Khakas New Testament (KJHIBT)

Overview

The Khakas New Testament was published by the Institute for Bible Translation (IBT) in 2009, the first complete New Testament in the Khakas language. IBT's Khakas translation project began with the Gospel of Mark and a children's publication "Jesus-Friend of Children" in 1995, followed by Luke and Acts (1999), John with 1-3 John and Revelation (2004), and the Four Gospels (2007). [1] A bilingual Khakas-Russian diglot edition of the New Testament was published in 2011, and a trilingual edition of Jonah (Khakas, Russian, and English) appeared in 2021. [1] The Khakas are a Turkic people living in the Republic of Khakassia in southern Siberia.

Language and People

Khakas (ISO 639-3: kjh) is spoken by approximately 29,010 people in Republic of Khakassia, southern Siberia, Russia. [Glottolog: khak1248]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Institute for Bible Translation. Translation type: First.

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