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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Mugat of Tajikistan

The Mugat of Tajikistan, numbering approximately 5,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as an ethnic group historically related to Ghorbati, Dom, and Romani peoples, primarily found in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan مغان, Mug'at, Мугат They are an Indigenous people, with Mugat as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Romani people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Shia Islam and Tajik is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Tajikistan
People Cluster: Romani
Primary Language(s): Tajik (tgk)
Primary Religion(s): Shia Islam
Population: 5,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG049992
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Shia Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Shia Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tajik
Language Family: Indo-European

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Tajik Speakers

Media Resources in Tajik:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Tajik:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1992, 1999 Institute for Bible Translation - Stockholm✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Tajik 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

Next steps for the Mugat:
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Pray specifically for the Mugat of Tajikistan

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.
readMatthew 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.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.
readPsalm 104:8

Pray that they will see the hand of God in the beauty and order of the natural world, and that they will worship Him as the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
readHebrews 10:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will not neglect meeting together but encourage one another as they see the Day approaching.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

Mugat Across Countries (ROP3 - 118183) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MugatPG024304MugatUzbekistan15,000Engaged yet UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
MugatPG049992MugatTajikistan5,000Unengaged and UnreachedTajikShia Islam

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