Kannada Revised Version Bible (KANKRV)

Overview

The Kannada Revised Version Bible is the Indian Revised Version (IRV) of the Holy Bible in Kannada, a Dravidian language and one of the scheduled languages of India. ^[1] Published in 2019 with a 2017 copyright by Bridge Connectivity Solutions Pvt. Ltd., it is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 license, making it one of the few freely licensed full Bible translations in an Indian language. ^{[1] [2]} Bridge Connectivity Solutions produces Indian Revised Version translations in multiple Indian languages as part of an open-access initiative to provide Scripture to Indian language communities. ^[2] Kannada has a long history of Bible translation beginning with the Serampore missionaries, whose New Testament manuscript was destroyed in a press fire in 1812; the first published Kannada New Testament appeared in 1823, and the complete Bible was issued in 1865. ^[3] The IRV Kannada represents a modern continuation of this tradition, covering all 66 books of the Protestant canon.

Language and People

Kannada (ISO 639-3: kan) is spoken by approximately 43,600,000 people in India: Index Map. [Glottolog: nucl1305]

References

• [1] Kannada Revised Version Bible - Find.Bible. Publication metadata and copyright information.
• [2] Indian Revised Version (IRV) Malayalam - 2025 - Open.Bible. Information on Bridge Connectivity Solutions’ IRV translation initiative across Indian languages.
• [3] Bible translations into Kannada - Wikipedia. History of Kannada Bible translation from the Serampore era to modern versions.
• GBC: Indian Revised Version (IRV) Kannada 2019 - Global Bible Catalogue.
• bible.com - YouVersion.
• ebible.org entry - ebible.org.