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Ga...
"Ga is spoken by 235,000 people in coastal areas of Ghana,
primarily east of Accra, and spreading across adjacent Togo into
Dahomey.   A Kwa language, it is closely related to Adangme,
Krobo, and other dialects of this area.   First Scripture translations
were in ‘Accra’."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

**File: Ga Bible History (3)--1860   S. Bagster   [Info only: Accra.]

       "First publication, the Ten
    Commandments
    in 1805.   The Sermon on the Mount, 1826, at Copenhagen
    at the Royal Orphan Asylum Press; translated by Major Philip Wilhelm
    von Wrisberg.   The Gospels of St. Matthew and St. John, 1843, by the
    BFBS, translated by the Rev. A. W. Hanson.   New Testament, 1859,
    BFBS; tr. by J. Zimmermann, of the Basel Mission, who revised the
    1843 Gospels of St. Matthew and St. John and translated the remainder.
       Bible, 1866, at Basel and Stuttgart; tr. by Mr. Zimmermann.
    N. T., revised, BFBS, Basel, 1908.   The fifth Bible printed in an
    African language.   CP: BFBS.
    "
    --1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only]

ACCRA or GA--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: "1908" John 2:22-3:4a, 12-19 {correct w/ "Jesus" @ 3:2a}.]

"1843 Matthew   John   BFBS, London
Translated by A. W. Hanson, an African clergyman."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1854 Matthew   John (revised)   1855 Mark   Luke
1857 Genesis   Daniel   1 John-Revelation   1858 Acts
1859 New Testament   BFBS, London
1859 Isaiah   1860-1861 New Testament (revised)
BFBS, Basel
1860-1866 Old Testament BFBS, Basel and Stuttgart
1872 New Testament (revised)   BFBS, Basel
Translated by J. Zimmerman, Basel Mission, assisted by A. W.
Hanson and I. Nikoi.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1889 New Testament Evangelical MS, Basel BS
A revision prepared by F. G. Christaller."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1900 New Testament BFBS, Basel
Further revised by M. Sugar, G. Jaeger, C. C. Reindorf, D. Saber, and
L. L. Richter, Basel MS.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1909 Bible BFBS, Basel
The 1900 N.T. with a revised O.T., prepared by C. Koelle, C. C.
Reindorf, L. L. Richter, and N. B. Moheim.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

GA--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only: "1946" Mark 1:2 incorrect (Iesaia = Isaiah).]

"1954 Mark BFBS, London
Orthography revised by C. A. Hesse."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1966 John BSS, Ghana
Revised orthography."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

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