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Language: Saurashtra

Estimated Global Speakers

374,000

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-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 *
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	India	6,549,000	6,603,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	131
Bania	India	29,331,000	29,571,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	587
Bania Agarwal	India	4,876,000	4,919,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	98
Bania Mahajan	India	189,000	190,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Bania Mahesri	India	367,000	370,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Bania Oswal	India	420,000	421,000	●	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	8
Bania Porwal	India	329,000	331,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Bania Srimali	India	361,000	363,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Baria (Hindu traditions)	India	260,000	265,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Bohra	India	1,118,000	1,124,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	22
Brahmin	India	59,134,000	63,125,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	1183
Brahmin Anavala	India	84,000	84,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Brahmin Audich	India	465,000	466,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Brahmin Gaur	India	3,073,000	3,107,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	61
Brahmin Gujar Gaur	India	270,000	270,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Brahmin Modh	India	128,000	128,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Brahmin Sawaria	India	4,328,000	4,336,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	87
Devanga	India	491,000	491,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.38 %	-1	10
Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions)	India	562,000	597,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	11
Dhangar Bharwad	India	2,796,000	2,852,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.04 %	-1	56
Gamit	India	457,000	463,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	10.34 %	-1	-1 -
Ghanchi (Hindu traditions)	India	114,000	116,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	2
Jat (Hindu traditions)	India	19,213,000	19,359,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	384
Kaikolan	India	2,492,000	2,571,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.23 %	-1	50
Koli (Hindu traditions)	India	2,255,000	2,482,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	45
Koli of Gujarat	India	8,310,000	8,310,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.54 %	-1	166
Koshti	India	1,117,000	1,117,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	22
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	India	18,499,000	18,825,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	370
Lohana	India	583,000	652,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	12
Mahratta Kunbi	India	7,684,000	7,798,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	154
Mahyavanshi	India	1,671,000	1,690,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.51 %	-1	33
Parsee	India	79,000	153,000	●	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Patnulkaran	India	1,000	1,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rabari (Hindu traditions)	India	1,065,000	1,074,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	21
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	India	45,611,000	45,785,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	912
Rathawa	India	654,000	662,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	13
Ravalia	India	532,000	535,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.04 %	-1	11
Sali	India	1,052,000	1,055,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	21
Sayyid	India	7,866,000	14,530,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	157
Shaikh	India	85,886,000	223,464,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	1718
Varli	India	1,248,000	1,253,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.42 %	-1	25
Totals: 41						40 ●			6,422

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	saz
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	New Testament
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Language Alternate Names
Palkar
Patnuli
Saurashtri
Sourashtra
Sowrashtra

Dialects
Northern Saurashtra
Saurashtrian
Southern Saurashtra

Dialect Alternate Names
Saurashtra
Sowrastrian

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1978-1988
New Testament	2001
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Saurashtra
Film / Video	Magdalena (Jesus Film Project)
Text / Printed Matter	Online Bible text (Scripture Earth)

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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