Myènè Bible History (1)

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(O)Myènè: Galwa...
"The OMyènè dialects are spoken by about 10,000 people
along the Gabon coast, from Sette Cama to the Gabon Estuary
and inland as far as Lambarene.   The major dialects are those of
the Mpongwe, Galwa, Dyumba, Nkomi, and Rongo.   These
tongues are grouped together in a single Bantu subgroup."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"The Galwa dialect of OMyènè is spoken by about 2,000 people
in Gabon, from Lambarene southward to the coast."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

"1903 Pentateuch   1906 Psalms   1907 [n]ew [t]estament
BFBS, Paris
Translated by U. Teisserès, Paris Evangelical MS, who afterward
began a translation in the Union OMyènè usage.
  (See OMyènè:
Mpongwe.
)"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
"1907" Mark 1:2 incorrect (Yezaya = Isaiah).]

(O)Myènè: Mpongwe...
"The Mpongwe dialect of OMyènè is spoken around the Gabon
estuary."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only]

**File: Myènè Bible History (3)-- 1860   S. Bagster   [Info only: Mpongwe.]

"1850 Matthew American Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions, Gabon
1852 John   1859 Genesis   Exodus (Chaps. 1-2)
Joshua-Ruth   Proverbs   Acts   ABS, New York
1864 Gospels ABCFM, Gabon
1867-1869 Romans-Revelation   1879 Ecclesiastes   Song
of Solomon   Daniel-Malachi   Isaiah (Chaps. 1-29)

1879 Gospels (revised)   ABS, New York
Translated by mies. of the ABCFM, primarily Albert Bushnell."
-- 1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
"1879" Mark 1:2 correct.]

"1885 Genesis   Exodus   Joshua-2 Kings   Ezra-Proverbs
Isaiah   Acts   ABS, New York
Translated and revised by W. Walker and mies. of the Ameri-
can Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only: ?]

"1893 New Testament (revised)   ABS, New York
Revised by A. C. Good, APM."
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only: ?]

"1919 [n]ew [t]estament   1923 Jeremiah   Lamentations
Ezekiel   1925 Genesis   Exodus   Psalms   Isaiah
1927 Bible   BFBS, Paris
The Union OMyènè version, translated into a usage accommodating
speakers of both Mpongwe and Galwa OMyènè by U. Teisserès.
"
--1000 Tongues, 1972   [Info only:
UNION VERSION   "1919" Mark 1:2 incorrect (Yezaya = Isaiah).]

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