Muduga New Testament (UDGNLC)
Overview
The Muduga New Testament was completed in 2018 by the New Life Computer Institute, an Indian organization that has produced audio and digital Scripture resources for numerous tribal and minority languages across South Asia. The translation makes the New Testament available to the Muduga people, a small Dravidian-speaking tribal community of the Western Ghats region who had little or no access to Scripture in their mother tongue. No complete Bible has yet been reported for this language.
Language and People
Muduga (ISO 639-3: udg), also called Mudugar, is a Southern Dravidian language closely related to Tamil and influenced by Kannada and Tulu. It is spoken primarily in the Attappady valley south of the Nilgiris in Palakkad district, Kerala, with additional speakers in the Nilgiris and Coimbatore districts of Tamil Nadu. The Muduga are a scheduled tribal community, and the 2001 census recorded approximately 3,370 speakers. The language is spoken in settlements around Attappady, Mannarkad, Veeranuru, and Kottamale.
Publishing and Organizations
Produced by New Life Computer Institute, an Indian ministry engaged in Bible translation and media production for indigenous languages of South Asia.
References
- NT - Online text, Faith Comes By Hearing