The Translation of Names for Unclean Birds in Kambera (Eastern Sumbanese)

Numbering no more than 200,000 speakers, Kambera, the language of the eastern region of the island of Sumba, is one of the few minority languages of Indonesia that has been provided with a translation of the Old Testament. The special interest of this paper concerns the translation of animal names i...

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Main Author: Forth, Gregory (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2024
In: The Bible translator
Year: 2024, Volume: 75, Issue: 3, Pages: 281-306
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Levitikus 11,13-19 / Bible. Deuteronomium 14 / Cultic purity / Birds / Bird name / Ethnobiology / Translation / Kambera language / Sumba
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Ethnobiology
B bird nomenclature
B Kambera language
B Leviticus
B translation strategies
B Deuteronomy
B Sumba Island (Indonesia)
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