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Language: Saam

Approximate Global Speakers

500

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

Unspecified

Audio Bible

Not Available

Jesus Film

Not Available

Gospel Recordings

Not Available

Map Notes

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
	No reported people groups speaking this as primary language
	Totals: 0			0 ●

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People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
Gurung Ghaleg	Nepal	605,000	2 ●
Rai	Nepal	713,000	2 ●
Yakthumba, Limbu	Nepal	446,000	1 ●
Totals: 3			1 ●

Download Sources Definitions

Item	Value
Status	Nearly extinct
Ethnologue Code	raq
Written	Unknown
Bible Translation	Unspecified
Progress Scale	●

More Information
Ethnologue
GRN MapApp
ISO639-3
PeopleGroups.org
Glottolog
Wikipedia

Language Alternate Names
Lingkhim
Lingkhim Kulung
Lingkhim Rai
Linkhim
Saam Rai
Saama Kha
Sam
Samakha

Dialects
Bungla
Lingkhim
Sambya

Dialect Alternate Names
Saam: Bungla
Saam: Sambya

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	None Reported
New Testament	None Reported
Complete Bible	None Reported

Possible Print Bibles
Not Available

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Format ▲	Resource (Direct link)	Source (General link)
No reported resources in this language. Please contact us if you are aware of any.

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
Data is not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
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