Kurmanji Kurds of Kazakhstan (PGID: PG046638)

PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kurmanji Kurds of Kazakhstan

The Kurmanji Kurds of Kazakhstan, numbering approximately 51,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are ethnic Kurds who primarily speak Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish), the most widely spoken Kurdish dialect. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Northern Kurdish is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Persian-Median Peoples
Country: Kazakhstan
People Cluster: Kurd
Primary Language(s): Northern Kurdish (kmr)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 51,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG046638
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

90%

Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Northern Kurdish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%

Kurdish, Northern Speakers

Media Resources in Northern Kurdish:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
Magdalena	View Film

4 films

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Bible Resources in Northern Kurdish:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
2019 Kurdish Literature Association	✓	✓	✓
2005 United Bible Society		✓
Transcaucasia	✓	✓	✓
Transcaucasia	✓	✓	✓

4 entries

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Or check out the Northern Kurdish 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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And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Matthew 6:7-8

Pray that those who don't have a relationship with their Creator will come to know a God who hears their every need, freeing them from empty rituals and drawing them into a real, trusting relationship with Him.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
Romans 10:14

Pray that the gospel will advance among those who don’t know the good news of salvation in Jesus so that they might believe and trust in Jesus.

And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
Zechariah 2:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a heart that longs to see all people from all parts of the world worshiping Jesus as He deserves.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
Ephesians 6:18b-19

Ask God to give believers He sends to the lost of this people group the boldness and clarity to proclaim the mystery of the gospel in a way that people can understand.

Kurd, Northern (Kurmanji) Across Countries (ROP3 - 105458) reported in the following countries:

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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21 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language ▼	Religion
PG020260	Kurmanji Kurds	Australia	5,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG047399	Kurmanji Kurds	Canada	7,700	Engaged yet Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG046646	Kurmanji Kurds	Uzbekistan	3,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG046645	Kurmanji Kurds	Turkmenistan	8,200	Unengaged and Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Shia Islam
PG046639	Kurmanji Kurds	Kyrgyzstan	10,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG046638	Kurmanji Kurds	Kazakhstan	51,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG046633	Kurmanji Kurds	Iran	573,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG046631	Kurmanji Kurds	Azerbaijan	6,400	Unengaged and Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG024567	Kurmanji Kurds	Turkiye	9,000,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG024465	Kurmanji Kurds	Russian Federation	35,000	No Longer Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Shia Islam
PG024112	Kurmanji Kurds	Georgia	39,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Shia Islam
PG000026	Kurmanji Kurds	Austria	68,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG012204	Kurmanji Kurds	Syria	1,615,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG011820	Kurmanji Kurds	Lebanon	152,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG011787	Kurmanji Kurds	Jordan	12,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG011671	Kurmanji Kurds	France	85,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG011302	Kurmanji Kurds	Bahrain	92,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG000652	Kurmanji Kurds	United Kingdom	150,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG000421	Kurmanji Kurds	Netherlands	75,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG000250	Kurmanji Kurds	Germany	540,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam
PG000062	Kurmanji Kurds	Belgium	67,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Northern Kurdish	Sunni Islam

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