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Language: Makhuwa

Population of Groups Speaking

4,810,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Makhuwa	Comoros	14,000	4,307,000		Christianity	5 ●	54.00 %	25.00 %	-1 -
Makhuwa	Mozambique	4,275,000	4,307,000	●	Christianity	5 ●	52.00 %	28.15 %	-1 -
Makhuwa	South Africa	18,000	4,307,000		Ethnic Religions	4 ●	21.00 %	3.00 %	-1 -
Makhuwa, Nahara	Mozambique	503,000	503,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.02 %	0.02 %	10
Totals: 4						1 ●			10

* 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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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Koti	Mozambique	152,000	152,000	●	Islam	1 ●	1.20 %	1.00 %	3
	Totals: 1						1 ●			3

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	vmw
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Central Makhuwa
Central Makua (Emakhuwana)
Emakhuwa
Emakhuwa-Makhuwana
Emakhuwana
Emakua
Emathipane
Empamela (Nampamela)
Emwaja
Enaharra (Emathipane)
Enlai (Mulai)
Enyara
Macua
Maharra
Makhau, Tanzania
Makhuwa-Makhuwana
Makhuwana
Makhuwwa of Nampula
Makoane
Makua
Makuana
Maquoua
Mulai
Nahara
Naharra
Nampamela

Dialects
Central Makua
Empamela
Enaharra
Enlai
Macua
Naharra

Dialect Alternate Names
Central Makua
Emathipane
Enaharra
Maharra
Makhuwa: Central Makua
Makhuwa: Enaharra
Makhuwa: Enlai
Makhuwa: Naharra
Makhuwa-metto
Mulai
Nahara
Naharra
Nampamela

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1946
New Testament	Yes
Complete Bible	1982-2000

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	DAVAR Partners recording, New Testament
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Online Scripture / NT
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Makhuwa
Film / Video	LUMO film of Gospels
Mobile App	Download audio Bible app as APK file from FCBH
Text / Printed Matter	Online Bible text (Scripture Earth)
Text / Printed Matter	World Missionary Press Booklets

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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