Language Vitality Through Bible Translation

Contents: Marianne Beerle-Moor/Vitaly Voinov: Introduction to Language Vitality through Bible Translation - Joseph Hong: Language endangerment in the light of Bible translation - J. Stephen Quakenbush: Bible translation's contribution to Agutaynen language vitality - Philip A. Noss: Bible translation, dictionaries, and language development: The case of Gbaya - Dieudonné P. Aroga Bessong: Bible translation and the promotion of mother tongues in Africa - Edward Riak Kajivora: The Nuba Moro literacy program - Pamela Jean Owens: Bible translation and language preservation: The politics of the nineteenth century Cherokee Bible translation projects - Steve Berneking: The new Lakota Bible as anti-imperial translation - Michael Cahill: Endangered languages and Bible translation in Brazil and Papua New Guinea - Brenda H. Boerger: Bible translation as Natqgu language and culture advocacy - Jill Riepe: Encouraging language revitalization through education and Bible translation among the Ap Ma of Papua New Guinea - Marianne Beerle-Moor: Bible translation as witness to a forgotten language: The case of Caucasian Albanian - Boris M. Ataev: The role of Bible translation in preserving the languages of Dagestan - Eun Sub Song: The effect of Bible translation on literacy among Nenets Christians - Gennady V. Kostochakov: Can Bible translation revitalize the dying Shor language?