Pwo Northern Karen Bible Society Version
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Pwo Northern Karen Bible Society Version (PWWTBS)
Overview
The New Testament in Pwo Northern Karen, published in 2002 by the Bible Society of Thailand. [1] Pwo Karen is one of the three major Karen language groups, alongside Sgaw Karen and Pa-O. [2] The Northern Pwo Karen people live primarily in the mountains of Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, and Lamphun provinces of northern Thailand. [1] Most Northern Pwo Karen follow a mixture of Buddhism and traditional Karen religion, with a smaller Christian community. [1] The translation employs Thai script and includes distinctive translation choices reflecting Karen cultural idiom, such as rendering “apostles” with a term meaning “right-hand men” and expressing “hardness of heart” as “with thick ears and horns.” [3]
Language and People
Pwo Northern Karen (ISO 639-3: pww) is spoken by approximately 60,000 people in Northern Thailand. [Glottolog: pwon1235]
Publishing and Organizations
Published by Bible Society of Thailand.
References
- [1] Karen, Pwo Northern in Thailand - People group profile, Joshua Project. Location, religion, and demographic details.
- [2] Karen language groups (Bible in My Language) - Overview of Karen language Bible translations.
- [3] Pwo Northern Karen translation insights - Translation choices and cultural idiom, TIPs (Translation Insights and Perspectives).
- Audio Bible - Audio Bible, Faith Comes By Hearing
- NT - Online text, Faith Comes By Hearing
- Northern Pwo Karen Thai Bible - Online text, Thailand Bible Society
- Bible For Developers - DBL archive entry, Digital Bible Library
- find.bible entry - find.bible. Bible catalogue entry for PWWTBS.
- Global Bible Catalogue - Global Bible Catalogue entry.
- ebible.org entry - ebible.org.