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Batgama in Sri Lanka

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
368,000	Sinhala	Buddhism	1.48 %	Unknown

Batgama in Sri Lanka

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Population in Country:

368,000

Largest Provinces:

Central (89,000)	Sabaragamuwa (86,000)
North Western (77,000)	Uva (56,000)
North Central (40,000)	Western (19,000)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Batgama

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

बटगमा

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Population in Country:

368,000

Population all Countries:

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Ethnicity

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Language

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Primary Language:

(368,000 Speakers)

sin

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	98.52 %
Christianity	1.48 %	(Evangelical: Data not available)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
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 %

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Progress Indicators ^[5]

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Yes

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1739-1966

New Testament:

1776-1991

Complete Bible:

1823-1982

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Ministry Resources ^[7]
Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project ...
Film / Video	God's Story Video
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Sinhala
Film / Video	Magdalena (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime)
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project)
General	Four Spiritual Laws
General	God's Simple Plan
General	Got Questions Ministry
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: සිංහල - Sinhala
Text / Printed Matter	World Missionary Press Booklets

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