Oroth Caaqo (MFXL)

Overview

Oroth Caaqo is a New Testament translation in the Melo language (ISO 639-3: mfx), written in Latin script. Published by The Word for the World International in 2025, this edition contains all 27 books of the New Testament. It is a Latin-script companion to the Ethiopic-script edition (MFXE) of the same translation. Melo (also known as Malo) is an Omotic language spoken in the Gamo Gofa Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. [1] The availability of the Melo New Testament in both Ethiopic and Latin scripts allows access for readers comfortable with either writing system.

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