Sholaga Bible (SLEWFW) (SLEWFW)

Overview

This is a New Testament translation in the Sholaga language. Sholaga (also called Soliganudi) is a Dravidian language closely related to Kannada with Tamil influences, spoken by the Soliga people, a Scheduled Tribe of southern India. [1] The Soliga inhabit the Biligiriranga Hills (BR Hills) and associated mountain ranges in the Chamarajanagar district of southern Karnataka and parts of Tamil Nadu. [2] With a population of around 40,000, the Soliga are primarily forest-dwelling people with a deep traditional knowledge of the local ecology. [2] This translation makes the New Testament accessible in the community's own language, which has historically been an oral language with limited written literature. The 2023 edition, bearing the vernacular title ಕ್ಹುದಾನಿ ಕ್ಹರಿನಿ ವಾಕ್ಯಾ, is copyright The Word for the World International and is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) licence.

Language and People

Sholaga (ISO 639-3: sle) is spoken by approximately 24,000 people in India, Map 8. [Glottolog: shol1240]

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