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Language: Chin, Mara

Estimated Global Speakers

36,000

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 *
Chin Mara	India	44,000	70,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.32 %	-1	-1 -
Chin, Mara	Myanmar (Burma)	26,000	70,000	●	Christianity	5 ●	100.00 %	95.00 %	-1 -
Mara Hawthai	India	1,900	1,900	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.38 %	-1	-1 -
Mara Tlosaih	India	1,100	1,100	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.82 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 4						0 ●			0

* 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 *
Chakma	India	218,000	760,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.91 %	-1	4
Chiru	India	9,200	9,200	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.36 %	-1	-1 -
Christian	India	1,263,000	1,707,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Gadaba	India	134,000	134,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.63 %	-1	3
Gond	India	14,356,000	14,362,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.92 %	-1	287
Hmar	India	98,000	98,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.87 %	-1	-1 -
Juang	India	47,000	47,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	1
Kisan	India	1,630,000	1,636,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.67 %	-1	33
Kui Khond	India	1,850,000	1,855,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.52 %	-1	-1 -
Kuki Chin	India	135,000	176,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	91.08 %	-1	-1 -
Mizo	India	144,000	163,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.49 %	-1	-1 -
Mizo Fanai	India	15,000	15,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.23 %	-1	-1 -
Mizo Lushai	India	567,000	569,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.84 %	-1	-1 -
Oraon	India	4,487,000	4,641,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.48 %	-1	-1 -
Pawi	India	53,000	53,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.62 %	-1	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	India	4,951,000	6,647,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.47 %	-1	99
Ralte	India	18,000	18,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.86 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 17						6 ●			427

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	mrh
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Lakher
Mara
Maram
Mira
Miram
Tlongsai (Tlosai-Siaha)
Tlosai-Siaha
Zao

Dialects
Hlawthai
Lakher
Myanmar
Sabeu
Tlongsai

Dialect Alternate Names
Chin
Chin, Mara
Chin, Maria
Lai
Lakher
Mara: Lakher
Mara: Myanmar
Maram
Maria
Mira
Tlosai-siaha
Zao

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1912-1954
New Testament	1928-1968
Complete Bible	1955-2002

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Format ▲	Resource
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (Global Recordings Network)
Film / Video	God's Story Video
General	Gospel resources links (Scripture Earth)
General	Gospel website in this language

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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