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Estimated Global Speakers

265,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

Unspecified

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Burusho	Pakistan	249,000	249,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
	Totals: 1						1 ●			5

* 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 for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. 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 *
Christian	Pakistan	164,000	1,532,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.95 %	-1	-1 -
Gujjar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,374,000	3,385,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	47
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,260,000	7,953,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	25
Zargar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	9,100	14,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 4						3 ●			73

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	bsk
Written	Unknown
Bible Translation	Unspecified
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Language Alternate Names
Biltum
Brooshaaski
Brushaski
Burucaki
Burucaski
Burushaki
Burushaski Hunza
Burushki
Khajuna
Kunjut
Miśa:ski
Mishaski
Mishāski
Nagar (Nagir)
Nagir
Werchikwar
Yasin (Werchikwar)

Dialects
Brushaski
Hunza
Nagar
Yasin

Dialect Alternate Names
Burushaski
Burusho
Nagir
Werchikwar

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	None Reported
New Testament	None Reported
Complete Bible	None Reported

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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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