Malinke-Bambara- Dyula Bible History (1)

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Alt. = Dyola

**List: Malinke-Bambara-Dyula Ministry

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Bambara...
"Bambara, with dialectal variations, is spoken by one to one and a
half million members of Bambara tribes in southwestern Mali and
adjacent areas of Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Upper Volta.   Bam-
bara and Diola have come into use as trade languages in this area
and beyond, and are now used either as a second language,
adopted language, or lingua franca among an estimated 4 million
people.   Bambara is a Mande language, so closely related to Diola
and Maninka that in certain dialects it is difficult to distinguish
where one language stops and another begins."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

       "First
    publication, St. Luke’s Gospel in 1923 by the BFBS; tr. by Mr. G. C.
    Reed, of the Gospel My. Union.   New Testament, 1934.
    1 John, BFBS, 1929; St. Luke, by the Christian and My. Union
    at Kankan, French Guinea, 1931; and St. John, BFBS, 1932, were
    printed in Arabic characters.   CP: BFBS.
    "
    --1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only]

BAMBARA--1000 Tongues, 1939 [Info only: Roman characters   n.d. John 3:14-19 unknown; used Alla.]

BAMBARA--1000 Tongues, 1939 [Info only: Arabic characters   n.d. 1 John 4:9 unknown; used Allah.]

Roman Character unless noted
"1923 Luke   1927 John   1929 1 John (Arabic character)
BFBS, London
1930 Mark   Acts   1931 Luke (Arabic character)
Christian and My. Alliance, Kankan.
1932 John (Arabic character)   BFBS, London
1932-1934 Matthew   Romans-Revelation   CMA, Kankan
1937 [n]ew [t]estament   BFBS, Paris
1945 Genesis   1946-1949 Exodus   Numbers   Daniel
Jonah   1950 Psalms   CMA, Kankan
Translated by George Clinton Reed, Gospel My. Union, aided
by colleagues.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
ARABIC CHARACTER   "1932" John 3:1-4 {correct w/ "Jesus" @ 3:2a}.
"1937" Mark 1:2 incorrect (Esai = Isaiah); used Alla @ Mark 1:1.]

"1956 New Testament   Psalms   1961 Bible   BFBS, London
Revised and translated by a committee, including G. C. Reed, Caroline
Campbell, and M. Freligh, with the assistance of Faydine Diakite,
Sounko Gouloubali, and other Bambaras.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

Diola...
"Diola, or Dyola, is spoken by about 200,000 people in coastal
areas of Casamance, Senegal, north to the Gambia River and
southward into adjacent areas of Portuguese Guinea.   It is a
West Atlantic language, closely related to Maninka and Bambara
and is spoken with considerable dialectal variation."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1961 [m]ark BFBS, London
Translated by Helen and Alastair Kennedy, Worldwide Evangeliza-
tion Crusade, assisted by Mena Gilpin.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
"1961" Mark 1:2 incorrect (Esaie = Isaiah).]

Maninka {Malinke, or Meninka}...
**List: Maninka Ministry

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