Open Standard Sorani Kurdish Version (CKBOSK)

Overview

The Open Standard Sorani Kurdish Version is the first complete Bible translated into the Sorani (Central Kurdish) language, completed after a 28-year translation effort led by Biblica. [1] The project began in the early 1990s in Kurdistan, northern Iraq, with a team of translators working against the backdrop of civil unrest and religious persecution. [1] Church Mission Society (CMS) mission partners worked alongside indigenous Kurds and other foreign nationals on the translation. [2] The full Bible was completed in 2016 and officially launched on April 3, 2017, in Erbil, making Scripture available in the mother tongue of approximately eight million Sorani Kurdish speakers in Iraq and Iran for the first time. [1] Hans Combrink of Biblica was involved with the project. [3] The "Open Standard" designation means the text is released under a Creative Commons license, allowing free copying, redistribution, and adaptation with attribution to Biblica. [4]

Language and People

Central Kurdish - Sorani (ISO 639-3: ckb) is spoken by approximately 5,279,300 people in Iraq. [Glottolog: cent1972]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Biblica.

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