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**List: Ijo Ministry
the Bible ( the Bible )
Ijo: Lower...
"Ijo is a group of dialects spoken by about
150,000 people in the
Mid-Western Region of Nigeria and in
adjacent areas of Owerri
and Calabar Provinces. It is also known as Ijaw. The
numerous
Ijo tribes speak related dialects which can be divided into two or
three main groups. The Brass, Nembe, or Lower, Ijo
dialects are
spoken in eastern areas of the Niger River delta, more or less the
center of the Ijo-speaking region. The Ijo tongues are generally
mutually intelligible and are considered a separate group within
the Kwa languages.
Daniel Ockiya, son of the African king of Brass, and a youthful
convert, who was educated at a mission school, spent 54 years
translating and revising the Ijo Scriptures. This singular record
of dedication is unmatched in the history of Bible translation." --
1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info only:
D. Ockiya evidently translated from the wrong text. See below.]
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"First publica-
tion, St. John’s Gospel in 1886 at Brass by the Lower Niger Mission
Press; tr. by J. D. Garrick, a native of Sierra Leone and a my. of
the CMS, supervised by D. C. Crowther."--1000 Tongues, 1939
[Info only]
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"1886 John Lower Niger MP, Brass
Translated by J. D. Garrick, an African of Sierra Leone, serving as a
Church MS my., with the assistance of C. D. Crowther."--1000
Tongues, 1972 [Info only]
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"1903 Gospels BFBS, London
1910 Psalms Society for the Promotion of Christian Know-
ledge, London 1927 [n]ew [t]estament
1939 Genesis
1943 Luke (revised) 1956 Bible BFBS, London
Translated by Daniel Ockiya, assisted by H. Proctor, Dandeson C.
Spiff, George Sambo, and S. S. Williams, among others."--1000
Tongues, 1972 [Info only:
"1927" Mark 1:2 incorrect (Aisaiya = Isaiah).]
"New Testament, BFBS,
1927; tr. largely by H. Proctor. CP: BFBS."--1000 Tongues,
1939 [Info only]
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IJO: Nimbi or Brass dialect--1000 Tongues, 1939 [Info only: "1927"
John 3:10-20 unknown.]
Ijo: Upper...
"Upper (Patani) Oji is spoken in the
northern part of the Ijo-
speaking area. It includes both the Patani and Kolokuma
dialects."--1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info only]
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IJO: Patani or Kolokuma dialect--1000 Tongues, 1939 [Info only:
n.d. John 3:16 unknown.]
"1912 Mark 1915 Mark (revised)
1924 [g]ospels BFBS,
London
Translated by H.[enry] Proctor and Mark Lele, Church MS."--1000
Tongues, 1972 [Info only:
"1924" Mark 1:2 incorrect (Aisaia = Isaiah).]
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