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Estimated Global Speakers

117,000

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Beda	India	600	1,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	1.08 %	-1	1
Bodh (Buddhist traditions)	India	116,000	117,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	0.35 %	-1	2
Ladakhi	China	600	900	●	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mangrik	India	23,000	76,000	●	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mon	India	1,100	2,400	●	Buddhism	1 ●	0.43 %	-1	1
Nubra	China	700	700	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rigzong	India	7,000	8,700	●	Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 7						7 ●			8

* 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 *
Arghun	India	100	2,200	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Arora (Hindu traditions)	India	4,060,000	4,068,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	81
Balti	India	52,000	99,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.08 %	-1	1
Bania	India	29,120,000	29,335,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	582
Basith (Hindu traditions)	India	16,000	16,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Batwal (Hindu traditions)	India	82,000	82,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Brahmin	India	58,787,000	62,714,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	1176
Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit	India	702,000	702,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	14
Broq-Pa	India	48,000	59,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	1
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	India	47,438,000	47,854,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.22 %	-1	949
Christian	India	1,241,000	1,565,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	India	2,144,000	2,181,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.10 %	-1	43
Gaddi (Hindu traditions)	India	233,000	233,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	5
Galleban	India	1,300	1,600	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gujjar (Hindu traditions)	India	60,000	60,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.80 %	-1	1
Gujjar (Muslim traditions)	India	1,009,000	3,461,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	20
Jangam (Hindu traditions)	India	1,400	1,400	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	India	6,681,000	7,988,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	134
Ladakhi	India	300	900	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Makhmi	India	12,000	135,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mirasi (Hindu traditions)	India	211,000	211,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.21 %	-1	4
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	India	45,306,000	45,388,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	906
Rajput Kanet	India	662,000	662,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Rathia (Hindu traditions)	India	687,000	697,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	14
Sipi	India	33,000	33,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	1
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	India	7,711,000	7,802,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	154
Tarakhehas	India	12,000	39,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Tibetan	India	99,000	1,083,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	0.28 %	-1	2
Totals: 28						26 ●			4,109

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	lbj
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Central Ladakhi
Ladak
Ladakh
Ladakh Skat
Ladaphi
Ladhakhi
Ladwags
Leh (Central Ladakhi)
Lower Ladakhi
Sham
Shamma (Lower Ladakhi)
Shamskat

Dialects
Leh
Nubra Ladakhi
Shamma

Dialect Alternate Names
Central Ladakhi
Ladakhi: Leh
Lower Ladakhi
Sham
Shamskat

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1904-1919
New Testament	Yes
Complete Bible	1948

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Oral Bible stories in Ladakhi
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Ladakhi
Mobile App	Download Bible from Google Play Store
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: ladakhspa - Ladakhi
Text / Printed Matter	Ladakhi Scripture downloads, and other resources

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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