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The Kikai have only been reported in Japan

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Population

13,000

Main Language

Kikai

Largest Religion

Buddhism (97.00%)

Christian

3.00%

Evangelical

0.72%

Progress

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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City Symbol	City Population ▲	City Type
	1 Less than 10,000
	1 Less than 10,000	Province capital
	2 10,000 to 75,000
	2 10,000 to 75,000	Province capital
	3 75,000 to 200,000
	3 75,000 to 200,000	Province capital
	4 200,000 to 750,000
	4 200,000 to 750,000	Province capital
	5 750,000 to 2 million
	5 750,000 to 2 million	Province capital
	6 Greater than 2 million
	6 Greater than 2 million	Province capital
	7 Less than 200,000	National capital (3 sizes)
	8 Greater than 200,000	National capital (3 sizes)

Cities are selected for reference. Many populated places do not appear for the sake of clarity. Maps feature larger, potential "gateway" cities related to each people group.

Lines	Description
Blue	Rivers
Gray solid	Country borders
White solid	State / Province borders
Gray dashed	District borders

Sources: People Group location: IMB. Map geography: ESRI / GMI. Map design: Joshua Project.

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General Info

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People Name General	Kikai
People Name in Country	Kikai
Population this Country	13,000
Population all Countries	13,000
Total Countries	1
Indigenous	Yes
Progress Scale	1 ●
Unreached	Yes
Frontier People Group	No
GSEC	1 (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed	1
Alternate Names
People ID	12678
ROP3 Code	104994

Ethnicity

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Affinity Bloc	East Asian Peoples
People Cluster	Japanese
People Group	Kikai
Ethnic Code	MSY45b

Affinity Bloc	East Asian Peoples
People Cluster	Japanese
People Group	Kikai
Ethnic Code	MSY45b

Geography

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Country	Japan
Region	Asia, Northeast
Continent	Asia
10/40 Window	Yes
National Bible Society	Website
Persecution Rank	Not ranked
Location in Country	Kagoshima Prefecture, northeast Okinawa, Kikai island. Source: Ethnologue 2016

Country	Japan
Region	Asia, Northeast
Continent	Asia
10/40 Window	Yes
National Bible Society	Website
Persecution Rank	Not ranked
Location in Country	Kagoshima Prefecture, northeast Okinawa, Kikai island.. Source: Ethnologue 2016

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Map Symbols:

City Symbol	City Population ▲	City Type
	1 Less than 10,000
	1 Less than 10,000	Province capital
	2 10,000 to 75,000
	2 10,000 to 75,000	Province capital
	3 75,000 to 200,000
	3 75,000 to 200,000	Province capital
	4 200,000 to 750,000
	4 200,000 to 750,000	Province capital
	5 750,000 to 2 million
	5 750,000 to 2 million	Province capital
	6 Greater than 2 million
	6 Greater than 2 million	Province capital
	7 Less than 200,000	National capital (3 sizes)
	8 Greater than 200,000	National capital (3 sizes)

Cities are selected for reference. Many populated places do not appear for the sake of clarity. Maps feature larger, potential "gateway" cities related to each people group.

Lines	Description
Blue	Rivers
Gray solid	Country borders
White solid	State / Province borders
Gray dashed	District borders

Religion

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism

Major Religion ▲	Percent
Buddhism	97.00 %
Christianity (Evangelical 0.72 %)	3.00 %
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Languages

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Primary Language	Kikai
Language Code	kzg Ethnologue Listing
Language Written	Unknown
Total Languages	1

Primary Language	Kikai
Language Code	kzg Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages	1
People Groups	Speaking Kikai

Resources

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Primary Language: Kikai

Bible Translation Status: Unspecified

Resource Type ▲	Resource Name	Source
None reported

Sources

Photo Source	(Representative photo) Flickr Creative Commons
Map Source	People Group location: IMB. Map geography: ESRI / GMI. Map design: Joshua Project.
Data Sources	Data is compiled from various sources. Read more

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