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Language: Pashto, Northern

Estimated Global Speakers

56,087,000

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 *
Attar	Pakistan	600	600	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Domal	Pakistan	8,500	22,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Nilabi	Pakistan	700	700	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun	Pakistan	30,906,000	34,506,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	618
Pashtun	Tajikistan	4,900	34,506,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun Dilazak	Pakistan	28,000	28,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	United Arab Emirates	399,000	34,506,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	8
Pashtun, Northern	Afghanistan	2,813,000	34,506,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.01 %	0.01 %	56
Pashtun, Northern	Australia	9,100	34,506,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Canada	47,000	34,506,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Chile	4,800	34,506,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Denmark	12,000	34,506,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	France	39,000	34,506,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Germany	39,000	34,506,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Kyrgyzstan	600	34,506,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Malaysia	6,100	34,506,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	New Zealand	1,800	34,506,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Russia	5,500	34,506,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	Turkmenistan	10,000	34,506,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	United Kingdom	54,000	34,506,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun, Northern	United States	151,000	34,506,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Pashtun, Northern	Uzbekistan	2,800	34,506,000		Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Wattal (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	200	6,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Wotapuri-Katarqalai	Afghanistan	3,500	3,500	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 24						24 ●			705

* 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 *
Arain (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	11,534,000	11,668,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	231
Awan	Pakistan	5,662,000	5,682,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	113
Bafinda	Pakistan	106,000	120,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Baghban (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	246,000	264,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Baloch	Pakistan	9,099,000	9,159,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	182
Banjara (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	97,000	263,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Barwala (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	591,000	593,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	12
Bashgali	Pakistan	19,000	19,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bashkar	Pakistan	233,000	233,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Bazigar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,500	9,900	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Bhathiara (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	165,000	353,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Bodla	Pakistan	18,000	18,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Brahui	Pakistan	2,879,000	3,234,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	58
Budhan (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	17,000	20,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Changgar	Pakistan	367,000	373,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Dangarik	Pakistan	24,000	24,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Dhund	Pakistan	642,000	652,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Gaddi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	49,000	486,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gakkhar	Pakistan	62,000	62,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gardi (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,900	2,200	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Gujjar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,500,000	3,519,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	50
Hajam	Pakistan	2,185,000	4,611,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	44
Hazara	Pakistan	268,000	4,805,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Jat (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	33,585,000	34,622,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	672
Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	533,000	535,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	11
Kalash (Chitrali)	Pakistan	28,000	38,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Karal (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	238,000	238,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	India	6,746,000	8,079,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	135
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	1,333,000	8,079,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	27
Khattar	Pakistan	81,000	81,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Kumangar	Pakistan	1,200	2,100	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Kumhiar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	48,000	56,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,103,000	2,755,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	42
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	329,000	418,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	16,000	621,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Mewati (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	942,000	1,775,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	19
Moghal	Pakistan	1,332,000	3,141,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	27
Nuristani Narisati	Pakistan	45,000	193,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Pashtun Maliar	Pakistan	276,000	276,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	6
Pashtun, Pathan	India	11,530,000	11,749,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	231
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	17,005,000	19,961,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	340
Rajput Awan	Pakistan	61,000	72,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Bhatti (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	911,000	922,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	18
Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	655,000	964,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	13
Rajput Janjua (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	251,000	255,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Rajput Khakkha	Pakistan	38,000	39,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Khokhar	Pakistan	34,000	36,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Mandial	Pakistan	29,000	32,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rajput Mangral	Pakistan	26,000	27,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sayyid	Pakistan	8,171,000	17,376,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	163
Shaikh	Pakistan	13,587,000	237,583,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	272
Shaikh Qureshi	Pakistan	762,000	8,917,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	15
Shin	Pakistan	42,000	42,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Sonar (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	356,000	387,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Sudhan	Pakistan	172,000	193,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	India	3,217,000	4,352,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	64
Tanaoli	Pakistan	745,000	745,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	15
Teli (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	2,938,000	4,650,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	59
Ulema (Muslim traditions)	Pakistan	277,000	282,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	6
Yidghal	Pakistan	10,000	10,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Totals: 60						60 ●			2,916

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	pbu
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Afghan
Afghan Pashto, Eastern
Eastern Afghan Pashto
Khogyani
Northwestern Pakhto
Pakhto
Pakhtoo
Pakhtoon
Pakhtu
Pakhtun
Paktu
Pashto, Yusufzai
Pashtoon
Pashtu
Passtoo
Pushto
Pusto
Sharqi
Yousafzai Pashto
Yusufzai Pashto

Dialects
Dera Ismail Khan
Durani
Ghilzai
Khatak
Marwat
Ningraharian Pashto
Northeastern Pashto
Northern
Northwestern

Dialect Alternate Names
Afghan
D.i.k.
Kohat
Northwestern Pakhto
Pakhto
Pakhtoo
Pakhtu
Paktu
Pashto Hazaragi
Pashto Northern
Pashto Northern (Yousaf zai)
Pashto, Eastern: Khatak
Pashto, Eastern: Marwat
Pashto, Eastern: Yusufzai
Pashto, Northern: Northeast
Pashto, Northern: Northwestern Pakhto
Pashto: Eastern
Pashtu
Pashtu, Northwestern
Pashtu: D.I.K.
Pashtu: Dera Ismail Khan
Pashtu: Kohat
Pashtu: Marwat
Pashtu: Yusuf Zai
Passtoo
Peshawar
Pushto
Pushtu
Pusto
Yousafzai Pashtu
Yusuf Zai
Yusufzai
Yusufzai Pashto

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1824-2010
New Testament	1818-1991
Complete Bible	1895

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Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	DAVAR Partners recording, New Testament
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	God's Love Story
Film / Video	Indigitube.tv Video / Animation
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Pashto, Northern
Film / Video	Magdalena (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	The Prophets' Story
Film / Video	The Savior 0 - The Savior Trailer
Film / Video	The Savior 4 - Sowing of the Word
General	General Ministry Resources
General	Got Questions Ministry
Text / Printed Matter	Multi-Language Media
Text / Printed Matter	Online Bible text (Scripture Earth)

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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