The first translation of the
Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts ...
into any of the
languages of Northeast India
Northeast India (officially North Eastern Region, NER) is the easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political Administrative divisions of India, administrative division of the country. It comprises eight States and union te ...
was a
Khasi version, published in 1891. Translations into many other languages have appeared since then.
By State
By date of publication
* 1891 -
Khasi
* 1924 -
Garo
Garo may refer to:
People and languages
* Garo people, a tribal people in India
** Garo language, the language spoken by the Garo tribe
Places
* Kingdom of Garo, a former kingdom in southern Ethiopia
* Garo, Colorado
* Garo Hills, part of the Ga ...
* 1936 -
Tangkhul
* 1956 -
Mara
* 1959 -
Mizo
* 1964 -
Ao
* 1970 -
Angami
* 1971 -
Kuki
* 1981 -
Bodo Bodo may refer to:
Ethnicity
* Boro people, an ethno-linguistic group mainly from Northwest Assam, India
* Bodo-Kachari people, an umbrella group from Nepal, India and Bangladesh that includes the Bodo people
Culture and language
* Boro cu ...
* 1983 -
Zou
* 1984 -
Meitei
* 1992 -
Zou
* 2013 -
Kokborok
Kokborok (also known as Tripuri or Tiprakok) is the main native language of the Tripuri people of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. Its name comes from ''kok'' meaning "verbal" and ''borok'' meaning "people" or ...
* 2016 -
Nyishi
The Nyishi community is the largest ethnic group in Arunachal Pradesh in north-eastern India. In Nyishi, ''Nyi'' refers to "a human" and the word ''shi'' denotes "highland".The Nyishis are mentioned as the Daflas in the contemporary Ahom docu ...
See also
*
Bible translations into the languages of India
*
List of Bible translations by language
The United Bible Societies reported that the Bible, in whole or part, has been translated in more than 3,324 languages (including an increasing number of sign languages), including complete Old or New Testaments in 2,189 languages, and the co ...
*
Bible Society of India
*
List of Christian denominations in North East India
The following shows the Christian denominations present in Northeast India, along with number of churches and approximate number of Church members.
Anglican
* Church of North India (CNI)
** Diocese of Northeast India (275) 50,000
* Church o ...
References
External links
worldbibles.org India Language List
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bible Translations (India)
Languages of India
Christianity in India
India
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