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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Udmurts of Uzbekistan

The Udmurts of Uzbekistan, numbering approximately 4,700 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Permian-speaking Finno-Ugric people indigenous to the Volga-Ural region of Russia. Their culture reflects Uralic heritage, forest-zone traditions, and interaction with Russian and Turkic neighbors, and they are predominantly Eastern Orthodox. They mostly adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Udmurt is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Uzbekistan
People Cluster: Finno-Ugric
Primary Language(s): Udmurt (udm)
Primary Religion(s): Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Population: 4,700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024321
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

50%
%
Eastern Orthodox Christia… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Udmurt
Language Family: Uralic

77%
%
Udmurt Speakers

Media Resources in Udmurt:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Udmurt:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Udmurt bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life"
readJohn 4:13-14

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will drink of the living water that only Christ can provide and never thirst again.

"You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet."
readMatthew 5:13

Pray that the lost will have the opportunity to hear a Christian witness of how the gospel can bring hope and that they will put their faith in Christ.

For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
readPsalm 47:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will exalt the Lord, recognizing His reign over the nations and His sovereignty over all things.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe."
readJohn 6:35-36

Praise God for the things such as bread that He has provided as natural conversation bridges to the gospel. Pray that believers will use any bridges He provides to share the gospel with those who do not yet know the good news.

Udmurt Across Countries (ROP3 - 110362) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
UdmurtsPG000957UdmurtsRussian Federation622,000Engaged yet UnreachedUdmurtEastern Orthodox Christianity
UdmurtsPG024321UdmurtsUzbekistan4,700Unengaged and UnreachedUdmurtEastern Orthodox Christianity
UdmurtsPG024328UdmurtsKazakhstan12,000Unengaged and UnreachedUdmurtEastern Orthodox Christianity
UdmurtsPG024534UdmurtsTajikistan1,300Unengaged and UnreachedUdmurtEastern Orthodox Christianity

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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