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Estimated Global Speakers

2,048,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

23

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Photo People Group ▲ Country Country
Population		 Global
Population		 Indigenous Progress
Scale		 Primary Religion % Christian
Adherent		 %
Evangelical		 Est. Workers
Needed *
Bakuda India 12,000 12,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bathada India 4,100 4,100 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Chaliyan India 5,700 5,700 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Devadiga India 151,000 151,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
Galada Konkani India 800 800 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Gatti India 6,500 6,500 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Hanabar India 75,000 75,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Hasalaru India 26,000 26,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.05 % 1
Hasla India 3,100 3,100 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Koracha, tribal India 17,000 17,000 ● ● Hinduism 1.05 % 1
Maila India 5,000 5,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Malaikudi India 9,300 9,300 ● ● Hinduism 0.13 % 1
Malava India 26,000 26,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Marata India 88,000 88,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.05 % 2
Mavilan India 35,000 35,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Moger India 137,000 137,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
Moger Moyan India 4,400 4,400 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Mundala India 34,000 34,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Nalkadaya India 2,900 2,900 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Narsanna India 600 600 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Pambada India 4,400 4,400 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Sudri India 1,100 1,100 ● ● Christianity 100.00 % -
Tulu India Unknown Unknown ● ● Hinduism 25.00 % -
  Totals:  23         21 ●       27
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Population		 Indigenous Progress
Scale		 Primary Religion % Christian
Adherent		 %
Evangelical		 Est. Workers
Needed *
Adi Dravida India 9,835,000 9,835,000 ● ● Hinduism 7.74 % -
Adi Karnataka India 3,714,000 3,714,000 ● ● Hinduism 4.79 % 74
Adiyan India 19,000 19,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.69 % 1
Ajila India 6,700 6,700 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Alambadi Kuricchan India 48,000 48,000 ● ● Hinduism 4.27 % 1
Ambalavasi India 151,000 167,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.32 % 3
Ambattan India 182,000 182,000 ● ● Hinduism 2.43 % 4
Andh India 490,000 490,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.02 % 10
Ansari India 10,505,000 16,392,000 ● ● Islam 0.00 % 210
Ao India 233,000 233,000 ● ● Christianity 99.07 % -
Arayan India 198,000 199,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.92 % 4
Badhai (Hindu traditions) India 6,456,000 6,495,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 129
Baira India 12,000 12,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) India 3,517,000 3,964,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 70
Bakad India 12,000 12,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Balija (Hindu traditions) India 1,707,000 1,707,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.01 % 34
Bandi (Hindu traditions) India 10,000 10,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bania India 29,240,000 29,459,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 585
Bania Agarwal India 4,792,000 4,832,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 96
Bania Chetti India 800,000 807,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 16
Bania Porwal India 326,000 328,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 7
Banijiga India 804,000 804,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.11 % 16
Barda India 3,500 3,500 ● ● Hinduism 0.62 % 1
Basor India 989,000 989,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 20
Bavcha India 4,700 4,700 ● ● Hinduism 0.08 % 1
Beda Jangam India 686,000 686,000 ● ● Other / Small 0.01 % 14
Bedar (Hindu traditions) India 2,545,000 2,546,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 51
Beldar (Hindu traditions) India 1,936,000 1,948,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 39
Bellara India 3,100 3,100 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bhand (Hindu traditions) India 33,000 33,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bhandari India 634,000 634,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.01 % 13
Bharathar India 73,000 75,000 ● ● Christianity 81.98 % -
Bhil India 16,868,000 17,325,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.76 % 337
Bhil Paware India 103,000 103,000 ● ● Hinduism 1.27 % 2
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) India 6,364,000 6,522,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 127
Bhotia Sikkim India 83,000 90,000 ● ● Buddhism 4.46 % 2
Bind India 981,000 1,062,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 20
Bodo (Hindu traditions) India 1,580,000 1,580,000 ● ● Hinduism 9.15 % -
Boya India 4,000,000 4,017,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 80
Brahmin India 59,282,000 63,268,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.01 % 1186
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat India 281,000 281,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 6
Brahmin Gaur India 2,961,000 2,992,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 59
Brahmin Kanaujia India 4,166,000 4,179,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 83
Brahmin Mahratta India 460,000 460,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 9
Bru India 204,000 206,000 ● ● Hinduism 16.91 % -
Chakhesang India 157,000 157,000 ● ● Christianity 99.27 % -
Chakma India 217,000 686,000 ● ● Buddhism 4.82 % 4
Chalvadi India 204,000 204,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.01 % 4
Chaptegar India 6,700 6,700 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Charodi India 4,700 4,700 ● ● Hinduism 3.61 % 1
