Book of Proverbs in Dungan (DNGIBT)

Overview

In 2014 the Institute for Bible Translation published the first translation of King Solomon's proverbs in the Dungan language. This book, compiled more than 2,500 years ago in Israel and now known to many peoples as part of the Holy Scriptures, teaches a proper attitude towards God and other people. Whenever translators work on the book of Proverbs, they quite often discover parallels between the ancient proverbs and those in their own language, and the Dungan language was no exception. Dungan is a Sino-Tibetan language related to Mandarin but influenced by Arabic, Persian, Russian, and Kyrgyz. The Dungan are descendants of Chinese Muslims who settled in Central Asia after the Dungan Revolt of the 1860s–1870s; the community in Kyrgyzstan numbers roughly 79,500 and is predominantly Muslim.

Language and People

Dungan (ISO 639-3: dng) is spoken by approximately 108,400 people in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. [Glottolog: dung1253]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Institute for Bible Translation.