Hindi Bible History (3hbos)

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Hindi....

HURRIANA.

   "HURRIANA, in which this dialect is spoken, is a large division of the Delhi province, situated
between 28° 35' and 29° 49' north latitude, and comprising, according to the latest parliamentary returns,
an area of 3,300 square miles, with a population of 225,000.   Its name is derived from "Hurya,"
signifying green; for although situated on the verge of the Great Desert, it is celebrated for its
verdure, yet probably only as compared with the neighbouring region.   From the country having
been so long the seat of the Mogul empire, this dialect is much corrupted with
Persic and Arabic
words; it neither possesses nor requires a distinct translation of the Scriptures, the Hinduwee version
being in use, as before stated, throughout Delhi."
--The Bible of Every Land. (1860, Second Edition)   Samuel Bagster   [Info only]


Braj Bhasha....

BUNDELCUNDEE.

   "BUNDELCUND forms a large division of the All_habad province, south-east of Agra, and is
included between 23° 52' and 26° 26' north latitude; and between 77° 53' and 81° 33' east longitude,
It contains 23,817 square miles, and a population of 2,400,000.   From the specimen of the Lord’s
Prayer in Bundelcundee, given by the Serampore mies., we may judge that this dialect

approaches as near as possible to the Brij-bhasa.   It possesses no translation of the Scriptures; and
from the labours of Mr. Bowley at Chunar, and other coadjutors in the neighbourhood, we have no
reason to suppose that any other version will be required in this country beyond the general Hinduwee
translation
."
--The Bible of Every Land. (1860, Second Edition)   Samuel Bagster   [Info only]


Hindi....

OOJEIN, OR OUJJUYUNEE.

   "OOJEIN is vernacular in Malwah, an extensive province of Central India, lying chiefly between
22 and 26 degrees north latitude, and 74 and 80 degrees of east longitude, and including an area of
about 67,360 square miles.   The Oojein, although the vernacular of more than six millions of people,
has never been subjected to philological analysis; yet all the accounts we possess respecting it concur
in representing it as a corrupt and mixed dialect of the Hinduwee.   A version of the New Testament
in Oojein had been half carried through the press at Serampore in 1820; and the edition, which
consisted of 1000 copies, was completed in 1824.
"
--The Bible of Every Land. (1860, Second Edition)   Samuel Bagster   [Info only]


India dialect...

SHEKAWUTTY.

   "THE little province of Shekawutty lies south of Delhi, about the 28th degree of north latitude,
and extends about 80 miles from north to south, and rather less from east to west.   The Serampore
translators have furnished neither specimen nor description of this dialect, and no attempt to translate
any portion of the Scriptures appears to have been made."
--The Bible of Every Land. (1860, Second Edition)   Samuel Bagster   [Info only]

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