Maré Bible History (1)

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**List: Maré Ministry

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Maré...
"Maré is spoken by the 3,000 inhabitants of Maré, the most
southerly of the inhabited islands of the Loyalty group.   The
Nengone dialect, closely relate to Maré, is now quite assimi-
lated.   Maré is a Melanesian tongue."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]
       "Spoken by about 4,000 people in the island of Maré (Nengone),
    Loyalty Islands.
    "
    --1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only]

**File: Maré Bible History (3)-- 1860   S. Bagster   [Info only: Lifu and Nengone.]

       "First publication, Selections in 1847 at Rarotonga.
    St. Mark’s Gospel[,] LMS, Nengone, 1855; tr. by William Nihill, of the
    Melanesian Mission and J. P. Sunderland of the LMS.   St. Luke’s Gos-
    pel, LMS, Samoa, 1857; tr. by S. M. Creagh and J. Jones of the LMS.
       New Testament, LMS, Maré, 1864.   Revised, BFBS, 1870.
       Bible, 1930.   CP: BFBS.
    "
    --1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only]

"1855 Mark MP, Nengone
Translated by William Nihill and J. P. Sutherland, London MS."
-- 1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1857 Luke LMS, Samoa
1860 Matthew LMS, Maré
1861 John   Acts
1864 Romans-Revelation   1868 Genesis   LMS, Nengone
1870 New Testament (revised)   BFBS, London
1877 Psalms BFBS, Maré
1897 Hexateuch   1903 Bible   BFBS, London
Translated by S. M. Creagh and J. Jones, LMS."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
"1870" Mark 1:2 correct (perofeta = prophets).]

MARÉ or NENGONE--1000 Tongues, 1939   [Info only: "1903" John 3:2b-8, 15b-21 (correct? w/ "Jesus"? @ 3:2a).]

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