Chuvash New Testament (CHVIBT)

Overview

The Chuvash New Testament was published by the Institute for Bible Translation (IBT) in 2009 (reprinted 2012), representing the culmination of a long history of Chuvash Scripture translation. The earliest modern Chuvash Bible translation work was undertaken by Ivan Yakovlev (1848-1930), the Chuvash educator and creator of the modern Chuvash alphabet, who translated the Pentateuch, Psalter, and New Testament in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [1] Yakovlev's Pentateuch manuscript of 1922 was reprinted by IBT in 1988, and IBT subsequently produced a Life of Jesus (1981), the Gospel of John (1984), the Gospel of Luke (1999), a new Pentateuch and Four Gospels (2001), and a Children's Bible (2006), before completing the full New Testament in 2009. [2] Chuvash is the sole surviving Oghur Turkic language, and the Chuvash are a Turkic people numbering about two million, living primarily in the Republic of Chuvashia in the Volga region of Russia.

Language and People

Chuvash (ISO 639-3: chv) is spoken by approximately 1,079,650 people in Republic of Chuvashia, Volga region, Russia. [Glottolog: chuv1255]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Institute for Bible Translation, Moscow. Translation type: First.

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