Nepali Unlocked Literal Version (NPIULV)
Overview
The Nepali Unlocked Literal Version is a formal-equivalence (word-for-word) translation of the full Bible into Nepali, published in 2019 under an open Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. [1] It was produced as part of the unfoldingWord project (formerly known as the Door43 World Missions Community), which creates open-licensed biblical resources to accelerate Bible translation worldwide. [2] The Unlocked Literal Bible (ULB), later renamed unfoldingWord Literal Text (ULT), is designed to serve as a source text for translators working in other languages, providing a rendering that stays as close to the form of the original Hebrew and Greek as the target language allows. [3] Nepali is one of the gateway languages through which the unfoldingWord project aims to reach thousands of additional language communities. [1]
References
- [2] unfoldingWord Literal Text (archived) - unfoldingWord. Description of ULT/ULB methodology and open-license approach.
- [3] A new source for Bible translation (archived) - Mission Network News. Overview of the Unlocked Literal Bible project and gateway language strategy.
Language and People
Nepali (ISO 639-3: npi) is spoken by approximately 24,720,300 people in Bhutan. [Glottolog: nepa1254]
- Global Bible Catalogue: Nepali - Global Bible Catalogue. Nepali language entries.
- bible.com - YouVersion.
- ebible.org entry - ebible.org.