Western Lawa Bible (LCPWBT)

Overview

Digitization of Western Lawa Print Bible. The Western Lawa (also known as Lawa) are a Mon-Khmer ethnic group living in the Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son provinces of northern Thailand, with approximately 9,100 speakers ^[1]. The first Christian work among the Western Lawa began in the 1920s when American Baptist missionary William Young introduced Christianity through compassionate service ^[1]. Bible portions in Western Lawa were first produced between 1961 and 1967, followed by a New Testament completed between 1971 and 1983 ^[1]. The complete Lawa Bible, including the Old Testament, was published in 2001 by the Thailand Bible Society ^[1][2]. The orthography used for the translation is based on the Western Lawa variety spoken in Ban La-up and is written in the Thai script; this writing system is used widely, especially among Christians ^[3]. The 2018 digital edition distributed by Wycliffe Bible Translators represents a digitization of this print Bible for online and mobile access ^[4].

Language and People

Western Lawa (ISO 639-3: lcp) is spoken by approximately 8,000 people in Northern Thailand. [Glottolog: west2396]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Wycliffe Bible Translators USA.

References

• [1] Lawa, Western in Thailand people group profile - Joshua Project. Population, religion, Bible translation dates, and Christian history.

• [2] The Lawa Bible - Amazon. Print Bible listing with 2001 publication date.

• [3] Sociolinguistic Survey of Lawa in Thailand - SIL International. Details on orthography and Bible translation usage among Western Lawa.

• Youversion - Online text, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.

• Bible For Developers - DBL archive entry, Digital Bible Library

• find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for LCPWBT.

• Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.

• ebible.org entry - ebible.org.