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Bassari of Senegal

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
15,000	Oniyan	Ethnic Religions	18.00 %	0.25 %	Not available	Not available	2.2

Bassari of Senegal

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Geography

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Yes

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Location in Country:

Southeast, Upper Casamance, Edun area; border areas, Kedougou, Tambacounda
(Source: Ethnologue 2010)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Bassari

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Basari	Boin
Ncham	Tenda Basari
Tenda Boeni	Tobota

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Yes

Population in Country:

15,000

Population all Countries:

Ethnicity

People Name General:

NAB56c

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Language

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Primary Language:

(15,000 Speakers)

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	18.00 %	(Evangelical: 0.25 %)
Ethnic Religions	74.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	8.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	20.00 %
Protestant	10.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	70.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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2.2

Level 2 Less than 2% Evangelical. Initial (localized) church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

Yes

New Testament:

1988

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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Printed Matter	World Christian Tract Ministry
Scripture	World Scriptures

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