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Language: Rakhine

Population of Groups Speaking

2,974,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Barua, Maramagyi	Myanmar (Burma)	500	26,000	●	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Chaungtha	Myanmar (Burma)	185,000	185,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	0.10 %	0.07 %	4
Indo-Burman	India	600	600	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kaman	Myanmar (Burma)	5,100	5,100	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Marma	India	47,000	277,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	1
Rakhine	Bangladesh	18,000	2,736,000	●	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rakhine	Myanmar (Burma)	2,718,000	2,736,000	●	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.10 %	0.05 %	54
Totals: 7						7 ●			63

* 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 *
Marma	Bangladesh	230,000	277,000	●	Buddhism	2 ●	8.92 %	-1	-1 -
Rohingya	Myanmar (Burma)	480,000	1,951,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	10
Totals: 2						1 ●			10

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	rki
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Portions
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Language Alternate Names
Akyab
Arakanese
Chebuda Island
Kyaukphyu
Man Aung (Chebuda Island)
Mogh
Moghi
Mrauk-U
Rakhain
Rakhaing
Rakkhaine
Rambree
Sittwe (Akyab)
Sitwe
Yanbe
Yanbye
Yangbye (Rambree)
Yangye

Dialects
Arakan
Chaungtha
Man Aung
Rakhain
Sittwe
Yanbe
Yangbye

Dialect Alternate Names
Arakanese
Magh
Maghi
Marama
Marma
Mash
Mog
Mogh
Morma
Rakhain
Rakhine
Rakhine: Yangbye
Yakan
Yakhaing
Yanbye
Yangye

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	2001-2007
New Testament	None Reported
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Format ▲	Resource
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (Global Recordings Network)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	Freedom from Suffering
Film / Video	Freedom from Suffering (EngSub)
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Indigitube.tv Video / Animation
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Rakhine
General	Gospel resources links (Scripture Earth)

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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