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Language: Uyghur

Population of Groups Speaking

12,470,000

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 *
Akto Turkmen	China	2,900	2,900	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Keriya	China	800	800	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Uyghur	Afghanistan	4,800	12,350,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.05 %	1
Uyghur	Canada	800	12,350,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Uyghur	China	11,881,000	12,350,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	238
Uyghur	Iran	6,300	12,350,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.05 %	0.02 %	1
Uyghur	Kyrgyzstan	55,000	12,350,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Uyghur	Saudi Arabia	9,000	12,350,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Uyghur	Kazakhstan	337,000	12,350,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.00 %	7
Uyghur	Mongolia	500	12,350,000	●	Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.20 %	1
Uyghur	Russia	3,800	12,350,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Uyghur	Turkey	900	12,350,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Uyghur	Turkmenistan	2,300	12,350,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Uyghur	United States	1,000	12,350,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Uyghur	Uzbekistan	48,000	12,350,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Uygur, Lop Nur	China	45,000	45,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Uygur, Taklimakan	China	300	300	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Uygur, Yutian	China	71,000	71,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 18						18 ●			261

* 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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People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Ainu	China	7,700	7,700	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Daur, Western	China	7,500	7,500	●	Ethnic Religions	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 2						2 ●			2

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	uig
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Hetian
Hotan
Hotan (Hetian)
Kashgar-Yarkand
Kashgar-Yarkand (Yarkandi)
Lop (Luobu)
Luobu
Novouygur
Taranchi (Kulja)
Uighor
Uighuir
Uighur
Uiguir
Uigur
Uyghuri
Uygur
Weiwu’er
Weiwu'er
Wiga
Wighor

Dialects
Aksu
Akto Turkmen
Akto Türkmen
Central Uyghur
Charchan
Dolan
Hotan
Ili
Khotan-kerya
Kucha
Kumul
Lop
Lopnor
Lopnur
Qarashahr
Southern Uyghur
Taranchi
Turfan
Urumqi
Uyghur
Yarkandi
Yengi Hissar

Dialect Alternate Names
Aqsu
Central Uygher
Hami
Hetian
Hotan-yutian
Karaxahar
Kashgar-Yakand
Kashgar-yarkand
Kashgar-yarkandi
Kashi-shache
Kulja
Kuqa
Lopnur
Luobu
Qarqan
Qiemo
Taranchi
Turpan
Urumchi
Uygher: Urumqi
Uyghur: Kashgar-Yarkand
Uyghur: Kashgar-Yarkandi
Uygru
Weiwuer
Weiwueryu
Weiwueryu in Xinjiang
Weiwuerzu Uygru
Yengisar
Yining

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1898-1995
New Testament	1914-2005
Complete Bible	1950-2018

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Bible.is (Faith Comes By Hearing)
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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)
Audio Recordings	Xush Hewer Uyghur audio Bible
Film / Video	Beware!
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Indigitube.tv Video / Animation
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Uyghur
Film / Video	More Than Dreams-Ali
Film / Video	My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime)
Film / Video	The Prophets' Story
General	Got Questions Ministry
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: ھازىرقى زامام ئۇيغۇرچە تەرجىمىسى
Text / Printed Matter	Muqeddes Kitab
Text / Printed Matter	Uyghurche Muqeddes Kitab Jemiyiti

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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