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Galla: Central...
"The Galla, or Oromo, number between 2.5 and 3 million
people in west-central and southwestern Ethiopia.   From the
Blue Nile in the north, Galla tribes are found as far south as the
Lake Rudolf area of Kenya.   Once one of the most southerly
Cushitic tribes, inhabiting northwestern Kenya, the Gallas took
advantage of Ethiopian internal turmoil, following the Somali
wars of the mid-19th century, to move northward into the
area they now hold, displacing from it other Cushitic peoples.
The numerous Galla or Gallinya dialects are still little known,
and Scripture translations in Galla languages are here given on
the basis of geographical rather than tribal names.   The Boran
are also generally considered a Galla tribe."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

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

GALLA: Central dialect--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: Amharic characters   "1876" John 3:15-21 probably CT.]

Ethiopic Character unless noted
"1870 Luke   1871 John   Pilgrim MP, St. Chrishona[, Switzerland]
1872 Genesis   Psalms   1874 Acts-Revelaton
1875 Matthew   Mark   1876 [n]ew [t]estament
1877 Exodus   BFBS, St. Chrishona
Translated by J. L. Krapf, Church MS, Debtera Saneb, and Roofo, a
Galla.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
ETHIOPIC CHARACTER   "1876" Mark 1:2 incorrect (Isaiah).]

"1893 Mark (Roman character)   Lovedale MP, Cape of Good
Hope[, South Africa]
Transliterated by students at the Lovedale My. Institute."
-- 1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

Galla: Eastern Shoa...
"The Ittu, or Eastern Shoa, a dialect of Galla."--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

GALLA: Ittu dialect--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: n.d. Matthew 4:8-10 unknown.]

"1886 Matthew BFBS, Vienna
Translated by Hajlu, a freed Galla slave from Harar."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
"1886" Matthew 3:1-4 unknown.]

Galla: Northern...
"The northern Galla dialect, translated especially for the Gallas of
the Massawa area, is used throughout Ethiopia, from Addis
Ababa to the Sudan border."
-- 1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

       "First publication, the New Testament in
    1893 at Moncullo, Eritrea
    (BFBS); tr. by Onesimus Nesib, a Galla
    teacher, from Dr. Krapf’s Central Galla Bible.   Bible, 1899.
       CP: BFBS.
    "
    --1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: 1893 NT, probably CT.]

GALLA: Northern dialect--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: Amharic characters   "1899" John 3:2-4:1 {incorrect? w/o "Jesus" @ 3:2a}.]

Ethiopic Character
"1893 New Testament Swedish Mission Press, Moncullo
1899 Bible BFBS, St. Chrishona
Translated by Onesimus Nesib, a Galla teacher."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
ETHIOPIC CHARACTER   "1899" Mark 1:2 unknown.]

Galla: Southern...
"The Southern Galla, or Bararetta, dialect, translated for Gallas
living south of Lake Abaya in Ethiopia and in Kenya."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1878 Jonah United Methodist Free Church MP, Ribe
1889 John BFBS, London
Translated by Thomas Wakefield, UMFCM."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1904 Matthew BFBS, London
Translated by R. M. Ormerod, UMFCM."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
"1904" Matthew 3:1-4 unknown.]

GALLA: Bararetta dialect--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: n.d. {John 3:16}? unknown.]

Galla: Shoa, Southern...
"This dialect of Galla is that of the Southern Shoa region."--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

       "First publication, St. John’s Gospel, chapters 1-5, in 1839
    at London by R. Watts; tr. J. L. Krapf, of the CMS, aided by Berk,
    a native.   St. Matthew’s Gospel, 1841.
    "
    --1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only:
    JLK, a German Lutheran.]

GALLA: South Shoa dialect--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: n.d. John 3:16 unknown.]

"1841 Matthew Printed privately, London
Translated by J. L. Krapf, Church MS, assisted by Berk, a Galla."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
"1841" Matthew 3:1-4 unknown.]

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