ဓမ္မသစ်ကျမ်း ရခိုင်ဘာသာစကား (RKIEBL)

Overview

This is the New Testament in the Rakhine language, published in 2025 by The Word for the World International. Rakhine (also known as Arakanese) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily in Rakhine State in western Myanmar, with an estimated population of over 2.5 million speakers [1]. The language is written using the Burmese script, with the earliest known Rakhine inscriptions dating to the 14th century [2]. Scripture portions in Rakhine date back to 1914, but this 2025 edition represents the first complete New Testament in the language [1]. The Word for the World is an indigenous-led Bible translation movement founded in South Africa in 1981 that focuses on empowering nationals to translate the Bible for their own communities [3].

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