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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Nubriba of Nepal

The Nubriba of Nepal, numbering approximately 5,200 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an indigenous community of Tibeto-Burman people native to the Transhimalayan region that divides India and Nepal from Tibet They are an Indigenous people, with Kutang (Nubri) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. They mostly adhere to Tibetan Buddhism and Nubri is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Tibetan Peoples
Country: Nepal
People Cluster: Tibetan
Primary Language(s): Nubri (kte)
Primary Religion(s): Tibetan Buddhism
Population: 5,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG048532
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Tibetan Buddhism
Religious Affiliation: Buddhism

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Tibetan Buddhism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nubri
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

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Nubri Speakers

Media Resources in Nubri:

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Bible Resources in Nubri:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Nubriba 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 Nubriba:
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 Nubriba of Nepal

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
readPsalm 19:1

Pray that those who are lost will look to the heavens and see the glory of God displayed, leading them to seek Him and know Him as their Creator and Savior.

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
read2 Timothy 4:3-4

Pray that the lost will be open to the truth of the gospel and turn from false teachings and myths to the sound doctrine of Christ in faith.

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
readLamentations 3:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the goodness of the Lord as they wait on Him to answer their cries for help.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that the promise in Revelation 7:9-10 will encourage believers from among them or from nearby people groups to share the gospel with people who have never learned it.

Kutang Bhotia Across Countries (ROP3 - 105487) reported in the following countries:

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PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
NubribaPG048532NubribaNepal5,200Engaged yet UnreachedNubriTibetan Buddhism

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