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Language: Bishnupuriya

Estimated Global Speakers

129,000

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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Bishnupriya Manipuri	Bangladesh	12,000	98,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.46 %	-1	1
Bishnupriya Manipuri	India	86,000	98,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.00 %	-1	2
Totals: 2						2 ●			3

* 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 *
Ansari	Bangladesh	1,241,000	16,505,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	25
Bhumij	Bangladesh	29,000	1,145,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.12 %	-1	1
Binjhia	Bangladesh	5,600	183,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	7.55 %	-1	-1 -
Brahmin	Bangladesh	590,000	62,714,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	12
Chang	India	65,000	65,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.94 %	-1	-1 -
Christian	Bangladesh	126,000	1,565,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Christian	India	1,241,000	1,565,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	191,000	12,223,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Dholi (Muslim traditions)	Bangladesh	52,000	58,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Garo	Bangladesh	127,000	1,222,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	51.39 %	-1	-1 -
Garo	India	1,094,000	1,222,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	95.60 %	-1	-1 -
Gond	India	14,247,000	14,253,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.87 %	-1	285
Hajam	Bangladesh	385,000	4,544,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	8
Hmar	India	98,000	98,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.87 %	-1	-1 -
Ho	Bangladesh	67,000	1,138,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.69 %	-1	1
Jhalo Malo	Bangladesh	243,000	649,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	596,000	3,771,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.09 %	-1	12
Kaibartta	Bangladesh	461,000	2,296,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	1,831,000	9,637,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	37
Kayastha Karan	Bangladesh	183,000	711,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Kuki Chin	India	134,000	174,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	91.08 %	-1	-1 -
Lohara	Bangladesh	18,000	282,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.95 %	-1	1
Mahishya	Bangladesh	695,000	10,561,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.90 %	-1	14
Mali (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	133,000	10,048,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Meena	India	4,628,000	4,628,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	93
Munda	Bangladesh	140,000	3,810,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	10.62 %	-1	-1 -
Mundari	India	26,000	26,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.76 %	-1	1
Naga	India	19,000	19,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	77.40 %	-1	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	3,273,000	7,947,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.51 %	-1	65
Namassej Chandel	Bangladesh	2,917,000	4,354,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.53 %	-1	58
Oraon, Kurux	Bangladesh	113,000	4,607,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	11.69 %	-1	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	116,000	342,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	1,543,000	6,581,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.50 %	-1	31
Sangtam	India	76,000	76,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.24 %	-1	-1 -
Santal, Satar	Bangladesh	635,000	8,281,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.49 %	-1	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	636,000	1,521,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Sunri Sadhubanik	Bangladesh	301,000	572,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	6
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	210,000	629,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Teli (Hindu traditions)	Bangladesh	145,000	19,188,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	3
Tili	Bangladesh	84,000	1,148,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Tipera	India	629,000	753,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	8.31 %	-1	-1 -
Tipera, Kok Borok	Bangladesh	124,000	753,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	8.00 %	-1	-1 -
Tiwa	India	254,000	254,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.71 %	-1	5
Totals: 43						28 ●			705

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	bpy
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Portions
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Language Alternate Names
Bishnupria
Bishnupria Manipuri
Bishnupriya
Bishnupriya Manipuri
Bisna Puriya
Leimanai
Madai Gang
Madai Gang (Leimanai)
Ningthaunai
Rajar Gang
Rajar Gang (Ningthaunai)

Dialects
Bishnupria

Dialect Alternate Names
Bishnapria
Bishnapuri
Bishnapuria
Bishnupriya
Bisma Puriya
Kathe
Kathi
Manipuri
Meiteiron
Meithe
Meithei
Meithei: Bishnupuriya
Menipuri
Mitei
Mithe
Ponna

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1995-2011
New Testament	None Reported
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Bishnupuriya
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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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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