42
Hazara	Pakistan	124,000	4,257,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	32,678,000	33,208,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	654
Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	453,000	455,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Jatt (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	623,000	623,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	12
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,304,000	8,107,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	26
Khattar	Pakistan	96,000	96,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Kumhar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,573,000	3,641,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	71
Lassi	Pakistan	190,000	190,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,014,000	2,655,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	40
Lori	Pakistan	58,000	58,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Med	Pakistan	24,000	24,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mewati (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	897,000	1,683,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	18
Moghal	Pakistan	1,214,000	2,987,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	24
Pashtun	Pakistan	25,404,000	28,581,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	-1	508
Pashtun Maliar	Pakistan	660,000	660,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Pashtun, Pathan	Bangladesh	170,000	11,660,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	17,101,000	19,980,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	342
Rajput Chib	Pakistan	40,000	41,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Gakkhar	Pakistan	41,000	45,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Manihas (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	60,000	63,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Tonwar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	86,000	121,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Sayyid	Pakistan	6,590,000	15,638,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	132
Shaikh	Pakistan	12,761,000	236,190,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	-1	255
Tarkhan (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,866,000	2,882,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	57
Totals: 41					41 ●				2,689

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Item	Code
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	pst
Written	Unknown
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Language Alternate Names
Bannochi
Bannu
Bannuchi (Bannochi)
Mahsudi
Waciri (Waziri)
Waziri

Dialects
Bannuchi
Mahsudi
Pashtu
Waciri

Dialect Alternate Names
Bannochi
Bannu
Bannuchi
Mahsudi
Pashto Central: Bannuchi
Pashto, Central
Pashto, Central: Bannochi
Pashto, Central: Waciri
Pashtu: Bannu
Waciri
Waziri


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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%