• PEOPLE NAME: MESMES OF ETHIOPIA


PEID: 11619

ROP: 106567

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Affinity Group: Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Horn of Africa

People Cluster: Ethio-Semitic

Language: Hadiyya - (hdy)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Eastern Orthodox

Country: Ethiopia

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Population: 25,000

Global Population: 25,000


PEID: 11619

ROP: 106567

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Mesmes of Ethiopia, numbering 25,000, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Ethio-Semitic people cluster within the Horn of Africa affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Ethiopia. Their primary language is Hadiyya. The primary religion practiced by the Mesmes is Orthodox Christianity, a branch of Christianity that includes Copts, the Assyrian Church of the East, Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches.


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