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Language: Pashto, Central Find language

Estimated Global Speakers

15,876,000

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 *
Afghan Pawinda	Pakistan	4,800	4,800		1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun Dilakzai	Pakistan	32,000	32,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Turi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	4,400	4,400	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 3					3 ●				3

* 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 *
Awan	Pakistan	5,486,000	5,506,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	110
Baghban (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	255,000	273,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Baloch	Pakistan	8,043,000	8,103,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	161
Baloch Chandia	Pakistan	137,000	137,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Baloch Lashari	Pakistan	146,000	146,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Baloch Palafi	Pakistan	41,000	41,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Rind	Pakistan	864,000	864,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	17
Bashkar	Pakistan	169,000	169,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Brahui	Pakistan	2,614,000	2,946,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	52
Brahui Sarawan	Pakistan	355,000	355,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Dangarik	Pakistan	22,000	22,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dehwar	Pakistan	63,000	63,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dhund	Pakistan	663,000	673,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Gabare	Pakistan	8,800	8,800	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gakkhar	Pakistan	55,000	55,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gujar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	4,841,000	5,330,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	97
Hajam	Pakistan	2,152,000	4,596,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	43
Hazara	Pakistan	126,000	4,348,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	33,374,000	33,919,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	667
Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	462,000	464,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Jatt (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	634,000	634,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,328,000	8,126,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	27
Khattar	Pakistan	97,000	97,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Kumhar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,653,000	3,724,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	73
Lassi	Pakistan	194,000	194,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,065,000	2,720,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	41
Lori	Pakistan	59,000	59,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Med	Pakistan	24,000	24,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mewati (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	914,000	1,752,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	18
Moghal	Pakistan	1,253,000	3,066,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	25
Pashtun	Pakistan	25,881,000	29,123,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	-1	518
Pashtun Maliar	Pakistan	672,000	672,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Pashtun, Pathan	Bangladesh	172,000	11,832,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	17,488,000	20,446,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	350
Rajput Chib	Pakistan	41,000	42,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Gakkhar	Pakistan	42,000	46,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Manihas (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	61,000	64,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Tonwar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	88,000	124,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Sayyid	Pakistan	6,757,000	16,022,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	135
Shaikh	Pakistan	13,120,000	239,305,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	-1	262
Tarkhan (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,920,000	2,936,000	●	1 ●	Islam	0.00 %	0.00 %	58
Totals: 41					41 ●				2,747

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

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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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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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 for precise calculations.
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