Kumyk New Testament (KUMIBT)

Overview

The Kumyk New Testament was first published in 2007 by the Institute for Bible Translation (IBT), Moscow. [1] Kumyk is a Kipchak Turkic language spoken by approximately half a million people, primarily in Dagestan, with smaller communities in northeastern Chechnya and the Mozdok District of North Ossetia. [1] The translation was produced by a team headed by IBT that included experts in the Kumyk language as well as biblical scholars and linguists. [1] Following the New Testament, IBT continued expanding Kumyk Scripture with Genesis and Proverbs (2009), the Gospel Parables in an illustrated edition (2016), Psalms (2017), Job (2018), 1-2 Samuel and 1-2 Kings (2020), and the Pentateuch (2022). [1] The Pentateuch translation was peer-reviewed and approved for publication by the Dagestan Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences. [1]

Language and People

Kumyk (ISO 639-3: kum) is spoken by approximately 503,000 people in Dagestan, North Caucasus, Russia. [Glottolog: kumy1244]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Institute for Bible Translation, Moscow.

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