Jamamadí New Testament (JAAWBT)

Overview

The Jamamadi New Testament, titled Teoso Ka Yama Hani, is a translation into Jamamadi (also known as Madi), an Arawan language spoken by approximately 1,000 Jamamadi, Banawa, and Jarawara people in the Amazonas state of Brazil, between the Purus and Juruá rivers [1][2]. Linguistic and translation work on the Jamamadi language was pioneered by SIL missionaries Robert and Barbara Campbell, who began fieldwork among the Jamamadi people in the 1960s, developing a practical orthography that became the basis for written representation of the language [1][3]. The New Testament was copyrighted in 2020 by Wycliffe Bible Translators and is available under a Creative Commons license [4]. A related New Testament and Daniel translation in the closely related Jarawara variety, sometimes treated as a dialect, was also completed separately [4].

Language and People

Jamamadí (ISO 639-3: jaa) is spoken by approximately 780 people in Central Brazil. [Glottolog: jama1261]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Wycliffe Bible Translators USA.

References