Mere in Cameroon

The Mere have only been reported in Cameroon
Population
Main Language
Largest Religion
Christian
Evangelical
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Introduction / History

The Merey are a group of several thousand people living in a mountainous area of the Far North Province of Cameroon. Christianity is well implanted, though the wider area is predominately Muslim. Translation work began in the later 1980s when Beat Haller, a translator in the neighboring Zulgo language helped a Merey man work with the Zulgo translator to convert the New Testament from Zulgo to Merey. Sadly, both these men died before the work was able to advance further. The Merey translation committee chose a replacement, Eli Doumok, to continue the work. The Merey describe themselves as a gentle and faithful people.


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Scripture Prayers for the Mere in Cameroon.


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People Name General Mere
People Name in Country Mere
Population this Country 31,000
Population all Countries 31,000
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 4
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 4  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed
Alternate Names Dugur; Merey; Meri
People ID 13684
ROP3 Code 106558
Country Cameroon
Region Africa, West and Central
Continent Africa
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 45  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Far North region: Diamaré division. West of Meri town, near Meri massif.   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Country Cameroon
Region Africa, West and Central
Continent Africa
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 45  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Far North region: Diamaré division. West of Meri town, near Meri massif..   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Primary Religion: Islam
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 3.40 %)
30.00 %
Ethnic Religions
15.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
55.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Merey (31,000 speakers)
Language Code meq   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Merey (31,000 speakers)
Language Code meq   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Merey

Primary Language:  Merey

Bible Translation Status  (Years)
Bible-Portions Yes  (1986-2006)
Bible-New Testament Yes  (2012-2019)
Bible-Complete No
Bible-NT Audio Online
Bible-NT Text Online
Possible Print Bibles
Amazon
World Bibles
Forum Bible Agencies
National Bible Societies
World Bible Finder
Virtual Storehouse
Resource Type Resource Name Source
Audio Recordings Online New Testament Faith Comes by Hearing
Film / Video Jesus Film: view in Merey Jesus Film Project
Film / Video LUMO film of Gospels Bible Media Group/LUMO
General Gospel resources links Scripture Earth
Text / Printed Matter Bible: Merey YouVersion Bibles
Text / Printed Matter Download scripture in this language eBible.org
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