Mala Arayan means king of the forest. The Malai Arayan or Mala Arayan live in Kerala. They are mainly Hindus who speak Malayam and are a scheduled tribe. There are more of them who work in government service than in any other scheduled tribe.
Some of the Malai Arayan are Christian believers and they marry in the church that the groom attends. The Malai Arayan work in agriculture and are hunters. Unlike most Hindus they bury their dead.
Most are Hindus, but there is a strong Christian presence among them.
The Malai Aryan people need the abundant life that only Jesus offers.
* Scripture Prayers for the Malai Arayan in India.
* Pray that any evangelical Malai Arayan believers will lead others to Jesus Christ. * Pray that the internet and gospel materials will provide them with abundant resources. * Pray for a disciple making movement among them this decade.
Profile Source: Keith Carey |
People Name General | Malai Arayan |
People Name in Country | Malai Arayan |
Population this Country | 33,000 |
Population all Countries | 33,000 |
Total Countries | 1 |
Indigenous | Yes |
Progress Scale | 2 ● |
Unreached | No |
Frontier People Group | No |
GSEC | 6 (per PeopleGroups.org) |
Pioneer Workers Needed | |
Alternate Names | Mala Arayan; Mala Arayar Christian; Malai Aryan Christian; मलाई अरायण |
People ID | 17437 |
ROP3 Code | 112840 |
Country | India | |||
Region | Asia, South | |||
Continent | Asia | |||
10/40 Window | Yes | |||
National Bible Society | Website | |||
Persecution Rank | 10 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) | |||
Total States on file | 2 | |||
Largest States |
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Specialized Website | South Asia Peoples |
Country | India |
Region | Asia, South |
Continent | Asia |
10/40 Window | Yes |
National Bible Society | Website |
Persecution Rank | 10 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) |
Total States | 2 |
Kerala 33,000 | |
Tamil Nadu 300 | |
Website | South Asia Peoples |
Primary Language | Malayalam (33,000 speakers) | ||||||
Language Code | mal Ethnologue Listing | ||||||
Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing | ||||||
Total Languages | 5 | ||||||
Secondary Languages |
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Primary Language | Malayalam (33,000 speakers) |
Language Code | mal Ethnologue Listing |
Total Languages | 5 |
Secondary Languages | |
Telugu 300 | |
Tamil 200 | |
Marathi 20 | |
Hindi 0 | |
People Groups | Speaking Malayalam |
Primary Language: Malayalam
Bible Translation ▲ | Status (Years) |
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Bible-Portions | Yes (1811-1968) |
Bible-New Testament | Yes (1829-1995) |
Bible-Complete | Yes (1841-2016) |
Bible-NT Audio | Online |
Bible-NT Text | Online |
Possible Print Bibles | |
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Amazon | |
World Bibles | |
Forum Bible Agencies | |
National Bible Societies | |
World Bible Finder | |
Virtual Storehouse |
Resource Type ▲ | Resource Name |
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Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching (GRN) |
Audio Recordings | Father's Love Letter |
Audio Recordings | Online New Testament (FCBH) |
Audio Recordings | Online Scripture (Talking Bibles) |
Audio Recordings | Oral Bible |
Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project) |
Film / Video | Following Jesus (India, JF Project) |
Film / Video | God's Story Video |
Film / Video | Indigitube.tv Video / Animation |
Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Malayalam |
Film / Video | Magdalena (Jesus Film Project) |
Film / Video | My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime) |
Film / Video | Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project) |
General | Four Spiritual Laws |
General | Gospel website in this language |
General | Gospel website in this language |
General | Gospel website in this language |
General | Gospel website in this language |
General | Gospel website in this language |
General | Got Questions Ministry |
Primary Religion: | Hinduism |
Major Religion ▲ | Percent * |
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Buddhism |
0.01 %
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Christianity (Evangelical Unknown) |
42.84 %
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Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
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Hinduism |
56.23 %
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Islam |
0.56 %
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Non-Religious |
0.00 %
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Other / Small |
0.01 %
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Unknown |
0.36 %
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* From latest India census data. Current Christian values may substantially differ. |