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==Cebuano==
==Cebuano==


Cebuano is one of 169 living languages spoken in the Philippine Islands and is spoken as a first language by more than 1.5 million people. The Philippines consist of more than 7,100 islands clustered in the South Pacific Ocean and is home to more than 76 million people.
Visayan Language has strong roots from Arab and Hebrew language which the Filipinos indirectly received from people who came from India, Sumatra, and Borneo (Yap,1947).  


The Cebuano Received Text New Testament was translated by a small group of pastors in the southern part of the Philippines. The translation was based on the King James Version of the English Bible. Their translation was the completion of work begun by missionary Colin Christensen.


Further work is headed up by Filipino Pastor [[Ruben Sulapas|Ruben Sulapas]].


A 1988 ecumenical translation is based upon dynamic equivalence.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yap, M. (1947). Ang Dila Natong Bisaya. Cebu: Patik sa Parokya sa Mandaue.

Revision as of 10:30, 26 November 2013

Cebuano

Visayan Language has strong roots from Arab and Hebrew language which the Filipinos indirectly received from people who came from India, Sumatra, and Borneo (Yap,1947).






Yap, M. (1947). Ang Dila Natong Bisaya. Cebu: Patik sa Parokya sa Mandaue.

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