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Language: Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken

Population of Groups Speaking

10,337,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Arab, North Iraqi	Greece	6,900	10,337,000		Islam	1 ●	4.00 %	0.20 %	1
Arab, North Iraqi	Iraq	8,977,000	10,337,000	●	Islam	1 ●	0.70 %	0.20 %	180
Arab, North Iraqi	Jordan	415,000	10,337,000		Islam	1 ●	0.70 %	0.20 %	8
Arab, North Iraqi	Syria	365,000	10,337,000		Islam	1 ●	0.70 %	0.20 %	7
Arab, North Iraqi	Turkey	573,000	10,337,000		Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.10 %	11
Totals: 5						5 ●			207

* 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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People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Arab, Iraqi	Iraq	16,427,000	17,695,000	●	Islam	1 ●	0.50 %	0.20 %	329
Arab, Saudi - Najdi	Syria	1,379,000	17,658,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	28
Turk	Kyrgyzstan	45,000	65,298,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 3						3 ●			358

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	ayp
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	New Testament
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Language Alternate Names
Abdul-Massih
Cilician Arabic
Çukurovan Arabic
Jesrawi
Mardilli
Mardini
Maslawi
Mesopotamian Qeltu Arabic
Moslawi
Syro-Mesopotamian Arabic
Syro-Mesopotamian Vernacular Arabic

Dialects
Anatolian Group
Arabic, Moslawi
Euphrates Group
Kurdistan Group
Mardini
Mardini Aramaic
Tigris Group

Dialect Alternate Names
Arabic, Mardini
Arabic, North Mesopotamian: Syria
Mardini
Mardini Arabic

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	Yes
New Testament	2012
Complete Bible	None Reported

Possible Print Bibles
Amazon
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SIL Resources

Format ▲	Resource
Audio Recordings	Arabic Bibles Online
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (Global Recordings Network)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (Faith Comes By Hearing)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken
Film / Video	LUMO film of Gospels
Film / Video	Stories of the Prophets - Jesus (Honest Worship)
General	Gospel resources links (Scripture Earth)
Text / Printed Matter	Tools for faith conversations

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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Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome suggested updates.
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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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