New Testament in Munda (UNXWFW)

Overview

The New Testament in Munda, titled ପାର୍‌ମେଶ୍ୱାର୍‌ଆଃ ଜୀନିଦ୍‌ ବାଚାନ୍‌, ନାୱା ନିୟାମ୍‌, was published in 2020 by The Word for the World International and the Munda Believers Assembly, SDCU, Sambalpur, Odisha. Munda (Mundari) is an Austroasiatic language of the Munda sub-family spoken across the eastern Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal. [1] This Odia-script edition serves Munda speakers in the Sambalpur region of western Odisha and is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. It also circulates on YouVersion as ମୁଣ୍ଡା ନାୱା ନିୟାମ୍ (UNXNT). Glottolog classifies the ISO code unx as retired, folding it into Mundari (unr) in its current classification.

Language and People

Munda (ISO 639-3: unx) is spoken by approximately 486,000 people in India, Map 4. [Glottolog: mund1321]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by The Word for the World.

References