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Kir in Nigeria

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
5,300	Kir-Balar	Islam	3.00 %	2.00 %	No	No

Kir in Nigeria

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6 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Location in Country:

Bauchi state: Bauchi LGA, Kir Bengbet and Kir Bajang’le villages.
(Source: Ethnologue 2016)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Kir

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Balar	Kirr
Larbawa

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Yes

Population in Country:

5,300

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

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NAB60b

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Language

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Primary Language:

(5,300 Speakers)

kkr

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	3.00 %	(Evangelical: 2.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	10.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	87.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	0.00 %
Protestant	0.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	0.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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Yes

Level 1 Less than 2% Evangelical. Some evangelical resources available, but no active church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

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None Reported

Complete Bible:

None Reported

Ministry Resources ^[7]
None Reported

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