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Estimated Global Speakers

64,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

New Testament

Audio Bible

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Rongkup	Bhutan	2,900	83,000		Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rongkup	India	76,000	83,000	●	Buddhism	2 ●	25.68 %	-1	-1 -
Rongkup	Nepal	3,800	83,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	3.56 %	-1	1
Totals: 3						2 ●			2

* 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 *
Adi	India	70,000	74,000	●	Unknown	2 ●	21.53 %	-1	-1 -
Anal	India	23,000	23,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	98.17 %	-1	-1 -
Bhote	Nepal	12,000	12,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	1.40 %	-1	1
Bhotia	India	116,000	116,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.90 %	-1	2
Bhotia Sikkim	Bhutan	6,000	91,000		Buddhism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhotia Sikkim	India	85,000	91,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.45 %	-1	2
Christian	India	1,022,000	1,295,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
Deori	India	53,000	53,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.50 %	-1	1
Gond	India	14,445,000	14,451,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.79 %	-1	289
Gurung	Nepal	487,000	608,000	●	Buddhism	2 ●	5.15 %	-1	-1 -
Gurung Ghale	Nepal	21,000	21,000	●	Buddhism	2 ●	6.44 %	-1	-1 -
Kami	Bhutan	800	1,285,000		Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kami	India	105,000	1,285,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.79 %	-1	2
Koya	India	795,000	795,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.81 %	-1	16
Marma	India	47,000	241,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	0.39 %	-1	1
Newah	India	169,000	1,413,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.01 %	-1	3
Oraon	India	4,519,000	4,678,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.47 %	-1	-1 -
Rai	Nepal	580,000	711,000	●	Other / Small	2 ●	5.57 %	-1	-1 -
Sauria Paharia	India	53,000	58,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	46.85 %	-1	-1 -
Tamang	Nepal	1,438,000	1,681,000	●	Buddhism	2 ●	6.62 %	-1	-1 -
Thakuri	Nepal	398,000	432,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.57 %	-1	8
Tipera	India	641,000	764,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	8.31 %	-1	-1 -
Yakthumba, Limbu	India	146,000	511,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.54 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 23						12 ●			327

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	lep
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	New Testament
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Language Alternate Names
Lapcha
Lapche
Nünpa
Rong
Róng
Rongke
Róngkup
Rongpa
Róng-ríng

Dialects
Ilammu
Rengjongmu
Tamsangmu

Dialect Alternate Names

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1845-1989
New Testament	1989
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Lepcha
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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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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