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Missions for Kids

People Groups by Region

Unreached language groups live on every continent. Browse by region to learn about the communities in each part of the world who are still waiting to hear the gospel in their heart language. Many people call these unreached people groups.

Central Asia (4) East Asia (2) Europe (2) Middle East (3) North Africa (5) South America (2) South Asia (6) Southeast Asia (4) Sub-Saharan Africa (4)

Central Asia

Kazakh family in Kazakhstan
Unreached

Kazakh

Kazakhstan

12,000,000 Islam
A white ger on the vast Mongolian steppe with grazing horses
Minimally Reached

Khalkha Mongol

Mongolia

about 2.5 million Tibetan Buddhism and shamanism
An oasis town with poplar trees and grapevines at the edge of the Taklamakan desert
Unreached

Uyghur

China

about 12 million Islam
Uzbek family in Uzbekistan
Unreached

Uzbek, Northern

Uzbekistan

22,500,000 Islam

East Asia

Silver grass plains and volcanic mountains of Hokkaido, homeland of the Ainu
Unreached

Ainu

Japan

about 25,000 identified, with many more of Ainu descent Animism and Japanese religions
Green karst hills and terraced fields of Guizhou, China, homeland of the Shui
Unreached

Shui

China

about 500,000 Animism and ancestor veneration

Europe

Stone village terraced into the mountains of Dagestan, home of the Botlikh
Unreached

Botlikh

Russia (Dagestan)

about 6,000 Islam
A green gorge with a stone watchtower in the Caucasus mountains of Georgia
Unreached

Kist

Georgia

about 7,000 Islam

Middle East

Iraqi Arab family in Iraq
Unreached

Arab, Iraqi

Iraq

20,800,000 Islam
Persian family in Iran
Unreached

Persian

Iran

36,200,000 Islam
Turkish family in Turkey
Unreached

Turk

Turkey

56,000,000 Islam

North Africa

Algerian Arab family in Algeria
Unreached

Algerian Arab

Algeria

34,000,000 Islam
Egyptian family in Cairo
Unreached

Arab, Egyptian

Egypt

67,000,000 Islam
Berber family in Morocco
Unreached

Berber, Imazighen

Morocco

14,200,000 Islam
Moroccan Arab family in Morocco
Unreached

Moroccan Arab

Morocco

26,000,000 Islam
Sudanese Arab family in Sudan
Unreached

Sudanese Arab

Sudan

18,600,000 Islam

South America

A river winding through the Peruvian Amazon, homeland of the Ashaninka
Partially Reached

Ashaninka

Peru

about 100,000 Ethnic religion blended with Christianity
Quechua family in Peru
Unreached

Quechua

Peru

4,400,000 Christianity (Syncretistic)

South Asia

Baloch family in Pakistan
Unreached

Baloch

Pakistan

9,500,000 Islam
A white dzong fortress above a river valley in Bhutan, land of the Drukpa
Unreached

Drukpa

Bhutan

about 200,000 Buddhism (Tibetan)
Shaikh family in Bangladesh
Unreached

Shaikh

Bangladesh

128,000,000 Islam
Pashtun family in Afghanistan
Unreached

Southern Pashtun

Afghanistan

14,700,000 Islam
Rocky hills, rice paddies, and a temple tower in Andhra Pradesh, India
Minimally Reached

Telugu

India

more than 80 million Hinduism, with Christian and Muslim minorities
Yadav family in India
Unreached

Yadav

India

24,000,000 Hinduism

Southeast Asia

Thai family in Thailand
Unreached

Central Thai

Thailand

24,500,000 Buddhism
Bamboo stilt houses in the misty green hills of the Thailand-Myanmar border
Partially Reached

Karen

Thailand / Myanmar

several million, with about 1 million in Thailand Buddhism, animism, and a strong Christian minority
Green marshland and stilt houses along a river in Mindanao, Philippines
Unreached

Maguindanao

Philippines

about 1.4 million Islam
Malay family in Malaysia
Unreached

Malay

Malaysia

13,400,000 Islam

Sub-Saharan Africa

Bambara family in Mali
Unreached

Bambara

Mali

7,000,000 Islam
Fulani family in Nigeria
Unreached

Fulani

Nigeria

16,800,000 Islam
Dry savanna hills with baobab trees in southwestern Angola
Unreached

Ngendelengo

Angola

a few thousand Ethnic religion
Somali family in Somalia
Unreached

Somali

Somalia

12,600,000 Islam