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Yangbye, Yangye of Myanmar (Burma)

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
1,103,000	Yangbye	Buddhism	0.50 %	0.40 %	Not available	Not available	1.2

Yangbye, Yangye of Myanmar (Burma)

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32 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Location in Country:

Rakhine state, Ramree Island region, Arakan
(Source: Ethnologue 2010)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Yangbye, Yangye

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Yangye

110970

15980

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Population in Country:

1,103,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

People Name General:

MSY50b

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Language

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Primary Language:

(1,103,000 Speakers)

ybd

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	90.00 %
Christianity	0.50 %	(Evangelical: 0.40 %)
Ethnic Religions	9.50 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	5.00 %
Protestant	85.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	10.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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1.2

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Level 1 Less than 2% Evangelical. Some evangelical resources available, but no active church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

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None Reported

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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