Simte 2010 Edition

Simte 2010 Edition (SMTBIV)

Overview

The Simte 2010 Edition is a New Testament in the Simte language, a Kuki-Chin language of the Tibeto-Burman family spoken by the Simte people of northeastern India. [1] Bible translation into Simte has a history stretching back to the mid-20th century: the Gospel of John was translated by Ramlien Pudaite and published by the Bible Society of India in 1957, and the full New Testament was first printed in 1975 by the Trinitarian Bible Society of London. [2] The complete Simte Bible (called Laisiamthou) was published on 20 January 1993 at Churachandpur, based on the King James Version. [2] This 2010 edition represents a subsequent edition of the New Testament. The Simte people are primarily concentrated in the Churachandpur district of Manipur, with smaller populations in adjacent areas of Mizoram and Assam. [1]

Language and People

Simte (ISO 639-3: smt) is spoken by approximately 10,200 people in India, Map 5. [Glottolog: simt1238]

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