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Language: Shina, Kohistani

Estimated Global Speakers

407,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

Translation Needed

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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 *
Ansari	Pakistan	4,664,000	16,505,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	93
Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	11,313,000	11,446,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	226
Awan	Pakistan	5,554,000	5,574,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	111
Bafinda	Pakistan	103,000	117,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Baloch	Pakistan	8,925,000	8,984,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	178
Barwala (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	580,000	582,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	12
Bodla	Pakistan	18,000	18,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Budhan (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	17,000	20,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Chamar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	224,000	241,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	391,000	1,426,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	8
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,147,000	2,139,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	23
Dhund	Pakistan	630,000	640,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Gakkhar	Pakistan	61,000	61,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gujar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	4,937,000	5,419,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	99
Gujjar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,452,000	3,461,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	49
Hajam	Pakistan	2,143,000	4,544,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	43
Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	32,942,000	33,478,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	659
Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	522,000	524,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	10
Jat Gil (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	177,000	179,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Jat Kharral (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	438,000	439,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Jat Sidhu (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	196,000	199,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Jat Sindhu (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	328,000	331,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Jhinwar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	761,000	766,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	15
Karal (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	234,000	234,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,307,000	7,988,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	26
Khattar	Pakistan	79,000	79,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Khoja	Pakistan	889,000	1,309,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	18
Kumhar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,637,000	3,707,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	73
Kumhiar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	47,000	55,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,063,000	2,708,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	41
Machhi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,365,000	2,398,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	47
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	16,000	615,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mewati (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	924,000	1,749,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	18
Mirasi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,928,000	1,968,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	39
Mochi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,448,000	3,521,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	69
Moghal	Pakistan	1,306,000	3,097,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	26
Mussali	Pakistan	2,427,000	2,440,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	49
Pashtun	Pakistan	30,315,000	33,701,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	606
Pashtun Dilazak	Pakistan	27,000	27,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Qassab	Pakistan	1,084,000	2,174,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	22
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	16,680,000	19,607,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	334
Rajput Awan	Pakistan	60,000	71,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Bhatti (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	894,000	905,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	18
Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	642,000	948,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Rajput Chib	Pakistan	41,000	42,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Gakkhar	Pakistan	38,000	42,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Janjua (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	246,000	250,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Rajput Khakkha	Pakistan	37,000	38,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Khokhar	Pakistan	34,000	36,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Mandial	Pakistan	28,000	31,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Mangral	Pakistan	25,000	26,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Manihas (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	71,000	74,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Satti	Pakistan	217,000	217,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Rajput Tonwar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	118,000	153,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Sayyid	Pakistan	8,015,000	17,132,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	160
Shaikh	Pakistan	13,327,000	234,920,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	267
Shaikh Qureshi	Pakistan	747,000	8,824,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	15
Sonar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	350,000	381,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Sudhan	Pakistan	169,000	189,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Tanaoli	Pakistan	731,000	731,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	15
Tarkhan (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,039,000	3,055,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	61
Teli (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,882,000	4,578,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	58
Ulema (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	271,000	276,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Totals: 63						63 ●			3,591

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	plk
Written	Unknown
Bible Translation	Needed
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Language Alternate Names
Jalkot
Kohistani
Kohistyo
Koli
Palas
Palasi-Kohistani

Dialects
Jalkoti
Kohistani
Kolai
Palasi

Dialect Alternate Names

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

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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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