Patep New Testament (PTPWBT)

Overview

The Patep New Testament, titled “Yesu Xolac,” was published in 1986 by Wycliffe Bible Translators. Patep is an Austronesian language of the South Huon Gulf branch, part of the Buang linkage within the Mumeng dialect chain, spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea ^[1][2]. SIL linguists Karen L. Adams and Linda M. Lauck conducted foundational phonological and grammatical research on Patep beginning in the 1970s, producing a tentative phonemic statement and other linguistic studies that supported the translation effort ^[3]. The language has a degree of mutual intelligibility with the neighboring Zenag and Gorakor varieties ^[2].

Language and People

Patep (ISO 639-3: ptp) is spoken by approximately 1,700 people in Papua New Guinea, Map 15. [Glottolog: pate1247]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.. Translation type: New.

References

• [1] Patep Language - Ethnologue. Language profile for Patep (ptp) in Papua New Guinea.

• [2] South Huon Gulf languages - Wikipedia. Classification of the Buang linkage including Patep within the South Huon Gulf group.

• [3] A Tentative Phonemic Statement of Patep - Karen Adams and Linda Lauck, SIL International. Foundational phonological analysis of the Patep language.

• BibleSearch - Online text, American Bible Society

• Audio Bible - Audio Bible, Faith Comes By Hearing

• NT - Online text, Faith Comes By Hearing

• Yesu Xolac - Online text, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.

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

• Rosetta Project: Patep Genesis - Internet Archive / Rosetta Project. Genesis in Patep.

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

• Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.

• ebible.org entry - ebible.org.