Busa Bible (BQPSIM)

Overview

The Busa Bible is a nearly complete Bible in the Busa language of western Nigeria, containing 65 of the 66 books of the Protestant canon (missing only Isaiah). It was published in 2005 by SIM International. ^[1] The Busa language belongs to the Boko/Busa cluster of Eastern Mande languages, spoken primarily in Borgu LGA of Niger State and Baruten LGA of Kwara State, Nigeria. Ross Jones, the SIM linguist who translated the Boko Bible in neighboring Benin, adapted the Boko Bible text into Busa and Bokobaru — closely related languages in the same cluster — while simultaneously compiling dictionaries for all three languages over a twelve-year period. ^{[2] [3]}

Language and People

Busa (ISO 639-3: bqp) is spoken by approximately 15,000 people in Nigeria, Map 1. [Glottolog: busa1253]

Translators and Contributors

• Ross Jones — SIM missionary and linguist; adapted the Boko Bible into Busa ^{[2] [3]}

Publishing and Organizations

Published by SIM.

References

• [2] Bokobaru Dictionary - Ross Jones, LINCOM. Notes on Bible translation and dictionary compilation across the Boko/Busa cluster.
• [3] The Boko/Busa Language Cluster - Ross McCallum Jones, LINCOM Studies in African Linguistics. Linguistic study of the language cluster.
• Audio Bible - Audio Bible, Faith Comes By Hearing
• find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for BQPSIM.
• Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.
• bible.com - YouVersion.
• ebible.org entry - ebible.org.