Nations: People-Groups


Definition of Ethic People - Joshua Project - Groupings of individuals based primarily on ethnic or community boundaries. One ethnic group may speak any number of languages, because (a) many individuals are multi-lingual, and (b) language spoken often varies by location of the individuals in the group. Assumes the acceptance barrier is higher than the understandability barrier. For the related article about how people groups are defined, click here. The Ethnic People model is most appropriate for church planting and discipleship, but not highly appropriate for language-based outreaches. This approach is most needed in South Asia, where the caste system has produced strong community boundaries. For the related article about caste defining people groups (also called communities) in South Asia,

Definition of a People-Group - Joshua Project - A significantly large sociological grouping of individuals who perceive themselves to have a common affinity with one another. "For evangelization purposes, a people group is the largest group within which the Gospel can spread as a church planting movement without encountering barriers of understanding or acceptance." In many parts of the world lack of understandability serves as the main barrier and it is appropriate to define people groups primarily by language with the possibility of sub-divisions based on dialect or cultural variations.In other parts of the world, most notably in portions of South Asia, acceptance is a greater barrier than understandability. In these regions, caste, religious tradition, location, common histories and legends, plus language may be used to define the boundaries of each people group.Joshua Project uses the terms "people", "people group" and "ethnic people" synonymously. However, others may distinguish between the terms. People groups are the third level of the hierarchical Ethnic Peoples tree.

People-Group by Country & Language Database - Global Mapping International Mission InfoBank - Name Reference, Identification, Names, Population, Religion, Evangelism [44,140 rows, 9 columns, 239,879 observations].

Unreached People-Group Profiles: Frontiers

People-Groups by Country Database: Global Mapping International Mission InfoBank - Name Reference, Identification, Names, Links, Population, Demography, Religion, Christianity, Evangelism, Scriptures, Communication, Language.

People-Groups Database: Global Mapping International Mission Infobank - Name Reference, Identification, Names, Links, Population.

People-Groups in Nations - Joshua Project - People-Groups by every nation of the world.

Peoples Across All Nations - Joshua Project - People-groups across all nations of the world.

Ethnic-Linquistic People-Groups - Joshua Project - Groupings of individuals based primarily on language spoken, but with the possibility of sub-divisions based upon dialect or cultural distinctives. Using this method, one language group equals one or more ethnic groups. This assumes that the "understandability barrier" to the gospel message is higher than the "acceptance barrier." For the related article about how people groups are defined, click here. The Ethno-linguistic people group model is appropriate for language-based out reaches of various kinds. It is more appropriate for church planting / discipleship than a strictly linguistic / language group approach, because it recognizes understandability and acceptance barriers that a strictly language-based approach may not. However the Ethno-linguistic approach is less appropriate for church planting / discipleship activity when the acceptance barrier is higher than the understandability barrier. The Ethno-linguistic people group model is appropriate in most of the world, outside of the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Ethics Peoples Tree - Joshua Project - Affinity Blocs > People Clusters > People Groups > Peoples-in-Country. A hierachical structure classifying people groups. It is a four level tree structure starting with 16 Affinity Blocs, branching to 251 People Clusters, then to 9,877 People Groups and finally to 16,598 Peoples-by-Country.

List of People Clusters - Joshua Project - Within each Affinity Bloc are a number of more closely related peoples which, for strategic purposes, may be clustered together. These relationships are often based on a common identity of language and name but sometimes on the basis of culture, religion, economy, or dominance of one group over another. Almost all People Clusters have total populations of over one million. It is likely that each People Cluster will need an international partnership of Christian churches and agencies for the effective evangelization of each constituent people group. People Clusters are the second level of the hierarchical Ethnic Peoples tree.

List of World Affinity Groups - Josphua Project -  All people groups, who either live in a particular region or have similar cultural roots. Peoples are broadly grouped into 16 blocs with affinities based on language, culture, religion, politics. In nearly every Bloc there are widely dissimilar and unrelated linguistic minorities, but often there is one particular culture that is dominant.Affinity Blocs are the top level of the Ethnic Peoples tree.

List of Unreached People-Groups - Joshua Project - Joshua Project is a research initiative seeking to highlight the ethnic people groups of the world with the least followers of Christ. This is a list of the most unreached people-groups around the world by Christianity.

Ethnic and Race by Country - Resources provided by Information Please.