http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2007/11/16/kavalan-proverbs/ religion, activism, hospitality Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:22:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2007/11/16/kavalan-proverbs/comment-page-1/#comment-141194 Kaihsu Tai (Oxford, England) Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:07:00 +0000 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2007/11/16/kavalan-proverbs/#comment-141194 According to the <a href="http://www.biblesociety-tw.org/native.htm" rel="nofollow">Bible Society in Taiwan</a>, the native-language translations of the Bible already published are these nine: Taiwanese (Amoy), 'Amis (Pangcah), Paiwan, Bunun, Atayal (Tayal), Truku (Taroko), Tao (Yami), Rukai, and Hakka. I recently met John Whitehorn of the United Reformed Church, who had a hand in the Paiwan translation. According to the Bible Society in Taiwan, the native-language translations of the Bible already published are these nine: Taiwanese (Amoy), 'Amis (Pangcah), Paiwan, Bunun, Atayal (Tayal), Truku (Taroko), Tao (Yami), Rukai, and Hakka. I recently met John Whitehorn of the United Reformed Church, who had a hand in the Paiwan translation.

]]> http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2007/11/16/kavalan-proverbs/comment-page-1/#comment-139267 Kaihsu Tai Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:24:06 +0000 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2007/11/16/kavalan-proverbs/#comment-139267 Not really. There are only hundreds of speakers of Kavalan left today (if even that many), so it is not the focus of the work of the Bible Society in Taiwan. There are Bible translations in other indigenous Formosan languages though, several of them recent publications, as people there get more confident of their mother tongues. Not really. There are only hundreds of speakers of Kavalan left today (if even that many), so it is not the focus of the work of the Bible Society in Taiwan. There are Bible translations in other indigenous Formosan languages though, several of them recent publications, as people there get more confident of their mother tongues.

]]> http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2007/11/16/kavalan-proverbs/comment-page-1/#comment-138782 Mike Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:16:44 +0000 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2007/11/16/kavalan-proverbs/#comment-138782 Kaihsu, do you happen to have any other books in Kavalan, such as the bible? Kaihsu, do you happen to have any other books in Kavalan, such as the bible?

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