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Language: Bantawa

Estimated Global Speakers

152,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

New Testament

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Bantawa	Nepal	4,400	4,400	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Walang, Bantawa	Bhutan	3,600	7,400		Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 2						2 ●			2

* 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 *
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	Nepal	237,000	3,999,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	5
Bhote	Nepal	13,000	13,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	1.40 %	-1	1
Brahmin	Nepal	3,272,000	63,125,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	65
Brahmin Hill	Nepal	3,125,000	3,125,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	63
Chhetri	Nepal	4,269,000	4,521,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	85
Danuwar Rai	Nepal	81,000	81,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.49 %	-1	2
Darjee	Nepal	458,000	510,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.07 %	-1	9
Dhimal	Nepal	26,000	31,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.30 %	-1	1
Gangai	Nepal	37,000	42,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gharti	Nepal	115,000	137,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.07 %	-1	2
Gurung Ghaleg	Nepal	511,000	630,000	●	Buddhism	2 ●	5.00 %	-1	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	Nepal	81,000	1,569,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	2
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	Nepal	123,000	3,953,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.19 %	-1	2
Kami	Nepal	1,222,000	1,321,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.56 %	-1	24
Khambu	Nepal	700	337,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Khatwa	Nepal	99,000	371,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.10 %	-1	2
Kumal	Nepal	117,000	121,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.29 %	-1	2
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	Nepal	100,000	9,857,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	2
Magar	Nepal	1,835,000	2,187,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.28 %	-1	37
Majhi	Nepal	81,000	202,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.95 %	-1	2
Nai (Hindu traditions)	Nepal	115,000	12,102,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.08 %	-1	2
Newah	Nepal	1,284,000	1,455,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.91 %	-1	26
Rai	Bhutan	3,800	733,000		Other / Small	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rai	Nepal	602,000	733,000	●	Other / Small	2 ●	5.56 %	-1	-1 -
Sarki	Nepal	365,000	395,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.14 %	-1	7
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	Nepal	64,000	7,885,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	1
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	Nepal	91,000	1,573,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.44 %	-1	2
Sunuwar	Nepal	55,000	139,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.60 %	-1	1
Tamang	Nepal	1,490,000	1,733,000	●	Buddhism	2 ●	6.60 %	-1	-1 -
Thakuri	Nepal	413,000	446,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.57 %	-1	8
Tharu	Nepal	1,690,000	2,146,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.41 %	-1	34
Yakthumba, Limbu	Nepal	376,000	522,000	●	Other / Small	1 ●	2.69 %	-1	8
Totals: 32						29 ●			398

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	bap
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	New Testament
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Language Alternate Names
Amchoke (Western Bantawa)
An Yüng
Bantaba
Bantawa Dum
Bantawa Rai
Bantawa Yong
Bantawa Yüng
Bontawa
Dhankuta (Eastern Bantawa)
Dilpali (Northern Bantawa)
Eastern Bantawa
Hatuwali (Southern Bantawa)
Kiranti
Kirat Khambu
Kirat Khambu Rai
Kirawa Yüng
Northern Bantawa
Rai
Rai, Bantawa
Southern Bantawa
Western Bantawa

Dialects
Amchoke
Bantawa Bhojpur
Bantawa Panchthar
Chhintang
Dhankuta
Dilpali
Dungmali
Eastern Bantawa
Hatuwali
Northern Bantawa
Rungchenbung
Southern Bantawa
Waling
Western Bantawa
Yangma

Dialect Alternate Names
Amchauke
Amchoke
Bantawa
Dhankuta
Dilpali
Hangkhim
Hatuwali
Rai: Bantawa
Rai: Bantawa Bhojpur
Rai: Bantawa Panchthar

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	2006
New Testament	2021
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Bantawa
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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