Warapu Bible — Bouni Pou Dialect (WRAWPV)

Overview

The Warapu Bible (Bouni Pou) is a dialect-specific New Testament translation for the Bouni Pou (Pou) variety of the Warapu language cluster of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. "Bouni Pou" refers to the speech of Poo village, one of several closely related communities around Sissano Lagoon speaking varieties of the Bauni/Warapu language. Audio New Testament content is accessible through Faith Comes By Hearing. This translation is one of four companion Scripture editions produced for the Warapu language cluster, alongside the general Warapu Bible (WRAWBV), the Ramo dialect Bible (WRAWRV), and the Bauni Bible (WRAWSV, 2018).

Language and People

Warapu (ISO 639-3: wra) is a Papuan language of the Sko family, spoken in several villages near Sissano Lagoon in West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province. The Pou dialect (Bouni Pou) is one of two dialects of Bauni described in linguistic literature, alongside the Barapu-Warapu dialect. The villages of Barupu, Poo, Ramo, and Sumo form a cluster of related but distinct speech varieties. The region was devastated by the 1998 Sissano tsunami. Speaker populations across all Warapu varieties are small, in the range of a few hundred to low thousands.

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Warapu Bible, which produced multiple dialect-tailored translations to serve the full range of Warapu-speaking communities.

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