Esimbi population

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Esimbi population

Brad Koenig, Thu, 2022-10-06 05:20
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Greetings from Cameroon! Typesetting for the Esimbi New Testament was completed in 2021; printing and dedication are still pending. To facilitate the fundraising process for printing the NT, I did some research on the population. Here is my conclusion: 

Estimated population: 55,000 – conservative estimate of the nationwide Esimbi population by Pastor Williams Joshua Kudi, a native of Esimbi who worked on the 2005 census. In January 2021 the Ministry of Public Health published an estimate totaling 37,975 Esimbi people in the Benakuma district (Ministry of Public Health. 2021. "Populations Cibles Prioritaires 2021." Yaounde, Cameroon: Ministry of Public Health), but this figure does not include all the many Esimbi people who live outside of the Esimbi homeland area. Other people estimate 80,000 or more Esimbi people nationwide, but those figures may be exaggerated.

Respectfully submitted,

Brad Koenig

Editorial Action

We will add an ethnic population for Esimbi [ags] in Cameroon, for inclusion in the next edition of the Ethnologue.

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Chuck Fennig, Thu, 2022-10-13 09:19

Dear Brad,

Thank you for this information on the Esimbi [ags] population in Cameroon.

It is good to hear about the progress on the Esimbi New Testament for publication.

I will assume that the 55,000 figure is for ethnic population, and not for speaker (L1) population.

Blessings,

Chuck Fennig
Managing Editor, Ethnologue

Brad Koenig, Thu, 2022-10-13 11:13

Yes, you are correct. That is the ethnic Esimbi population.

Brad

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