Matthew and Luke in Dargwa (Dargin) (DARIBT)

Overview

The Gospels of Matthew and Luke in Dargwa (Dargin), a Northeast Caucasian language of central Dagestan, were published by the Institute for Bible Translation (IBT) as part of an ongoing Dargwa translation project. The Gospel of Matthew was published in 2013 with an accompanying audio CD, the first multimedia Scripture publication among IBT's Dagestani projects. [1] The translation team included Hizri Yusupov, a senior researcher at the Dagestani Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and M. E. Alekseyev, Deputy Director of the Institute of Linguistics at the Russian Academy of Sciences. [1] IBT's Dargwa portions have appeared over more than two decades, including Luke 2:1-20 (2000), Mark (2002, reprinted 2007), John 1:1-17 (2008), Luke (2010), Matthew with CD (2013), Gospel Parables (2017), Ruth, Esther and Jonah (2020), Proverbs and Ecclesiastes (2022), and the Four Gospels, Acts and Revelation (2023). [2] The Dargwa are the second-largest ethnic group in the Republic of Dagestan, comprising about 16.5% of the republic's population.

Language and People

Dargwa (ISO 639-3: dar) is spoken by approximately 495,300 people in Republic of Dagestan, North Caucasus, Russia. [Glottolog: darg1241]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Institute for Bible Translation.

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