Korwa Bible (KFPWBT)

Overview

The Korwa Bible is a New Testament translation in the Korwa language, written in the Devanagari script and published in 2018. The translation was produced by a team working with native speakers, with the text tested in villages for naturalness, accuracy, and clarity. ^[1] It is available digitally through YouVersion and Faith Comes By Hearing. ^[2]

Language and People

Korwa (ISO 639-3: kfp) is spoken by approximately 28,500 people in India, Map 3. [Glottolog: korw1242]

The Korwa people are a Munda ethnic group living mainly on the border between Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand in central India. They are classified as a Scheduled Tribe by the Indian government. ^[3] The Korwa language belongs to the Munda branch of the Austroasiatic language family. The community includes four sub-groups: Agaria Korwa, Dam Korwa, Dih Korwa, and Pahar Korwa. Only the Hill Korwa (Pahar Korwa) still actively speak the Korwa language, with others having shifted to regional languages such as Sadri and Chhattisgarhi. ^[3]

References

• [1] Korwa Bible - Google Play listing, Wycliffe India. Description of translation methodology.
• [2] Korwa Bible on YouVersion - Online text, YouVersion.
• [3] Korwa people - Wikipedia. Background on Korwa ethnic group and language.
• NT - Online text, Faith Comes By Hearing
• find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for KFPWBT.
• Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.
• ebible.org entry - ebible.org.