The New Testament in Moru (MGDBSS)

Overview

The New Testament in the Moru language of South Sudan, published in 1996 by the Bible Society of Sudan. Moru is a Central Sudanic language of the Moru-Madi subgroup within the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken by the Moru people primarily in the Amadi and Mundri areas of Western Equatoria. [1] Christian mission work among the Moru began in the early twentieth century; the Church Missionary Society (CMS) was active in southern Sudan from around 1920, and Catholic missionaries had earlier produced vocabularies and grammars of Moru. [2] The New Testament and Psalms, titled "Taobaro To'di," was first published in 1951. [1] The Moru language has been maintained in large part through its use in worship by the Episcopal Church of the Sudan. [1] A complete Moru Bible, "Baibolo Alokado," including both Old and New Testaments, was later published by the Bible Society in Sudan in 1999. [3]

Language and People

Moru (ISO 639-3: mgd) is spoken by approximately 230,000 people in South Sudan. [Glottolog: moru1253]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Bible Society of Sudan.

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