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Language: Shina, Kohistani

Estimated Global Speakers

407,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

Translation Needed

Audio Bible

Not Available

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Gospel Recordings

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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-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	Pakistan	4,755,000	16,713,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	95
Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	11,534,000	11,668,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	231
Awan	Pakistan	5,662,000	5,682,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	113
Bafinda	Pakistan	106,000	120,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Baloch	Pakistan	9,099,000	9,159,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	182
Barwala (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	591,000	593,000	●	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	229,000	246,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	399,000	1,445,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	8
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,169,000	2,171,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	23
Dhund	Pakistan	642,000	652,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Gakkhar	Pakistan	62,000	62,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gujar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	5,033,000	5,520,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	101
Gujjar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,500,000	3,519,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	50
Hajam	Pakistan	2,185,000	4,611,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	44
Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	33,585,000	34,622,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	672
Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	533,000	535,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	11
Jat Gil (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	180,000	182,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Jat Kharral (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	447,000	448,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Jat Sidhu (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	200,000	203,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Jat Sindhu (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	335,000	338,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Jhinwar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	776,000	781,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	16
Karal (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	238,000	238,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,333,000	8,079,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	27
Khattar	Pakistan	81,000	81,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Khoja	Pakistan	907,000	1,331,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	18
Kumhar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,708,000	3,779,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	74
Kumhiar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	48,000	56,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,103,000	2,755,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	42
Machhi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,411,000	2,444,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	48
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	16,000	621,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mewati (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	942,000	1,775,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	19
Mirasi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,965,000	2,005,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	39
Mochi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,515,000	3,590,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	70
Moghal	Pakistan	1,332,000	3,141,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	27
Mussali	Pakistan	2,474,000	2,487,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	49
Pashtun	Pakistan	30,906,000	34,506,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	618
Pashtun Dilazak	Pakistan	28,000	28,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Qassab	Pakistan	1,105,000	2,205,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	22
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	17,005,000	19,961,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	340
Rajput Awan	Pakistan	61,000	72,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Bhatti (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	911,000	922,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	18
Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	655,000	964,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Rajput Chib	Pakistan	42,000	43,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Gakkhar	Pakistan	39,000	43,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Janjua (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	251,000	255,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Rajput Khakkha	Pakistan	38,000	39,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Khokhar	Pakistan	34,000	36,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Mandial	Pakistan	29,000	32,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Mangral	Pakistan	26,000	27,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Manihas (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	73,000	76,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Satti	Pakistan	221,000	221,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Rajput Tonwar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	121,000	157,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Sayyid	Pakistan	8,171,000	17,376,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	163
Shaikh	Pakistan	13,587,000	237,583,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	272
Shaikh Qureshi	Pakistan	762,000	8,917,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	15
Sonar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	356,000	387,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Sudhan	Pakistan	172,000	193,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Tanaoli	Pakistan	745,000	745,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	15
Tarkhan (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,098,000	3,114,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	62
Teli (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,938,000	4,650,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	59
Ulema (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	277,000	282,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	6
Totals: 63						63 ●			3,660

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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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