Ama New Testament (AMMWBT)

Overview

The New Testament in the Ama language of Papua New Guinea, also known as the Sawiyanu language, first published in 1990 with a revised edition in 2009 by Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. ^[1] The vernacular title is Kotoni Imo Itouniyaimo (“God’s Good Talk”), and the 1990 print edition was issued by Bible League International (formerly known as the Bible League), based in South Holland, Illinois. ^[2] Ama (ISO 639-3: amm) is a Left May (Arai) language of East Sepik Province spoken by approximately 480 people, making it one of the smaller language communities to receive a complete New Testament translation through Wycliffe’s Papua New Guinea program. ^[1] The translation work was carried out by SIL linguists Sören and Britten Årsjö, who also produced linguistic analyses of Ama discourse structure during the late 1970s. ^[3] The 2009 copyright update reflects a textual revision of the original translation made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives license. ^[1]

Language and People

Ama (Papua New Guinea) (ISO 639-3: amm) is spoken by approximately 480 people in Papua New Guinea, Map 5. [Glottolog: amap1240]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by BL, South Holland, IL. Translation type: First.

References

• [1] Kotoni Imo Itouniyaimo — eBible.org - eBible.org. Details for the Ama New Testament including copyright dates, translating organization, and license.

• [2] Ama language (New Guinea) — Wikipedia - Wikipedia. Classification, location (East Sepik Province), and publisher (Bible League International) for the Ama New Testament.

• [3] OLAC resources in and about the Ama language - OLAC. Linguistic documentation by Sören and Britten Årsjö through SIL, including discourse analysis publications from the 1970s.

• BibleSearch - Online text, American Bible Society

• Audio Bible - Audio Bible, Faith Comes By Hearing

• NT - Online text, Faith Comes By Hearing

• Kotoni Imo Itouniyaimo - Online text, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.

• Bible For Developers - DBL archive entry, Digital Bible Library

• find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for AMMWBT.

• Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.