Tamang in India
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Kerry Olson
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Map Source:
People Group Location: Omid. Other geography / data: GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project
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- Introduction / History
- Where are they located?
- What are their lives like?
- What are their beliefs?
- What are their needs?
- Prayer Items
Scripture Prayers for the Tamang in India.
| People Name General | Tamang |
| People Name in Country | Tamang |
| World Population | 1,674,000 |
| Total Countries | 4 |
| Indigenous | Yes |
| Progress Scale | 2 ● |
| Unreached | No |
| Frontier People Group | No |
| GSEC | 3 (per PeopleGroups.org) |
| Pioneer Workers Needed | |
| Alternate Names | Eastern Tamang; Ishang; Lama; Murmi; Nishang; Nishung; Tamanglama; तमंग |
| People ID | 18212 |
| ROP3 Code | 102861 |
| Affinity Bloc | South Asian Peoples |
| People Cluster | South Asia Buddhist |
| People Group | Tamang |
| Ethnic Code | CNN25 |
| Affinity Bloc | South Asian Peoples |
| People Cluster | South Asia Buddhist |
| People Group | Tamang |
| Ethnic Code | CNN25 |
| Total Subgroups | 21 (only 15 largest shown) |
| Lasa 17,000 | |
| Bal 700 | |
| Bomyan 700 | |
| Bopchan 700 | |
| Domjan 700 | |
| Dong 700 | |
| Grongder 700 | |
| Gyapole 700 | |
| Jhimpa 700 | |
| Lopchan 700 |
| 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 | 21 | |||||||||||||||
| Largest States (only 15 largest shown) |
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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 | 21 (only 20 largest shown) |
| West Bengal 144,000 | |
| Assam 38,000 | |
| Sikkim 37,000 | |
| Himachal Pradesh 2,900 | |
| Arunachal Pradesh 2,200 | |
| Manipur 900 | |
| Meghalaya 600 | |
| Uttar Pradesh 500 | |
| Uttarakhand 400 | |
| Madhya Pradesh 300 | |
| Jharkhand 100 | |
| Maharashtra 100 | |
| Chandigarh 50 | |
| Punjab 50 | |
| Telangana 40 | |
| Website | South Asia Peoples |
| Primary Language | Nepali (118,000 speakers) | ||||||
| Language Code | npi Ethnologue Listing | ||||||
| Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing | ||||||
| Total Languages | 5 | ||||||
| Secondary Languages |
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| Primary Language | Nepali (118,000 speakers) |
| Language Code | npi Ethnologue Listing |
| Total Languages | 5 |
| Secondary Languages | |
| Tamang, Eastern 107,000 | |
| Tamang, Eastern Gorkha 2,500 | |
| Bengali 2,300 | |
| Hindi 900 | |
| People Groups | Speaking Nepali |
Primary Language: Nepali
| Bible Translation ▲ | Status (Years) |
|---|---|
| Bible-Portions | Yes (1850-1961) |
| Bible-New Testament | Yes (1821-2010) |
| Bible-Complete | Yes (1914-2004) |
| 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 | Online New Testament (FCBH) |
| Audio Recordings | Online Scripture (Talking Bibles) |
| Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project) |
| Film / Video | Following Jesus (India, JF Project) |
| Film / Video | God's Story Video |
| Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Nepali |
| Film / Video | Magdalena (Jesus Film Project) |
| Film / Video | My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime) |
| Film / Video | New Way (Naya Goreto) |
| Film / Video | Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project) |
| Film / Video | The Hope Video |
| Film / Video | Until We Met |
| General | Got Questions Ministry |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bible: Comic Book Version (SuperBible) |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bible: नेपाली - Nepali |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bibles, Bible League |
| Text / Printed Matter | EasyBibles |
| Text / Printed Matter | International Bible Society |
| Text / Printed Matter | Jesus Messiah comic book |
| Primary Religion: | Buddhism |
| Major Religion ▲ | Percent * |
|---|---|
| Buddhism |
73.44 %
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| Christianity (Evangelical Unknown) |
6.19 %
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| Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
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| Hinduism |
19.95 %
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| Islam |
0.26 %
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| Non-Religious |
0.00 %
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| Other / Small |
0.06 %
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| Unknown |
0.10 %
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| Photo Source | Copyrighted © 2020 Kerry Olson All rights reserved. Used with permission |
| Map Source | People Group Location: Omid. Other geography / data: GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project |
| Data Sources | Data is compiled from various sources. Read more |
| * Religion Values | From latest India census data. Current values may differ. |
