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Language: Balochi, Western

Estimated Global Speakers

364,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Baloch Mohammad Shahi	Pakistan	17,000	17,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Nothazai	Pakistan	10,000	10,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch, Western	Afghanistan	478,000	1,294,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	10
Baloch, Western	Iran	759,000	1,294,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	15
Baloch, Western	Tajikistan	6,600	1,294,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch, Western	Turkmenistan	50,000	1,294,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Barech	Pakistan	2,800	2,800	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 7						7 ●			30

* 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 *
Baloch	Pakistan	7,380,000	7,439,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	148
Baloch Bugti	Pakistan	141,000	141,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Baloch Dashti	Pakistan	51,000	51,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Gabol	Pakistan	115,000	115,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Baloch Jatoi	Pakistan	210,000	210,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Baloch Kaudai	Pakistan	59,000	59,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Khushk (Rind)	Pakistan	26,000	26,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Langah	Pakistan	115,000	115,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Baloch Lehri (Leghari)	Pakistan	12,000	12,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Mengal	Pakistan	221,000	221,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Baloch Mullazai	Pakistan	71,000	71,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Nohani	Pakistan	13,000	13,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Rais	Pakistan	87,000	87,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Baloch Rakhshani	Pakistan	394,000	394,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	8
Baloch Rind Khosa	Pakistan	121,000	121,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Baloch Taipur	Pakistan	16,000	16,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Tauki	Pakistan	16,000	16,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Baloch Umrani	Pakistan	13,000	13,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahui	Pakistan	2,268,000	2,623,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	45
Brahui Jhalawan	Pakistan	999,000	999,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	20
Brahui Nighari	Pakistan	28,000	28,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahui Rekizai	Pakistan	16,000	16,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahui Sarawan	Pakistan	512,000	512,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	10
Christian	Pakistan	277,000	1,707,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Gujar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	4,214,000	4,699,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	84
Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	28,827,000	29,863,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	577
Jat Chima (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	367,000	368,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Jat Dehia (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	298,000	300,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	6
Jat Dhariwal (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	198,000	199,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Jat Dhillon (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	266,000	267,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	834,000	836,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	17
Jat Gil (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	319,000	321,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	6
Jat Kharral (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	816,000	817,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	16
Jat Mann (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	199,000	203,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Jat Sidhu (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	415,000	418,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	8
Jat Sindhu (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	525,000	528,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	10
Jat Varaich (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	421,000	422,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	8
Jatt (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	626,000	626,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Kamboh (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	790,000	821,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	16
Khoja	Pakistan	771,000	1,195,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	15
Kuchi Afghan refugee	Pakistan	599,000	599,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	12
Kumhar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	3,217,000	3,288,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	64
Lassi	Pakistan	143,000	143,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Mussali	Pakistan	2,254,000	2,267,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	45
Pashtun Afridi	Pakistan	521,000	1,008,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	10
Pashtun Ahmadzai (Wazir)	Pakistan	432,000	435,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Pashtun Aka Khel	Pakistan	46,000	46,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun Babai (Babi)	Pakistan	35,000	45,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun Barakzai	Pakistan	75,000	75,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun Barech	Pakistan	35,000	50,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun Durrani	Pakistan	521,000	539,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	10
Pashtun Ghilzai	Pakistan	530,000	569,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	11
Pashtun Hanbhi	Pakistan	83,000	83,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Pashtun Isakzai	Pakistan	26,000	26,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun Kakar	Pakistan	1,151,000	1,637,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	23
Pashtun Kharoti	Pakistan	111,000	111,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Pashtun Khostwal	Pakistan	142,000	142,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Pashtun Mohmand	Pakistan	954,000	1,133,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	19
Pashtun Nurzai	Pakistan	70,000	70,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun Pani (Babilzai)	Pakistan	169,000	169,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Pashtun Safi	Pakistan	343,000	343,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Pashtun Shirani	Pakistan	137,000	137,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Pashtun Tarin	Pakistan	711,000	741,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	14
Pashtun Usman Khel	Pakistan	355,000	355,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Pashtun Yusafzai	Pakistan	2,926,000	3,788,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	59
Shaikh	Pakistan	10,559,000	223,464,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	211
Totals: 66						65 ●			1,580

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	bgn
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Portions
Progress Scale	●

Language Alternate Names
Baloci
Baluchi
Baluci
Lashari
Rakhshani (Raxshani)
Raxshani
Yarahmadza

Dialects
Afghanistan
Iran
Pakistan
Rakhshani
Sarawani

Dialect Alternate Names
Balochi
Balochi, Western
Balochi, Western: Iran
Balochi, Western: Rakhshani
Baloci
Baluchi
Baluchi, Pakistan
Baluchi: Afghanistan
Baluchi: Iran
Baluchi: Pakistan
Baluci
Raxshani
Western Sarawani

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1984-2005
New Testament	None Reported
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Film / Video	Indigitube.tv Video / Animation
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Balochi, Western
Film / Video	The Prophets' Story
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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