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Language: Saurashtra

Estimated Global Speakers

374,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

New Testament

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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-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 *
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	India	6,497,000	6,535,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	130
Bania	India	29,120,000	29,335,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	582
Bania Agarwal	India	4,836,000	4,877,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	97
Bania Mahajan	India	187,000	188,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	4
Bania Mahesri	India	363,000	366,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Bania Oswal	India	416,000	417,000	●	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	8
Bania Porwal	India	326,000	328,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Bania Srimali	India	358,000	358,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	7
Baria (Hindu traditions)	India	258,000	262,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Bohra	India	1,105,000	1,110,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	22
Brahmin	India	58,787,000	62,714,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	1176
Brahmin Anavala	India	83,000	83,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Brahmin Audich	India	462,000	463,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	9
Brahmin Gaur	India	3,040,000	3,071,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	61
Brahmin Gujar Gaur	India	267,000	267,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	5
Brahmin Modh	India	127,000	127,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	3
Brahmin Sawaria	India	4,277,000	4,282,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	86
Devanga	India	488,000	488,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	2.39 %	-1	10
Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions)	India	558,000	565,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.12 %	-1	11
Dhangar Bharwad	India	2,780,000	2,795,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.04 %	-1	56
Gamit	India	454,000	458,000	●	Hinduism	2 ●	10.34 %	-1	-1 -
Ghanchi (Hindu traditions)	India	113,000	115,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	2
Jat (Hindu traditions)	India	19,103,000	19,176,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.03 %	-1	382
Kaikolan	India	2,477,000	2,555,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.23 %	-1	50
Koli (Hindu traditions)	India	2,241,000	2,285,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	45
Koli of Gujarat	India	8,258,000	8,258,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.54 %	-1	165
Koshti	India	1,092,000	1,092,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	22
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	India	18,202,000	18,216,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.05 %	-1	364
Lohana	India	580,000	580,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	12
Mahratta Kunbi	India	7,628,000	7,644,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	153
Mahyavanshi	India	1,661,000	1,662,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	0.51 %	-1	33
Parsee	India	78,000	153,000	●	Other / Small	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	2
Patnulkaran	India	1,000	1,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	1
Rabari (Hindu traditions)	India	1,058,000	1,064,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	21
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	India	45,306,000	45,388,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.02 %	-1	906
Rathawa	India	650,000	655,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.01 %	-1	13
Ravalia	India	529,000	531,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.04 %	-1	11
Sali	India	1,042,000	1,045,000	●	Hinduism	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	21
Sayyid	India	7,819,000	17,132,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	0.00 %	156
Shaikh	India	85,376,000	235,151,000	●	Islam	0 ☀	0.00 %	-1	1708
Varli	India	1,241,000	1,246,000	●	Hinduism	1 ●	1.42 %	-1	25
Totals: 41						40 ●			6,380

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	saz
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	New Testament
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Language Alternate Names
Palkar
Patnuli
Saurashtri
Sourashtra
Sowrashtra

Dialects
Northern Saurashtra
Saurashtrian
Southern Saurashtra

Dialect Alternate Names
Saurashtra
Sowrastrian

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1978-1988
New Testament	2001
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Saurashtra
Film / Video	Magdalena (Jesus Film Project)
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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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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