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Language: Khmer

Population of Groups Speaking

16,395,000

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Khmer	Australia	35,000	16,104,000		Buddhism	1 ●	5.00 %	1.40 %	1
Khmer	Belgium	500	16,104,000		Buddhism	2 ●	7.00 %	1.00 %	-1 -
Khmer	Canada	22,000	16,104,000		Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.60 %	1
Khmer	Cambodia	14,236,000	16,104,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	3.20 %	1.90 %	285
Khmer	France	72,000	16,104,000		Buddhism	1 ●	1.00 %	0.40 %	1
Khmer	Germany	13,000	16,104,000		Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	2.00 %	1
Khmer	Korea, South	46,000	16,104,000		Buddhism	1 ●	4.00 %	2.00 %	1
Khmer	New Zealand	9,100	16,104,000		Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.40 %	1
Khmer	United Kingdom	11,000	16,104,000		Buddhism	1 ●	3.20 %	1.70 %	1
Khmer	Laos	7,400	16,104,000		Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.60 %	1
Khmer	Thailand	65,000	16,104,000		Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.60 %	1
Khmer	Vietnam	1,331,000	16,104,000		Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.87 %	27
Khmer Keh	Cambodia	5,900	5,900	●	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	10.00 %	8.00 %	-1 -
Khmer Krom	Cambodia	284,000	284,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	1.20 %	0.60 %	6
Khmer, Cambodian	United States	256,000	16,104,000		Buddhism	1 ●	3.00 %	1.60 %	5
Sa'och	Cambodia	500	500	●	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	18.00 %	16.00 %	-1 -
Samre	Cambodia	300	300	●	Ethnic Religions	5 ●	15.00 %	13.00 %	-1 -
Totals: 17						13 ●			332

* 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 *
Cham, Western	Cambodia	256,000	326,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	5
Kraol	Cambodia	5,000	5,000	●	Ethnic Religions	1 ●	1.00 %	0.50 %	1
Kui	Cambodia	35,000	505,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	3.50 %	0.53 %	1
Mnong, Central	Cambodia	47,000	86,000		Ethnic Religions	5 ●	20.00 %	17.00 %	-1 -
Pear	Cambodia	1,900	1,900	●	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	12.00 %	10.00 %	-1 -
Totals: 5						3 ●			7

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	khm
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Battambang Khmer
Cambodian
Cardamom Khmer
Central Khmer
Cu Tho
Cur Cul
Khmer Kandal (Central)
Khmer Keh (Stung Treng)
Khmer Krom (Southern)
Khmer Nam Bo
Khmer, Central
Khmer, Central - M
Kho Me
Khome
Krom
Southern Khmer
Stung Treng

Dialects
Khmer
Khmer Kanda (Central)
Khmer Kandal
Khmer Keh
Khmer Krom
Southern Khmer

Dialect Alternate Names
Central Khmer
Khmei
Khmer Krom, Southern
Khmer, Central
Khmer, Central: Central Khmer
Khmer, Central: Southern Khmer
Southern Khmer
Viet Go Mien

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1899-1933
New Testament	1929-1993
Complete Bible	1954-2016

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Format ▲	Resource
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (Global Recordings Network)
Audio Recordings	Father's Love Letter
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament - Central (Faith Comes By Hearing)
Audio Recordings	Online Scripture (Talking Bibles)
Audio Recordings	Oral Bible stories in Khmer, Central
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Indigitube.tv Video / Animation
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Khmer
Film / Video	LUMO film of Gospels
Film / Video	Magdalena (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime)
Film / Video	Ratchana's Testimony
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project)
Film / Video	The Hope Video
Film / Video	Voices of Cambodia - Bihab
Film / Video	Yesterday is Over
General	Four Spiritual Laws
General	Gospel resources links (Scripture Earth)
General	Got Questions Ministry
Mobile App	Download audio Bible app as APK file from Faith Comes By Hearing
Mobile App	Download audio Bible app as APK file from Faith Comes By Hearing
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Khmer Christian Bible
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Khmer Standard Version
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: The Holy Bible in Khmer Old Version
Text / Printed Matter	Download scripture in this language
Text / Printed Matter	Tools for faith conversations
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%

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