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Chak in Bangladesh

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

Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
6,600	Chak	Buddhism	0.35 %	Unknown	No	No

Chak in Bangladesh

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Text source: Anonymous Click here for expanded PDF profile Expanded Text source: Anonymous Introduction / History The Chak are believed to have come to Bangladesh from Myanmar. Intertribal marriages are not uncommon among the Chak, and they marry with groups such as the Marma and Chakma, with whom they share a number of religious and cultural practices. One community leader said that when the Chak marry outside their group, they typically learn the languages of those they marry. Click here for expanded PDF profile Expanded Text source: Anonymous View Chak in all countries.
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30 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

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Population in Country:

6,600

Largest Provinces:

Chittagong (6,000)

Khulna (400)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Chak

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Chaak	Chakar
Sak	चक, ठेत

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11291

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Population in Country:

6,600

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

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CNN25

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Language

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Primary Language:

(5,900 Speakers)

ckh

Secondary Languages:

Chittagonian (400)

Bengali (300)

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	99.65 %
Christianity	0.35 %	(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 %

(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:

New Testament:

None Reported

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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