Chenna Dasar India 47,000 47,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) India 449,000 449,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 9
Cherumar Christian India 460,000 460,000 ● ● Christianity 100.00 % -
Christian India 871,000 1,144,000 ● ● Christianity 100.00 % -
Dakkal India 7,100 7,100 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Darzi (Hindu traditions) India 2,896,000 2,904,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 58
Devadiga Kalavant India 7,400 7,400 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Devanga India 563,000 563,000 ● ● Hinduism 2.06 % 11
Dhangar Bharwad India 2,827,000 2,841,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.03 % 57
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) India 12,268,000 12,581,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.01 % 245
Dhobi (Muslim traditions) India 959,000 2,162,000 ● ● Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 19
Dom India 74,000 74,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.03 % 1
Gamit India 456,000 460,000 ● ● Hinduism 10.34 % -
Gandla India 101,000 101,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Gangakula India 1,506,000 1,506,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 30
Goanese India 563,000 650,000 ● ● Christianity 100.00 % -
Godda India 6,300 6,300 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Gond India 13,982,000 13,988,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.82 % 280
Gowdali India 500 500 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Gowdulu India 9,100 9,100 ● ● Hinduism 0.03 % 1
Hakki Pikki India 25,000 26,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.81 % 1
Halam India 42,000 44,000 ● ● Hinduism 46.71 % -
Halba India 728,000 728,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.30 % 15
Halsar India 16,000 16,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Halwakki Wakkal India 137,000 137,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.33 % 3
Harkantra India 20,000 20,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Holar India 143,000 143,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.38 % 3
Holer India 816,000 816,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 16
Idayan India 70,000 79,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Ilavan India 5,859,000 5,939,000 ● ● Hinduism 2.02 % 117
Irular India 230,000 230,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.30 % 5
Iruliga India 14,000 14,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.01 % 1
Jenu Kuruba India 47,000 47,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.03 % 1
Jogi (Hindu traditions) India 3,146,000 3,754,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 63
Kachari Dimasa India 145,000 157,000 ● ● Hinduism 6.10 % -
Kadu Kuruba India 24,000 24,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.02 % 1
Kaikadi India 332,000 332,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 7
Kalal (Hindu traditions) India 3,982,000 3,984,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 80
Kalal Idiga India 1,790,000 1,790,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 36
Kalladi India 43,000 43,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kalota India 63,000 63,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kammara India 130,000 130,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.66 % 3
Kanate India 500 500 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kanikkaran India 30,000 30,000 ● ● Hinduism 1.29 % 1
Kathodi India 314,000 314,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.31 % 6
Kattunayakan India 67,000 67,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.49 % 1
Kavara India 71,000 71,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.02 % 1
Kavuthiyan India 30,000 30,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kharia India 744,000 756,000 ● ● Hinduism 31.92 % -
Khasi India 1,523,000 1,609,000 ● ● Christianity 83.52 % -
Kichagara India 200 200 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Kochu Velan India 200 200 ● ● Hinduism 3.24 % 1
Kokna India 1,081,000 1,081,000 ● ● Hinduism 1.00 % 22
Koli Dhor India 443,000 443,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.19 % 9
Koli Mahadev India 1,640,000 1,654,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.06 % 33
Konda Kapu India 21,000 21,000 ● ● Hinduism 3.00 % 1
Konyak India 240,000 242,000 ● ● Christianity 97.88 % -
Koosa India 5,400 5,400 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Koracha, caste India 79,000 79,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.01 % 2
Korama India 164,000 164,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
Kori India 287,000 310,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.90 % 6
Korku India 1,037,000 1,039,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.28 % 21
Kota India 800 800 ● ● Hinduism 1.79 % 1
Koya India 783,000 783,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.80 % 16
Kudiya India 2,900 2,900 ● ● Hinduism 1.17 % 1
Kudumban India 75,000 75,000 ● ● Hinduism 2.72 % 1
Kudumi India 288,000 288,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 6
Kuki Chin India 153,000 201,000 ● ● Christianity 91.08 % -
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) India 15,375,000 15,721,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.01 % 308
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) India 17,702,000 17,715,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.05 % 354
Kunchatiga India 374,000 374,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 7
Kuravan India 485,000 490,000 ● ● Hinduism 3.92 % 10
Kuruba India 4,212,000 4,212,000 ● ● Hinduism 1.02 % 84
Kuruman India 64,000 64,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.35 % 1
Lingayat India 1,581,000 1,581,000 ● ● Other / Small 0.03 % 32
Lohar (Hindu traditions) India 9,343,000 9,640,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 187
Madiga (Hindu traditions) India 7,424,000 7,424,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.21 % 148
Mahratta India 30,372,000 30,377,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 607
Mahratta Kunbi India 7,861,000 7,878,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 157
