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Language: Oriya, Adivasi

Estimated Global Speakers

17,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

New Testament

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	No reported people groups speaking this as primary language
	Totals: 0						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 for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. 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 *
Bagata	India	146,000	146,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.69 %	-1	3
Baiga	India	569,000	572,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.22 %	-1	11
Bathudi	India	229,000	229,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.07 %	-1	5
Bhumia	India	156,000	156,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.10 %	-1	3
Bhumij	India	1,116,000	1,145,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.02 %	-1	22
Bhunjia	India	27,000	27,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	1
Birhor	India	20,000	21,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.61 %	-1	-1 -
Bondo Poraja	India	12,000	12,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.35 %	-1	1
Desua Bhumij	India	500	500	●	Hinduism	1 ●	4.49 %	-1	1
Dharua	India	18,000	18,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.16 %	-1	1
Didayi	India	11,000	11,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.52 %	-1	1
Gadaba	India	132,000	132,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.74 %	-1	3
Gandia Odisha	India	3,500	3,500	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.18 %	-1	1
Ghara	India	300	300	●	Hinduism	2 ●	12.31 %	-1	-1 -
Juang	India	47,000	47,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	1
Kolah Lohara	India	9,500	9,500	●	Hinduism	1 ●	3.22 %	-1	1
Konda Dhora	India	232,000	232,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.00 %	-1	5
Kotia	India	53,000	53,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.43 %	-1	1
Mandia	India	2,600	2,600	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.28 %	-1	1
Mankidi	India	-1 Unknown	-1 Unknown	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.73 %	-1	1
Mankirdia	India	2,400	2,400	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.66 %	-1	-1 -
Tharua	India	9,400	9,400	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	1
Totals: 22						19 ●			64

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	ort
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	New Testament
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Language Alternate Names
Adivasi
Adiwasi Oriya
Desiya
Kotia
Kotia Oriya
Kotiya
Tribal Oriya

Dialects
Adivasi Oriya
Araku
Kotpad
Lamtaput
Nandapur
Tribal
Valmiki Adivasi Oriya

Dialect Alternate Names
Adivasi
Adiwasi Oriya
Aruku
Benatho Oriya
Deshia
Desia
Desia: Kotpad
Desia: Lamtaput
Desia: Nandapur
Desiya
Koraput: Nandapur
Kotia
Kotia Oriya
Kotia: Araku
Kotia: Aruku
Kotiya
Oriya Kotia
Oriya, Adivasi
Oriya, Tribal
Oriya: Koraput: Nandapur
Oriya: Tribal
Tribal Kotia
Tribal Oriya

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1977-1988
New Testament	2010-2011
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Oral Bible stories in Oriya, Adivasi
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Oriya, Adivasi
Text / Printed Matter	The Ancient Path (Oriya)

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.
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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