Misima-Paneati Bible (MPXPNG)

Overview

The New Testament and portions of the Old Testament in the Misima-Panaeati language of Papua New Guinea, with an initial copyright date of 1947 and subsequent revisions in 1997, 2011, 2016, and 2018. [1] Misima-Panaeati is an Oceanic language of the Papuan Tip group, spoken on Misima Island (formerly St. Aignan), Panaeati, and the eastern Calvados Chain islands of the Louisiade Archipelago, Milne Bay Province; of its speakers (roughly 18,000 in a 2002 estimate), about 4,000 are monolingual. [2] The earliest translation work dates to the mid-twentieth century, when Methodist missionaries were active in the region; the Methodists were among the first Protestant missions in Papua, later merging into the United Church in Papua New Guinea in 1968. [3] The modern digital edition, titled Buki Bwabwalena, was prepared by Wycliffe Bible Translators and is distributed under a Creative Commons license. [1] The translation includes the complete New Testament alongside portions of six Old Testament books, serving approximately 20,000 Misima-Panaeati speakers. [1]

Language and People

Misima-Panaeati (ISO 639-3: mpx) is spoken by approximately 20,000 people in Papua New Guinea, Map 17. [Glottolog: misi1243]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Bible Society of Papua New Guinea.

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