Miship 2000 Edition (MJSWTC)

Overview

The Miship 2000 Edition is a New Testament translation in the Miship language (also known as Chip), published in 2000. Miship is an Afro-Asiatic language of the West Chadic branch spoken in Pankshin and Qua’an-Pan local government areas of Plateau State, Nigeria. ^[1] A 2021 SIL sociolinguistic survey found the language to be vigorous (EGIDS level 6a) with an estimated 30,000 speakers and near-complete intergenerational transmission. ^[1] The survey also found very high lexical similarity (99%) across Miship communities, indicating minimal dialectal variation. ^[1] Bible translation and language development work in Miship is conducted in partnership with the Nigeria Bible Translation Trust (NBTT). ^[2]

Language and People

Miship (ISO 639-3: mjs) is spoken by approximately 6,000 people in Nigeria, Map 3. [Glottolog: mish1244]

References

• [1] A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Miship [mjs] Language of Plateau State, Nigeria - SIL International, 2021. Detailed sociolinguistic survey of the Miship language.
• [2] Nigeria Bible Translation Trust - NBTT. Organization partnering with the Miship Bible translation team.
• find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for MJSWTC.
• ebible.org entry - ebible.org.