Mala Kuravan India 1,300 1,300 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Malabar Catholic India 2,657,000 2,657,000 ● ● Christianity 100.00 % -
Malai Vedan India 16,000 16,000 ● ● Hinduism 2.62 % 1
Malasar India 8,700 8,700 ● ● Hinduism 0.32 % 1
Malayan, caste India 46,000 46,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.13 % 1
Malayekandi India 1,800 1,800 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Maleru India 500 500 ● ● Hinduism 1.02 % 1
Mali (Hindu traditions) India 9,779,000 9,929,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 196
Mannan, caste India 136,000 136,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.10 % 3
Mappila India 9,161,000 9,172,000 ● ● Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 183
Mech India 54,000 60,000 ● ● Hinduism 27.34 % -
Meda India 44,000 44,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.11 % 1
Mizo India 144,000 163,000 ● ● Christianity 98.49 % 95.00 % -
Mizo Lushai India 562,000 564,000 ● ● Christianity 98.79 % 94.00 % -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) India 153,000 154,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
Mukri India 18,000 18,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Munda India 3,665,000 3,813,000 ● ● Hinduism 20.34 % -
Nadar India 4,246,000 4,281,000 ● ● Hinduism 29.88 % -
Naga India 19,000 19,000 ● ● Christianity 76.64 % -
Nai (Hindu traditions) India 11,743,000 11,900,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 235
Naikda India 3,806,000 3,806,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.08 % 76
Nair India 6,663,000 6,667,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.25 % 133
Nalakeyava India 8,300 8,300 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Nayadi India 89,000 89,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Oraon India 4,427,000 4,590,000 ● ● Hinduism 26.40 % -
Paite (Christian traditions) India 80,000 80,000 ● ● Christianity 98.76 % -
Pale India 15,000 15,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Palleyan India 1,000 1,000 ● ● Hinduism 11.38 % -
Palliyan India 7,300 7,300 ● ● Hinduism 3.75 % 1
Pan India 1,580,000 1,584,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.70 % 32
Paniyan India 111,000 111,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.35 % 2
Paraiyan India 3,092,000 3,211,000 ● ● Hinduism 25.68 % -
Paravan India 128,000 130,000 ● ● Hinduism 29.34 % -
Pardhi India 354,000 354,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.06 % 7
Parja India 490,000 490,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.33 % 10
Patelia India 120,000 121,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.16 % 2
Pulayan India 1,417,000 1,422,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 28
Pulayan Thanda India 30,000 30,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Rajpur India 50,000 50,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 45,473,000 45,558,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.02 % 909
Sali India 1,301,000 1,304,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 26
Samagara India 114,000 114,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Sayyid India 7,730,000 15,638,000 ● ● Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 155
Shaikh India 85,075,000 236,190,000 ● ● Islam 0.00 % 1701
Sikligar (Hindu traditions) India 80,000 80,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Sillekyatha India 21,000 21,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Silpi India 200,000 203,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 4
Soligar India 6,300 6,300 ● ● Hinduism 0.54 % 1
Soligaru India 34,000 34,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.08 % 1
Somvanshi India 496,000 496,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 10
Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 7,683,000 7,775,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 154
Syrian Christian India 3,711,000 3,712,000 ● ● Christianity 100.00 % -
Teli (Hindu traditions) India 18,562,000 19,074,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.01 % 371
Teli (Muslim traditions) India 1,687,000 4,432,000 ● ● Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 34
Teli Ganiga (Hindu traditions) India 35,000 35,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Teli Ganiga (Muslim traditions) India 1,200 1,200 ● ● Islam 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Tipera India 631,000 757,000 ● ● Hinduism 8.31 % -
Toda India 2,300 2,300 ● ● Hinduism 11.16 % -
Urali India 73,000 73,000 ● ● Hinduism 2.66 % 1
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) India 3,579,000 3,586,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.06 % 72
Vakkaliga India 6,387,000 6,387,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.21 % 128
Valluvan India 131,000 134,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 3
Vannan India 1,003,000 1,033,000 ● ● Hinduism 13.86 % -
Vanniyan India 12,550,000 12,587,000 ● ● Hinduism 1.45 % 251
Varli India 1,246,000 1,250,000 ● ● Hinduism 1.42 % 25
Velakkithalanayan India 351,000 352,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 7
Velan India 86,000 86,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 2
Veluthadanayar India 199,000 199,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 4
Vettuvan India 182,000 182,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 4
Viswakarma India 7,672,000 7,679,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.12 % 153
Viswakarma Asari India 698,000 698,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.03 % 14
Viswakarma Kallasari India 53,000 53,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Viswakarma Kollan India 190,000 190,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 4
Viswakarma Thattan India 200,000 200,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.00 % 0.00 % 4
Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 58,708,000 59,972,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.01 % 1174
Yerava India 31,000 31,000 ● ● Hinduism 0.21 % 1
  Totals:  205         173 ●       12,578
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Brahmin Tulu
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Puttur
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