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Language: Sora

Estimated Global Speakers

290,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Saora	Bangladesh	2,500	931,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.23 %	-1	1
Saora	Nepal	1,800	931,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.09 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 2						1 ●			1

* 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 *
Anal	India	26,000	26,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.17 %	-1	-1 -
Bagata	India	171,000	171,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.69 %	-1	3
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	India	7,056,000	7,064,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	141
Bhil unspecified	India	14,300,000	14,873,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.77 %	-1	286
Bhottada	India	539,000	539,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.48 %	-1	11
Bhuiya unspecified	India	1,725,000	1,737,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	34
Bhumij	India	1,306,000	1,340,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.02 %	-1	26
Christian	India	1,467,000	2,109,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Desua Bhumij	India	600	600	●	Hinduism	1 ●	4.49 %	-1	1
Gadaba	India	156,000	156,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.63 %	-1	3
Gond unspecified	India	9,939,000	9,949,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.92 %	-1	199
Jatapu	India	166,000	166,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.15 %	-1	3
Kandha Gauda	India	31,000	31,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.82 %	-1	1
Kawar	India	1,165,000	1,170,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	23
Kharia	India	880,000	904,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	31.44 %	-1	-1 -
Kisan	India	1,894,000	1,903,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.67 %	-1	38
Kol	India	2,050,000	2,053,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	41
Kolah Lohara	India	11,000	11,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.22 %	-1	1
Kolha	India	828,000	828,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.26 %	-1	17
Konda Dhora	India	271,000	271,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.00 %	-1	5
Konda Kapu	India	24,000	24,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.99 %	-1	1
Kotia	India	62,000	62,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.43 %	-1	1
Kui Dongria	India	193,000	193,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	8.51 %	-1	-1 -
Kui Khond	India	1,545,000	1,553,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.52 %	-1	-1 -
Kui Kuvi	India	248,000	248,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	10.75 %	-1	-1 -
Kui Sitha	India	145,000	145,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	10.31 %	-1	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal)	India	150,000	150,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	11.07 %	-1	-1 -
Lohara	India	310,000	339,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.11 %	-1	6
Mahali	India	95,000	95,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.34 %	-1	2
Mahli	India	474,000	515,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.23 %	-1	9
Mru	India	500	96,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.55 %	-1	1
Mukha Dhora	India	51,000	51,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.62 %	-1	1
Munda	India	4,294,000	4,352,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	19.38 %	-1	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	India	174,000	191,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.61 %	-1	3
Naikda	India	4,193,000	4,199,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.08 %	-1	84
Omanatya	India	36,000	36,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	1
Oraon	India	5,221,000	5,381,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.46 %	-1	-1 -
Parenga	India	14,000	14,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	1
Parja unspecified	India	384,000	384,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.31 %	-1	8
Rabha	India	430,000	432,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.26 %	-1	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	Bhutan	5,300	9,138,000		Hinduism	1 ●	2.59 %	-1	1
Santal (Sawntal)	India	8,872,000	9,138,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.78 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Jadu	India	21,000	21,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	39.08 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Jati	India	39,000	39,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	22.81 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Kapusavar	India	30,000	30,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	27.95 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Khotto	India	21,000	21,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	39.13 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Lanjia	India	28,000	28,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	29.25 %	-1	-1 -
Saora Malia	India	78,000	78,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	30.37 %	-1	-1 -
Saora unspecified	India	927,000	931,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	16.77 %	-1	-1 -
Shabar	India	618,000	618,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.14 %	-1	-1 -
Sounti	India	132,000	132,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.10 %	-1	3
Totals: 51						31 ●			955

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	srb
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Sabar
Sabara
Saonras
Saora
Saura
Savara
Sawaria
Shabari
Soura
Swara

Dialects
Assam & Saura: Tea Garden
Lanjiya
Orissa
Sabar

Dialect Alternate Names
Adivasi
Kharia
Khedia
Lanjia Saura
Lodha
Saura: Assam & Saura: Tea Garden
Saura: Lanjiya
Saura: Orissa
Savar
Savara
Sora
Soura

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1939-1985
New Testament	1965-1996
Complete Bible	1992-2004

Possible Print Bibles
Amazon
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National Bible Societies
World Bible Finder
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Format ▲	Resource (Direct link)	Source (General link)
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching	Global Recordings Network
Audio Recordings	Online Scripture (Yeshua Apostolic Ministries)	General / Other
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio	Jesus Film Project
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Sora	Jesus Film Project
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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