Adiyan in India
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People Group data: Omid. Map geography: UNESCO / GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project
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Scripture Prayers for the Adiyan in India.
| People Name General | Adiyan |
| People Name in Country | Adiyan |
| Population this Country | 19,000 |
| Population all Countries | 19,000 |
| 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 | Adiya; Adiyar; अड़ीयान |
| People ID | 16171 |
| ROP3 Code | 111273 |
| Country | India | ||||||
| Region | Asia, South | ||||||
| Continent | Asia | ||||||
| 10/40 Window | Yes | ||||||
| National Bible Society | Website | ||||||
| Persecution Rank | 10 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) | ||||||
| Total States on file | 4 | ||||||
| Largest States |
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| Districts | Interactive map, listing and data download | ||||||
| Specialized Website | South Asia Peoples | ||||||
| Country | India |
| Region | Asia, South |
| Continent | Asia |
| 10/40 Window | Yes |
| National Bible Society | Website |
| Persecution Rank | 10 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) |
| Total States | 4 |
| Kerala 14,000 | |
| Tamil Nadu 4,000 | |
| Karnataka 900 | |
| Puducherry 100 | |
| Website | South Asia Peoples |
| Primary Language | Malayalam (11,000 speakers) | |||||||||
| Language Code | mal Ethnologue Listing | |||||||||
| Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing | |||||||||
| Total Languages | 10 | |||||||||
| Secondary Languages |
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| Primary Language | Malayalam (11,000 speakers) |
| Language Code | mal Ethnologue Listing |
| Total Languages | 10 |
| Secondary Languages | |
| Tamil 3,100 | |
| Ravula 1,100 | |
| Telugu 800 | |
| Kannada 400 | |
| Tulu 40 | |
| Kodava 30 | |
| Hindi 10 | |
| Marathi 10 | |
| Gujarati 0 | |
| People Groups | Speaking Malayalam |
Primary Language: Malayalam
| Bible Translation ▲ | Status (Years) |
|---|---|
| Bible-Portions | Yes (1811-1968) |
| Bible-New Testament | Yes (1829-1995) |
| Bible-Complete | Yes (1841-2022) |
| Bible-NT Audio | Online |
| Bible-NT Text | Online |
| Possible Print Bibles | |
|---|---|
| Amazon | |
| World Bibles | |
| Forum Bible Agencies | |
| National Bible Societies | |
| World Bible Finder | |
| Virtual Storehouse | |
| Resource Type ▲ | Resource Name |
|---|---|
| Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching |
| Audio Recordings | Love letter to you from scripture |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament |
| Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio |
| Film / Video | Following Jesus video |
| Film / Video | God's Story video |
| Film / Video | Indigitube.tv Video / Animation |
| Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Malayalam |
| Film / Video | LUMO film of Gospels |
| Film / Video | Magdalena video |
| Film / Video | My Last Day video, anime |
| Film / Video | Story of Jesus for Children |
| General | Biblical answers to your questions |
| General | Four Spiritual Laws |
| General | Gospel resources links |
| General | Gospel website in this language |
| Primary Religion: | Hinduism |
| Major Religion ▲ | Percent * |
|---|---|
| Buddhism |
0.01 %
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| Christianity (Evangelical Unknown) |
0.77 %
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| Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
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| Hinduism |
98.57 %
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| Islam |
0.21 %
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| Non-Religious |
0.00 %
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| Other / Small |
0.06 %
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| Unknown |
0.38 %
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* From latest India census data. Current Christian values may substantially differ. |
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