The Bible in Darlong (DLNBIV)

Overview

The Bible in Darlong is a complete Bible (Old and New Testaments) published by Bibles International in 2014. The Darlong are a small tribal people of approximately 6,000 speakers living in the Indian state of Tripura. ^[1] The Darlong embraced Christianity in 1919, and by 1972 the entire tribe had converted. ^[1] The first New Testament in Darlong was published in 1987 by Bibles for the World, led by Rev. Hrengngura Darlong. A second New Testament was published in 1995 by Bibles International, followed by a New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs from the Bible Society of India in 1996. ^[1] A complete Bible was also published by Global Friendship Mission in 2010 in collaboration with the Evangelical Free Church of India. ^[1] The Bibles International full Bible represents a significant achievement for one of India’s smallest language communities.

Language and People

Darlong (ISO 639-3: dln) is spoken by approximately 6,000 people in India, Map 5. [Glottolog: darl1242]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Bibles International.

References

• [1] Darlong people - Alchetron. History of Christianity and Bible translation among the Darlong.
• NT - Online text, Gospel Go
• Audio Bible - Audio Bible, Faith Comes By Hearing
• Full Bible - Online text, Faith Comes By Hearing
• find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for DLNBIV.
• Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.
• ebible.org entry - ebible.org.