God's Holy Book in Sankaran (MSCGHB)

Overview

Alla la Kitabu Seniman (God's Holy Book in Sankaran) contains portions of Scripture in the Sankaran Maninka language, a Mande language of Guinea, translated by Pioneer Bible Translators (Traducteurs Pionniers de la Bible), with portions recorded as available from 2015. [1] The translation was motivated by linguistic research showing that Sankaran Maninka speakers did not demonstrate sufficient proficiency in the Maninka of Kankan to use existing translations in that variety, necessitating a distinct Sankaran translation. [2] Pioneer Bible Translators conducted sentence repetition tests across multiple prefectures in Guinea to assess mutual intelligibility among Maninka dialect groups including Konyanka, Sankaran, and Wassalunka. [2] The portions are available in multiple digital formats through eBible.org, whose listing carries a 2022 copyright, under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 license. [1]

Language and People

Sankaran Maninka (ISO 639-3: msc) is spoken by approximately 77,000 people in Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. [Glottolog: sank1253]

Publishing and Organizations

Translation type: First.

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