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Estimated Global Speakers

16,726,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

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Translation Needed

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Afghan Pawinda	Pakistan	1,700	1,700		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun Dilakzai	Pakistan	26,000	26,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Turi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,200	2,200	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 3						3 ●			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 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 *
Awan	Pakistan	5,316,000	5,336,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	106
Baghban (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	233,000	251,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Baloch	Pakistan	8,565,000	8,623,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	171
Baloch Chandia	Pakistan	130,000	130,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Baloch Gichki	Pakistan	32,000	32,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Hot	Pakistan	55,000	55,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Korai	Pakistan	99,000	99,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Baloch Kulachi	Pakistan	53,000	53,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Laghari	Pakistan	95,000	95,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Baloch Lashari	Pakistan	152,000	152,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Baloch Nutkani	Pakistan	38,000	38,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Palafi	Pakistan	44,000	44,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Rind	Pakistan	978,000	978,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	20
Bashkar	Pakistan	216,000	216,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Brahui	Pakistan	2,670,000	3,009,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	53
Brahui Sarawan	Pakistan	447,000	447,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Dangarik	Pakistan	22,000	22,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dehwar	Pakistan	65,000	65,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dhund	Pakistan	702,000	712,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	14
Gabare	Pakistan	8,600	8,600	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gakkhar	Pakistan	58,000	58,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gujar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	4,953,000	5,431,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	99
Hajam	Pakistan	2,147,000	4,525,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	43
Hazara	Pakistan	248,000	4,554,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	35,033,000	35,565,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	701
Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	508,000	510,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	10
Jatt (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	720,000	720,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	14
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,235,000	7,863,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	25
Khattar	Pakistan	106,000	106,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Kumhar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,695,000	3,765,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	74
Lassi	Pakistan	169,000	169,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,061,000	2,699,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	41
Lori	Pakistan	67,000	67,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Med	Pakistan	24,000	24,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mewati (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	929,000	1,746,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	19
Moghal	Pakistan	1,265,000	3,040,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	25
Pashtun	Pakistan	28,679,000	31,997,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	574
Pashtun Maliar	Pakistan	536,000	536,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	11
Pashtun, Pathan	Bangladesh	166,000	11,533,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	17,109,000	20,001,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	342
Rajput Bhatti (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	857,000	868,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	17
Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	614,000	914,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	12
Rajput Chib	Pakistan	39,000	40,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Gakkhar	Pakistan	36,000	40,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Manihas (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	68,000	71,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Sial	Pakistan	436,000	436,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Rajput Tonwar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	113,000	148,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Sayyid	Pakistan	7,855,000	16,885,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	157
Shaikh	Pakistan	13,409,000	232,851,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	268
Shaikh Qureshi	Pakistan	757,000	8,752,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	15
Totals: 50						50 ●			2,877

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	pst
Written	Unknown
Bible Translation	Needed
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Language Alternate Names
Bannochi
Bannu
Bannuchi (Bannochi)
Mahsudi
Waciri (Waziri)
Waziri

Dialects
Bannuchi
Mahsudi
Pashtu
Waciri

Dialect Alternate Names
Bannochi
Bannu
Bannuchi
Mahsudi
Pashto Central: Bannuchi
Pashto, Central
Pashto, Central: Bannochi
Pashto, Central: Waciri
Pashtu: Bannu
Waciri
Waziri

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%

Disclaimers:

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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