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Estimated Global Speakers

16,726,000

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	1,700	1,700		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun Dilakzai	Pakistan	26,000	26,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Turi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,300	2,300	●	Islam	0 ☀	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	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Awan	Pakistan	5,422,000	5,442,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	108
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
Baloch Chandia	Pakistan	132,000	132,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Baloch Gichki	Pakistan	32,000	32,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Hot	Pakistan	56,000	56,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Korai	Pakistan	101,000	101,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Baloch Kulachi	Pakistan	54,000	54,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Laghari	Pakistan	97,000	97,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Baloch Lashari	Pakistan	155,000	155,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Baloch Nutkani	Pakistan	39,000	39,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Palafi	Pakistan	45,000	45,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Rind	Pakistan	998,000	998,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	20
Bashkar	Pakistan	220,000	220,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Brahui	Pakistan	2,723,000	3,070,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	54
Brahui Sarawan	Pakistan	456,000	456,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Dangarik	Pakistan	23,000	23,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dehwar	Pakistan	66,000	66,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dhund	Pakistan	716,000	726,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	14
Gabare	Pakistan	8,700	8,700	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gakkhar	Pakistan	60,000	60,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gujar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	5,052,000	5,534,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	101
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
Jatt (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	735,000	735,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	15
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
Kumhar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,769,000	3,839,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	75
Lassi	Pakistan	173,000	173,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,102,000	2,746,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	42
Lori	Pakistan	69,000	69,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Med	Pakistan	25,000	25,000	●	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
Pashtun	Pakistan	29,252,000	32,638,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	585
Pashtun Maliar	Pakistan	547,000	547,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	11
Pashtun, Pathan	Bangladesh	168,000	11,647,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	17,451,000	20,372,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	349
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 Chib	Pakistan	40,000	41,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Gakkhar	Pakistan	37,000	41,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Manihas (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	69,000	72,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Sial	Pakistan	444,000	444,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Rajput Tonwar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	115,000	150,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
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
Totals: 50						50 ●			2,933

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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%

Disclaimers:

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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