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Language: Sanskrit

Estimated Global Speakers

49,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	No reported people groups speaking this as primary language
	Totals: 0						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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People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Baiga	India	569,000	572,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.22 %	-1	11
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	Nepal	233,000	3,951,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	5
Bhattra	India	310,000	310,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.82 %	-1	6
Bhil	India	16,806,000	17,290,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.76 %	-1	336
Bhotia	India	114,000	114,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.90 %	-1	2
Bhotia Sikkim	India	83,000	89,000	●	Buddhism	1 ●	4.44 %	-1	2
Bhumij	India	1,116,000	1,145,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.02 %	-1	22
Binjhal	India	137,000	137,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	3
Brahmin	India	58,787,000	62,714,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	1176
Brahmin	Nepal	3,213,000	62,714,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	64
Brahmin Hill	Nepal	3,067,000	3,067,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	61
Brahmin Joshi	India	369,000	373,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Brahmin Terai	Nepal	129,000	129,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	3
Gond	India	14,247,000	14,253,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.87 %	-1	285
Jaunsari	India	93,000	93,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	2
Kammara	India	120,000	120,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.72 %	-1	2
Khairwar	India	418,000	419,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.23 %	-1	8
Kokna	India	1,079,000	1,079,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.00 %	-1	22
Kol	India	1,756,000	1,758,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	35
Kolha	India	705,000	705,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.27 %	-1	14
Korku	India	1,035,000	1,037,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.31 %	-1	21
Kui Khond	India	1,832,000	1,837,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	9.22 %	-1	-1 -
Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal)	India	126,000	126,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	11.29 %	-1	-1 -
Mahli	India	406,000	437,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.23 %	-1	8
Majhi	India	120,000	200,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.29 %	-1	2
Malto	India	189,000	225,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	14.11 %	-1	-1 -
Masku	India	600	600	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Meena	India	4,628,000	4,628,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.14 %	-1	93
Munda	India	3,665,000	3,810,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	19.36 %	-1	-1 -
Oraon	India	4,446,000	4,607,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	26.44 %	-1	-1 -
Pardhan	India	316,000	316,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.15 %	-1	6
Pardhi	India	363,000	363,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.06 %	-1	7
Rabha	India	368,000	370,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.26 %	-1	-1 -
Santal	India	7,592,000	8,281,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	5.77 %	-1	-1 -
Saur	India	168,000	168,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	3
Sauria Paharia	India	52,000	57,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	46.85 %	-1	-1 -
Tharu	India	453,000	2,112,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.48 %	-1	9
Toda	India	2,200	2,200	●	Hinduism	2 ●	11.14 %	-1	-1 -
Totals: 38						29 ●			2,216

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	san
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Deva Bhasha
Deva vani
Sanskrit bhasha

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Dialect Alternate Names

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1811-1893
New Testament	1808-1851
Complete Bible	1822

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Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
General	Got Questions Ministry
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Sanskrit

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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