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Language: Shan

Population of Groups Speaking

4,629,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

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People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
Manyuki	Myanmar (Burma)	20,000	0 ☀
Shan	India	2,000	1 ●
Tai Man, Shan	Myanmar (Burma)	4,504,000	1 ●
Tai Man, Shan	China	700	0 ☀
Tai Man, Shan	Thailand	102,000	1 ●
Totals: 5			5 ●

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People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
Enn	Myanmar (Burma)	500	1 ●
Kanan	Myanmar (Burma)	10,000	4 ●
Totals: 2			1 ●

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	shn
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
Progress Scale	●

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
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
Mae Hong Son
Northern Shan State
Southern Shan State
Tai Mao

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

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1871-1995
New Testament	1882-1995
Complete Bible	1892-2002

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Format ▲	Resource (Direct link)	Source (General link)
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching	Global Recordings Network
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament	Faith Comes by Hearing
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio	Jesus Film Project
Film / Video	God's Story video	God's Story
Film / Video	Indigitube.tv Video / Animation	Create International
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Shan	Jesus Film Project
Film / Video	World Christian Videos	World Christian Videos
General	Bible for Children	Bible for Children
General	Gospel resources links	Scripture Earth
General	Shan Bible App	General / Other
Mobile App	Download audio Bible app as APK file	Faith Comes by Hearing
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Shan	YouVersion Bibles
Text / Printed Matter	The Ancient Path	Live Global

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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Data is 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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