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Language: Sani

Population of Groups Speaking

289,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

Unspecified

Audio Bible

Not Available

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People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
Asahei	China	11,000	0 ☀
Ati	China	17,000	1 ●
Digao	China	29,000	0 ☀
Jiasou	China	40,000	0 ☀
Labapo	China	8,400	0 ☀
Long	China	1,700	0 ☀
Mengwu	China	24,000	0 ☀
Minglang	China	2,000	5 ●
Sani	China	138,000	1 ●
Xiqi	China	18,000	1 ●
Totals: 10			9 ●

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
	No reported people groups speaking this as secondary language
	Totals: 0			0 ●

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	ysn
Written	Unknown
Bible Translation	Unspecified
Progress Scale	●

Language Alternate Names
Gni Ni
Northern Sani
Southern Sani

Dialects
Gan
HeYi
Northern Sani
Sani
Southern Sani

Dialect Alternate Names
A Sa Hei
Asahei
Asahei: HeYi
Taching: Heyi
Yi, Southeastern: Sani
Yi: Gan
Yi: Sani

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	None Reported
New Testament	None Reported
Complete Bible	None Reported

Possible Print Bibles
Not Available

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Format ▲	Resource (Direct link)	Source (General link)
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching	Global Recordings Network

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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