The Chhattisgarhi New Testament is a contemporary translation published by Biblica, Inc., also known as the Open Chhattisgarhi Contemporary Version (OSCA). Translation work began in 2014, and the New Testament was released in 2018, making it one of the first Scripture portions available in the Chhattisgarhi language. ^[1] After the New Testament was uploaded to the YouVersion Bible app, it received over 600,000 chapter and audio requests. ^[1] Work on the Old Testament continued with a target release in 2024. ^[1] The translation is written in Devanagari script and uses a contemporary style intended to resonate with younger Chhattisgarhi speakers.

Language and People

Chhattisgarhi (ISO 639-3: hne) is spoken by approximately 16,300,000 people in India, Map 3. [Glottolog: chha1249]

References

[1] A New Bible for India! - Biblica, 2023. Overview of the Chhattisgarhi translation project and its impact.
Audio Bible - Audio Bible, Faith Comes By Hearing
NT - Online text, Faith Comes By Hearing
नवां नियम छत्तीसगढ़ी - Online text, Biblica, Inc.
Bible For Developers - DBL archive entry, Digital Bible Library
find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for HNEOCV.
Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.
ebible.org entry - ebible.org.