People group profile · PG006345
The Dumaki of Pakistan
The Dumaki of Pakistan, numbering about 850 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a small, marginalized ethnic group living primarily in Gilgit-Baltistan, specifically in the Hunza and Nagar Valleys of northern Pakistan.
They are an indigenous people in the Kashmiri people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Burushaski.
Fast facts
- Country
- Pakistan
- Population
- 850
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Kashmiri
- Primary language
- Burushaski (bsk)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Dawoodi, Domaaki
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Gilgit Baltistan province: Hunza-Nagar district, Bakor village, Big Nagar, Gilgit, Mominabad village, Oshkandas east of Gilgit, Punyal, and Shishkat; mainly in Hunza valley
Where they live
Gospel status
The Dumaki are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, 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.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Dumaki
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Sunni Islam · Islam
80% adherents
Primary language
75% speak Burushaski
Gospel resources in Burushaski
- Bible available, published 2021
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Burushaski)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Dumaki
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
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