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PeoplesFile CD-ROM

PeoplesFile CD-ROM: a factbook and atlas of the world’s peoples and languages from a mission perspective

The PeoplesFile CD-ROM brought together the fruit of years of excellent research and information-sharing in the missions community about the world’s more than 7,000 ethno-linguistic and ethno-cultural peoples. It integrated information from eight major databases of the languages and peoples of the world, some of which have only been exchanged privately among mission researchers. Rather than obtaining, converting, and searching each database separately, the best information was available together in one place.

This CD benefited anyone seriously concerned about ministering to unreached peoples:

• Churches used the information and maps as a prayer guide.
• Schools used the CD for education and research.
• Mission agenciesused it in ministry planning; their missionaries, in communicating with their support teams.

This strategic mission resource combined the most up-to-date information available at the time:

• Complete text, indexes, and maps from the 14th Edition of the Ethnologue;
• The latest information on the status of Bible translation for every language (formerly published by Wycliffe Bible Translators as the Bible Translation Needs Bulletin);
• Maps of the homelands of thousands of individual people groups from the Language Mapping Project; maps of every country showing the linguistic homelands, status of evangelization, Bible translation status, and Jesus Film availability for every language;
• ROPAL codes and data from the collaborative Registry of Peoples and Languages;
• Evangelization status and population estimates for every language from the Southern Baptist’s Integrated Strategic Planning Database;
• The Harvest Information System (HIS) Registry of Peoples, the most comprehensive set of peoples information yet assembled;
• The Joshua Project peoples database from the AD2000 & Beyond Movement;
• Information from the Jesus Film Project, Gospel Recordings, and United Bible Societies on non-print media available in each language.

All data on the CD was fully word indexed, with additional features enabling one to find related languages and query specific data fields.

Computer Requirements: 486-66 processor, 16 MB memory, Windows 3.1 or later (minimum). Pentium processor, 32 MB memory, Windows 95 or above, and at least 800X600 true-color graphics recommended for best performance and map viewing.