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Language: Lisu

Population of Groups Speaking

1,325,000

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 *
Lisu	Myanmar (Burma)	342,000	1,318,000	●	Christianity	5 ●	85.00 %	52.00 %	-1 -
Lisu	China	931,000	1,318,000	●	Christianity	5 ●	80.00 %	45.00 %	-1 -
Lisu	Thailand	42,000	1,318,000		Ethnic Religions	5 ●	40.00 %	34.00 %	-1 -
Lisu Yobin	India	3,000	1,318,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	99.03 %	-1	-1 -
Lisu, Black	Myanmar (Burma)	5,000	5,000	●	Christianity	5 ●	55.00 %	40.00 %	-1 -
Tuwo	China	1,400	1,400	●	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	12.00 %	9.43 %	-1 -
Totals: 6						0 ●			0

* 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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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Christian	India	1,241,000	1,565,000	●	Christianity	3 ●	100.00 %	-1	-1 -
	Totals: 1						0 ●			0

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	lis
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Bai Lisu (White Lisu)
Black Lisu
Central Lisu
Chedi
Cheli
Chung
Dechang Lisu
Flowery Lisu
Hei Lisu (Black Lisu)
Hua Lisu (Flowery Lisu)
Hwa Lisu (Flowery Lisu)
Khae
Leisu
Leshuoopa
Lesuo
Li
Li-Hsaw
Lip’a
Lip'a
Lisaw
Li-Shaw
Lishu
Liso
Lissu
Loisu
Lusu
Lu-Tzu
Ninglang Lisu
Northern Lisu
Nujiang Lisu
Shibacha Lisu
Southern Lisu
White Lisu
Yao Yen
Yaw Yin
Yaw-Yen
Yeh-Jeh
Yeh-Jen

Dialects
Bai Lisu
Deqin
Hei Lisu
Hei: Luquan
Hua Lisu
Hwa Lisu
Lu Shi Lisu
NuJiang
Southern
Western
Western Lisu
White

Dialect Alternate Names
Bai Lisu
Central Lisu
Flowery Lisu
HeiLisuhwa: Luqan
Hua Lisu
Hwa Lisu
Li-hsaw
Lisaw
Li-Shaw
Liso
Lisu: Deqin
Lisu: Hei: Luquan
Lisu: Hua Lisu
Lisu: Hwa Lisu
Lisu: Lu Shi Lisu
Lisu: NuJiang
Lisu: Pai Lisu
Lisu: Southern
Lisu: Western
Lisu: White
Lisu: White Lisu
Lu Shi Lisu
Lu-Tzu
Southern Lisu
Thailand Lisu
White Lisu
Yao Yen
Yaw-Yen
Yeh-Jen

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1921-1950
New Testament	1938-2009
Complete Bible	1968-1990

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Lisu
Film / Video	My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime)
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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