Description
Yabem Language Bible
BIBOLO DABUŊ (JAEYHB)
The Holy Bible in Yabem
Papua New Guinea
- Paperback: 600 pages
- Publisher: Digital Bible Society (November 17, 2017) / Wycliffe Bible Translators
- Language: Yabem
- ISBN-10: 1531303102
- ISBN-13: 978-1531303105
- Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.5 x 9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
John 3:16 Joaŋ
Gebe Anôtô têtac gêwiŋ ŋamalac kaiŋ teŋ, tec kêkêŋ nê Latu tageŋ gêmêŋ gebe samob, taŋ sêkêŋ gêwiŋ eŋ naŋ, sênaŋa atom, sêŋgôŋ mateŋ jali teŋgeŋ.
Yabem or Jabêm is an Austronesian language and a division of the Melanesian languages spoken natively (in 1978) by about 2,000 people at Finschhafen, which is on the southern tip of the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, despite historical evidence that shows the language originating in the northern coast. However, Yabem was adopted as local lingua franca along with Kâte for evangelical and educational purposes by the German Lutheran missionaries who first arrived at Simbang, a Yabem-speaking village, in 1885. Yabem was the first language which the missionaries created a writing system for because that was the language they first encountered when they arrived. They even created a school system to provide education for the Yabem community.
| Yabem | |
|---|---|
| Jabêm | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Huon Gulf, Morobe Province |
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Native speakers
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(2,100 cited 1978) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jae |
| Glottolog | yabe1254 |
