iyxYAK Bible (IYXWBT)

Overview

The Yaka Bible, titled "Ndaa Yimbwe (BIYILUU)," is a New Testament translation in the Yaka language (also known as Iyaka or Iyaa), a Bantu language spoken by approximately 46,000 people in the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) [1]. Yaka belongs to group C10 of Guthrie's Bantu classification and is characterized as a language with a predominant Bantu grammatical framework including noun classes and verbal morphology [2]. Bible portions in Yaka date back to 1933, and Wycliffe Bible Translators has provided funding for the modern Yaka translation project [1][3]. The New Testament was published by Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. and is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license [3].

Language and People

Yaka (Congo) (ISO 639-3: iyx) is spoken by approximately 10,000 people in Congo. [Glottolog: yaka1274]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Wycliffe Bible Translators USA.

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