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Language: Sira

Population of People Groups Speaking

74,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

Scripture Status

Portions

Audio Bible

Not Available

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
	Eshira, Chira	Gabon	74,000	5
	Totals: 1			0 ◼︎ (0 ✸︎)

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Progress Scale
	Eviya	Gabon	600	4
	Totals: 1			0 ◼︎ (0 ✸︎)

Download Sources Definitions Prayer Cards

Item	Value
Status	Living
Language Code	swj
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Portions

More Information
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Language Alternate Names
Eshira
Gisir
Gisira
Ichira
Ishira
Isira
Shira
Shire
Yichira

Dialects
Kamba
Ngosi

Dialect Alternate Names
Echira

Bible Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1954
New Testament	None Reported
Complete Bible	None Reported

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Format ▲	Resource (Direct link)	Source (General link)
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching	Global Recordings Network
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Sira	Jesus Film Project
General	Scripture Earth Gospel resources links	Scripture Earth
General	YouVersion Bible versions in text and/or audio	YouVersion Bibles
Mobile App	Android Bible app: Sira	YouVersion Bibles
Mobile App	iOS Bible app: Sira	YouVersion Bibles

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster or country. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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