Guayabero New Testament (GUOWBT)

Overview

The Guayabero New Testament, titled Pajelwʉajan Dios pejjamechan, was completed in 2009 by Wycliffe Bible Translators [1]. Guayabero is a Guahiban language spoken by approximately 1,000 to 3,100 people in Colombia's Guaviare and Meta departments along the upper Guaviare River [2][3]. The Guayabero people, who call themselves Jiw ("the people"), have a history of Bible translation work dating back to 1961, when the first scripture portions were produced [2]. SIL linguists John and Adreana Waller conducted foundational linguistic research on the Guayabero language beginning in the 1970s, producing a pedagogical grammar (1970) and studies of phonology and morphophonology (1984), which laid the groundwork for the New Testament translation [4]. The translation is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives license and is available digitally through eBible.org and YouVersion [1][5].

Language and People

Guayabero (ISO 639-3: guo) is spoken by approximately 1,000 people in Northern Colombia. [Glottolog: guay1257]

Publishing and Organizations

Created by Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. Published by Wycliffe Bible Translators USA. Translation type: New.

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