Urim: Wurkapm a Maur Wailen Scripture Portions (URIWBT)

Overview

This volume contains Scripture portions in the Urim language of Papua New Guinea, published in 2016 by Wycliffe Bible Translators [1]. Urim is a Papuan language of the Torricelli phylum, classified within the Kombio-Arapesh-Urat branch, spoken by approximately 3,400 to 3,700 people in 16 villages along the southern foothills of the Torricelli Mountains in the East Sepik and Sandaun Provinces [2]. The language has four main dialect varieties: Yangkolen (the primary variety), Urim 1, Urim 2, and Kukwo, the latter spoken west of the Bongos River [2]. Bible portions were first translated beginning in the 1980s, with SIL supporting translation and literacy initiatives alongside the development of a practical Latin-script orthography [2]. The vernacular title "Wurkapm a Maur Wailen" and Tok Pisin subtitle "Sampela hap Nupela Testamen long tokples Urim long Niugini" indicate this edition contains selected New Testament passages [1].

Language and People

Urim (ISO 639-3: uri) is spoken by approximately 4,000 people in Papua New Guinea, Map 3. [Glottolog: urim1252]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Wycliffe Bible Translators USA. Translation type: New.

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