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Sunuwar in Nepal

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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
65,000	Sunwar	Hinduism	2.60 %	Unknown

Sunuwar in Nepal

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Text source: Anonymous Introduction / History The Sunuwar or Sunwar are Hindus who live in Nepal. They speak Sunuwar or Nepali. Some of them follow the Kirant religion. They live in the eastern hills of Nepal. Most of the Sunuwar work in agriculture, mainly crop growing and with cattle. The educated among them often go abroad due to limited opportunities in Nepal. A few of them work in government service. The Sunuwar have their own cultures and have many festivals. They wear traditional costumes. Some are in the military. They had a reputation for being brave and honest in World War II. They live in Okhaldhunga, Ramechhap and Dolakha. Prayer Points Pray that God will give the Sunuwar dreams and visions leading them to Jesus Christ. Pray that Nepali Christians will help lead them to salvation. References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunwar_people View Sunuwar in all countries.
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Population in Country:

65,000

Largest Provinces:

Janakpur (24,000)	Sagarmatha (13,000)
Mechi (11,000)	Bagmati (6,600)
Kosi (4,300)	Narayani (2,400)
Lumbini (1,200)	Gandaki (700)
Seti (500)	Rapti (200)

Location in Country:

Ramechhap District of Janakpur Zone. Okhaldhunga District of Sagarmatha Zone.
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People Name in Country:

Sunuwar

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Alternate People Names:

Sunwar	Sunwari
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Population in Country:

65,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

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Language

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Primary Language:

(38,000 Speakers)

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Secondary Languages:

Nepali (16,000)	Maithili (1,100)
Bantawa (600)	Dotyali (400)
Chamling (200)	Bhojpuri (100)
Rangpuri (90)	Raute (40)
Bengali (20)

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	3.07 %
Christianity	2.60 %	(Evangelical: Data not available)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	90.50 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	3.66 %
Unknown	0.17 %

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)

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Yes

Level 2 Less than 2% Evangelical. Initial (localized) church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1988

New Testament:

1992

Complete Bible:

2011

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Ministry Resources ^[7]
Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio
Film / Video	God's Story video
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Sunwar
Film / Video	LUMO film of Gospels
General	Gospel resources links
Mobile App	Download audio Bible app as APK file
Mobile App	Download audio Bible app from Google Pla ...
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Sunwar
Text / Printed Matter	Download scripture in this language
Text / Printed Matter	The Ancient Path

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