Shan Bible History (1)

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**List: Shan Ministry the Bible ( the Bible ) Shan... "The Shan people of Burma, probably numbering more than 500,000, are scattered throughout the northeastern parts of the country, especially in the Shan States area.   Burmese Shan, also called Ngio, is spoken with regional dialectal differences.   A Tai language, it is related to Lao and Thai.   The Chinese Shans (many of whom are found in northern Burma, where they are known as ‘Tayok Shans’), and the Khamti Shans of northern Burma are close linguistically to the Burmese Shans."--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]    "Spoken by more than 1,000,000 people in northeastern Burma and southwestern China."--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only] **File: Lao Bible History (3)--1860   S. Bagster   [Info only: Shyan.]    "First publication, St. Matthew’s Gospel in 1871 at Rangoon by the ABMU; tr. by J. N. Cushing.   St. Mark’s Gospel, 1872?; St. Luke’s Gospel, 1873?; the Gospels, 1880.   New Testament, 1882.   Bible, 1892.   New Testament revised, 1905."--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only] SHAN--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: Shan characters   "1921" John 3:7-17 unknown.] Burmese Character "1871 Matthew   1872? Mark   1873 Luke 1880 Gospels (revised)   1882 New Testament 1884 Genesis   Exodus   1887 Gospels (revised) 1888 Acts (revised)   1892 Bible 1892-1905 New Testament (revised)   American Baptist MP, Rangoon Translated and revised by J. N. Cushing, American Baptist My. Union.   Later editions were published by BFBS."--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only] SHAN--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only: BURMESE CHARACTER   "1931" Mark 1:2 unknown.] Yunnanese Character "1943 Luke   1948 Acts   BFBS, Calcutta A transliteration of the Cushing text, with minor vocabulary revisions to accommodate the Tayok Shans; prepared by Miss M. E. F. Stileman, Bible Churchman’s MS."--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only: YUNNANESE CHARACTER   "1948" Acts 1:1-4 unknown.] Shan: Yunnanese... "The Chinese Shans live in southwestern Yunnan province, China.   Known as Eastern, or Tayok, Shans, many have moved to northern Burma where they maintain their identity.   The linguistic proximity of Tayok to Burmese Shan is evident from their use of the Stileman transliteration of the Burmese Shan Scriptures."--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]    "Spoken by about 3,000,000 people in western Yunnan, China."--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only]    "First publication, St. Mark’s Gospel in 1931 by the BFBS; tr. by Rev. E. Johansson of the Swedish Free Mission and a Yunnanese Shan teacher, Kong."--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only] SHAN: Yunnanese dialect--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: Yunnanese Shan script   n.d. Mark 3:35 unknown.] "1931 Mark BFBS Translated by E. Johansson, Swedish Free Mission, aided by Kong, a Yunnanese Shan teacher."--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only: YUNNANESE CHARACTER   "1931" Mark 1:2 unknown.]

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