Huaylas Ancash Quechua New Testament

Huaylas Ancash Quechua New Testament (QWHWBT)

Overview

The Huaylas Ancash Quechua New Testament, titled Teyta Diospa Mushoq Testamentun, is a translation of the 27 books of the New Testament into Huaylas Ancash Quechua, a variety of Quechua spoken in the Callejon de Huaylas and surrounding valleys in the Ancash region of central Peru. Published in 2008 by Wycliffe Bible Translators and Liga Biblica del Peru, the New Testament was followed by the completion of the full Bible (Teyta Diospa Willakinin), which was dedicated on August 10, 2019, making the complete Scriptures available to over 300,000 Huaylas Quechua speakers. [1] The dedication ceremony was a significant occasion for the community, with one woman pausing to pray and weep for five minutes before opening her copy of the Bible. [1] The Huaylas Quechua people live in the Andes Mountains of central Peru, north of Lima, and their language is part of the broader Quechua language family descended from the language of the Inca Empire. [2]

Language and People

Huaylas Ancash Quechua (ISO 639-3: qwh) is spoken by approximately 173,000 people in Peru. [Glottolog: huay1240]

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