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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Deaf Bengalis of Bangladesh

The Deaf Bengalis of Bangladesh, numbering approximately 1,495,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a community of individuals who are culturally Deaf and actively participate in Deaf culture, often using sign language as their primary means of communication. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Indian Sign Language is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Deaf Bengali

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Deaf Peoples
Country: Bangladesh
People Cluster: Deaf
Primary Language(s): Indian Sign Language (ins)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,495,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047637
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Pray for the Deaf Bengalis of Bangladesh

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Indian Sign Language
Language Family: Sign Language

100%
%
Indian Sign Language Speakers

Media Resources in Indian Sign Language:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Indian Sign Language:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Indian Sign Language bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Deaf Bengalis are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Deaf Bengalis:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Deaf Bengalis of Bangladesh

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him
readLuke 10:34

Pray that the lost among them will experience the kind of compassion Jesus taught His followers to show others, and that they will trust in Him because He is the one who brings healing to the broken and lost.

Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
readPsalm 25:5

Pray that the gospel will advance and that God will lead people in His truth, bringing many to salvation.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
readPhilippians 2:5-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will imitate His humility in all they do.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
readEphesians 6:10

Ask God to strengthen believers with His mighty power so that as they cross cultures to share the gospel, they will stand firm against the schemes of the enemy.

Deaf Bengali Across Countries (ROP3 - 116567) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
Deaf BengalisPG047637Deaf BengalisBangladesh1,495,000Engaged yet UnreachedIndian Sign LanguageEthnoreligion

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