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Language: Pashto, Central

Estimated Global Speakers

31,244,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

Translation Needed

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Afghan Pawinda	Pakistan	1,800	1,800		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Turi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,400	2,400	●	Islam	0 ☀	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-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. 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 *
Awan	Pakistan	5,554,000	5,574,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	111
Baghban (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	241,000	259,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Baloch	Pakistan	8,925,000	8,984,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	178
Baloch Chandia	Pakistan	119,000	119,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Baloch Gichki	Pakistan	33,000	33,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Korai	Pakistan	93,000	93,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Baloch Kulachi	Pakistan	56,000	56,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Laghari	Pakistan	101,000	101,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Baloch Lashari	Pakistan	152,000	152,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Baloch Nutkani	Pakistan	40,000	40,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Palafi	Pakistan	46,000	46,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Rind	Pakistan	1,000,000	1,000,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	20
Bashkar	Pakistan	229,000	229,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Brahui	Pakistan	2,824,000	3,171,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	56
Brahui Sarawan	Pakistan	477,000	477,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	10
Dangarik	Pakistan	23,000	23,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dehwar	Pakistan	69,000	69,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dhund	Pakistan	630,000	640,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Gabare	Pakistan	9,100	9,100	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gakkhar	Pakistan	61,000	61,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gujar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	4,937,000	5,419,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	99
Hajam	Pakistan	2,143,000	4,544,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	43
Hazara	Pakistan	263,000	4,704,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	32,942,000	33,970,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	659
Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	522,000	524,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	10
Jatt (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	763,000	763,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	15
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,307,000	7,988,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	26
Khattar	Pakistan	79,000	79,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Kumhar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,637,000	3,707,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	73
Lassi	Pakistan	179,000	179,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,063,000	2,708,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	41
Lori	Pakistan	71,000	71,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Med	Pakistan	26,000	26,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mewati (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	924,000	1,749,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	18
Moghal	Pakistan	1,306,000	3,097,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	26
Pashtun	Pakistan	30,315,000	33,845,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	606
Pashtun Dilazak	Pakistan	27,000	27,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun Maliar	Pakistan	271,000	271,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Pashtun, Pathan	Bangladesh	168,000	11,637,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	16,680,000	19,607,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	334
Rajput Bhatti (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	894,000	905,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	18
Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	642,000	948,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Rajput Chib	Pakistan	41,000	42,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Gakkhar	Pakistan	38,000	42,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Manihas (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	71,000	74,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Sial	Pakistan	435,000	435,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Rajput Tonwar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	118,000	153,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Sayyid	Pakistan	8,015,000	17,132,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	160
Shaikh	Pakistan	13,327,000	235,151,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	267
Shaikh Qureshi	Pakistan	747,000	8,824,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	15
Totals: 50						50 ●			2,874

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	pst
Written	Unknown
Bible Translation	Needed
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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

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

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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%

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