Meyah New Testament (MEJTBL)

Overview

The Meyah New Testament was published in 2013 by Yayasan Sumber Sejahtera, with a copyright spanning 1997-2013 reflecting the extended translation period. ^[1] Meyah is an East Bird’s Head language spoken by approximately 15,000-20,000 people in the Manokwari, Masni, and Merdei sub-districts of the Bird’s Head peninsula in West Papua, Indonesia. ^[2] Linguistic groundwork for the translation was laid by Gilles and Gloria Gravelle, SIL linguists who published a Meyah phonology in 1991 and a comprehensive Meyah-Indonesian dictionary, and who worked from the SIL base in Manokwari. ^[3][4] Gilles Gravelle completed a full linguistic description of the Meyah language as his PhD dissertation at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2004. ^[2]

Language and People

Meyah (ISO 639-3: mej) is spoken by approximately 14,800 people in Indonesia, Northwestern Papua. [Glottolog: meya1236]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Yayasan Sumber Sejahtera.

References

• [1] Content - Copyright - SABDA.org. Copyright listing: “Alkitab Bahasa Meyah © 1997-2013 Yayasan Sumber Sejahtera.”
• [2] Meyah: A Language of West Papua, Indonesia - Gilles Gravelle, 2004. PhD dissertation, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Comprehensive linguistic description.
• [3] Daftar kata Meyah-Indonesia - Gilles Gravelle, SIL Indonesia. Meyah-Indonesian word list.
• [4] Gilles & Gloria Gravelle - Wycliffe Bible Translators. Partner profile page.
• John - Online text, GospelGo
• Audio Bible - Audio Bible, Faith Comes By Hearing
• NT - Online text, Faith Comes By Hearing
• Meyah (2013) New Testament (Print) SABDA - Historical archive, Alkitab Bahasa Meyah
• find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for MEJTBL.
• Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.
• ebible.org entry - ebible.org.