Malai Arayan in India
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People Group Location: Omid. Other geography / data: GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project
The Malai Arayan or Mala Arayan live in Kerala in India. Mala Arayan means king of the forest. 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.
The Malai Arayan work in agriculture and are hunters. They have birth and marriage rituals and they bury the dead.
Some of the Malai Arayan are Christians and they marry in the church that the bridegroom attends.
* Scripture Prayers for the Malai Arayan in India.
* Pray that any evangelical Malai Arayan Christians will lead the others to Jesus Christ.
* Pray that the internet and gospel materials will lead them to the source of salvation.
http://keralawindow.net/tribals#mala
| Profile Source: Anonymous |
| People Name General | Malai Arayan |
| People Name in Country | Malai Arayan |
| World Population | 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) |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Amazon | |
| Forum Bible Agencies | |
| National Bible Societies | |
| World Bible Finder | |
| World Bibles | |
| Resource Type ▲ | Resource Name |
|---|---|
| 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 | Bible Visuals |
| General | Four Spiritual Laws |
| General | God's Simple Plan |
| General | Gospel website in this language |
| General | Gospel website in this language |
| General | Gospel website in this language |
| General | Gospel website in this language |
| Primary Religion: | Hinduism |
| Major Religion ▲ | Percent * |
|---|---|
| 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. |
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