The Kara New Testament, titled A Turoxoian Fa’ui Sina Piran, is a translation of the New Testament into the Kara language of Papua New Guinea, completed in 1997 by Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. ^[1] This was the first Scripture translation in the Kara language. Kara is an Oceanic language of the Lavongai-Nalik subgroup, spoken in the northwest part of New Ireland Province in the Kavieng District. ^[2] The language is spoken by approximately 5,000 people. ^[2] A grammatical description of the Kara-Lemakot dialect was produced by Perry Schlie at SIL in connection with the translation project. ^[3]

Language and People

Kara (Papua New Guinea) (ISO 639-3: leu) is spoken by approximately 5,000 people in Papua New Guinea, Map 2. [Glottolog: kara1486]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by BL, South Holland, IL. Translation type: First.

References

BibleSearch - Online text, American Bible Society
Audio Bible - Audio Bible, Faith Comes By Hearing
A Turoxoian Faꞌui Sina Piran - Online text, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.
A Turoxoian Fa’ui Sina Piran - Online text, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.
Bible For Developers - DBL archive entry, Digital Bible Library
[2] Kara language (Papua New Guinea) - Wikipedia/DBpedia. Language classification and speaker population.
[3] A grammatical description of Kara-Lemakot - ANU Open Research Repository. Perry Schlie’s grammatical description of the Kara-Lemakot dialect.
find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for LEUPNG.
Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.
ebible.org entry - ebible.org.