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Miri in India

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Map source: People Group data: Omid. Map geography: UNESCO / GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project.

Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
815,000	Mising	Hinduism	1.16 %	Unknown	No

Miri in India

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Text source: Anonymous Introduction / History The Miri are a Scheduled Tribe of India. They are also called Mishing. Many Miri live in the hills of Arunachal Pradesh. The Mishing live in Assam too. They have cross-cousin marriages. Cultivation and fishing are their main work. They also work as laborers in agriculture. They speak a Tibeto-Burman language and Hindi too. Meat is eaten by them except beef and they have rice as a cereal. The dead are buried away from the village they live in. They have a traditional community council to look after them. They are Hindus by religion. The Mishing are also animists. Mishing means man of worthiness. The bereaved can marry again. There houses are built on stilts. Prayer Points Pray that the caste council leaders will come to Jesus Christ and lead others of them to Him. Pray that Indian Christians will lead them to Jesus Christ. Pray that God will give them dreams and visions leading them to salvation. References Singh, K. S., ed. "India's Communities A-Z", Oxford University Press, USA 1999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishing_people View Miri in all countries.
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Population in Country:

815,000

Largest States:

Assam (799,000)	Arunachal Pradesh (9,000)
West Bengal (400)	Meghalaya (200)
Manipur (50)	Nagaland (20)

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People Name in Country:

Miri

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Miki	Mikir
Mishing	Mising
मिरी

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Population in Country:

815,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

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Language

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Primary Language:

(607,000 Speakers)

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Secondary Languages:

Assamese (71,000)	Bengali (8,000)
Adi (400)	English (100)
Digaro-Mishmi (50)	Nyishi (20)
Naga, Tangshang: Tangsa (Unknown)	Nepali (Unknown)
Hindi (Unknown)	Sartang (Unknown)

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.02 %
Christianity	1.16 %	(Evangelical: Data not available)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	97.27 %
Islam	0.27 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.01 %
Unknown	1.27 %

Christianity Segments:

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

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Progress Indicators ^[5]

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Yes

Level 3 Less than 2% Evangelical. Widespread church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

Yes

New Testament:

2001

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching
Film / Video	God's Story video
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Mising
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General	Gospel website in this language
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Mising

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