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Population of Groups Speaking

4,614,000

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 *
Manyuki	Myanmar (Burma)	20,000	20,000	●	1 ●	Buddhism	0.05 %	0.05 %	1
Shan	India	1,700	1,700	●	1 ●	Buddhism	1.22 %	-1	1
Tai Man, Shan	Myanmar (Burma)	4,493,000	4,599,000	●	1 ●	Buddhism	0.90 %	0.82 %	90
Tai Man, Shan	China	700	4,599,000		1 ●	Buddhism	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tai Man, Shan	Thailand	99,000	4,599,000	●	1 ●	Buddhism	0.36 %	0.36 %	2
Totals: 5					5 ●				95

* 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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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Kanan	Myanmar (Burma)	10,000	10,000	●	4 ●	Buddhism	5.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
	Totals: 1					0 ●				0

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	shn
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Burmese Shan
Dehong
Great Thai
Mae Hong Son
Mao Shan
Nge"
Northern Shan State
Sam
Sha
Shan Bama
Shan Gyi
Southern Shan State
Tai Khe
Tai Long
Tai Luang
Tai Mao (Mao Shan)
Tai Shan
Tai Yai
Tai Yay
Tai-Lon
Thai Yai
Thai Yay

Dialects
Eastern
Kokant Shan
Tai Mao

Dialect Alternate Names
Mao
Mau
Maw
Northern Shan
Shan: Eastern
Shan: Kokant Shan
Shan: Tai Mao
Tai Long

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1871-1995
New Testament	1882-1995
Complete Bible	1892-1995

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Shan
Film / Video	Retaliate With Love
Film / Video	The Gospel - Shan Animation
Film / Video	The Way to Worship in God's House
General	Shan Bible App
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: The Holy Bible in Shan Common Language

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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