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Language: Arabic, Najdi Spoken

Population of Groups Speaking

18,664,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

Portions

Audio Bible

Not Available

Jesus Film

Not Available

Gospel Recordings

Not Available

Map Notes

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Arab, Bedouin	Saudi Arabia	1,321,000	2,702,000	●	Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.00 %	26
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Canada	5,600	17,344,000		Islam	1 ●	0.30 %	0.20 %	1
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Iraq	1,710,000	17,344,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	34
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Jordan	103,000	17,344,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	2
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Kuwait	255,000	17,344,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Oman	43,000	17,344,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Netherlands	600	17,344,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	United Kingdom	24,000	17,344,000		Islam	1 ●	0.40 %	0.20 %	1
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	United States	5,900	17,344,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Qatar	56,000	17,344,000		Islam	1 ●	0.20 %	0.10 %	1
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Saudi Arabia	13,821,000	17,344,000	●	Islam	1 ●	0.60 %	0.12 %	276
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Syria	1,320,000	17,344,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	26
Totals: 12						12 ●			375

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Arab, Bedouin	Jordan	1,381,000	2,702,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	28
	Totals: 1						1 ●			28

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	ars
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Portions
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Language Alternate Names
Shammari
South Anjdi (Aal Murrah)
Sudair
'Utaiba
Wild 'Ali
Aal Murrah
'Ajmaan
Al-Qasiim
'Awaazim
Bani Khaalid
Bedawi
Biishah
Central Najdi ('Ajmaan)
Dafiir
Haayil
Hofuf
Mutair
Najdi
Najraan
Najran
North Najdi (Bani Khaalid)
North Najdi (Shammar)
Rashaayda
Riyadh
Rwala
Shammar

Dialects
Central Najdi
North Najdi
Saudi Arabia
South Najdi

Dialect Alternate Names
Aal Murrah
'Ajmaan
Al-qasiim
'Awaazim
Bani Khaalid
Biishah
Dafiir
Haayil
Hofuf
Mutair
Najraan
Najran
Rashaayda
Riyadh
Rwala
Shammar
Shammari
Sudair
'Utaiba
Wild 'Ali

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	2013
New Testament	None Reported
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Online / Mobile App Bibles
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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Arabic Bibles Online
Film / Video	Stories of the Prophets - Ishmael_Bedouin
Film / Video	Stories of the Prophets - Jesus (The Withered Hand)_Bedouin
Film / Video	Stories of the Prophets - Video Poem - David_Bedouin
Text / Printed Matter	Online Bible text (Scripture Earth)

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
The data is sometimes not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
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