Kamwe 1997 Edition (HIGTBL)

Overview

The Kamwe 1997 Edition is a revised New Testament in the Kamwe (Higi) language, a Biu-Mandara branch Chadic language spoken in the Mandara Mountains of northeastern Nigeria. [1] The name "Kamwe" means "people of the mountains," from ka ("people") and mwe ("mountains"). [2] Bible translation work among the Kamwe began in 1968 when American missionary linguist Roger Mohrlang arrived in the village of Michika in Adamawa State. Mohrlang's task was to learn and analyze the language, develop an alphabet, create literacy materials, and work with local Christians on a New Testament translation. [2] The work was carried out under Wycliffe Bible Translators by Mohrlang and Nigerian translator Mark Zira Dlyavaghi together with the Kamwe Bible Translation Committee, in connection with the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN). The first edition of the Kamwe New Testament was completed and dedicated on 1 January 1976. A revision process began in 1993 under the coordination of Dlyavaghi, and the revised New Testament was completed and dedicated in 1997. [2] The gospel had first come to the Kamwe people decades earlier, brought by a small group of people with leprosy and a blind man returning from a mission clinic as new believers. [2]

Language and People

Kamwe (ISO 639-3: hig) is spoken by approximately 577,000 people in Nigeria, Map 5. [Glottolog: kamw1239]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Bible League International.

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