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Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, IVD (born 8 April 1944) is a Laotian prelate of the Catholic Church. A bishop since 2001, he was made a cardinal on 28 June 2017 and has served as the Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane since 16 December 2017. He is the first cardinal from Laos. [1] He speaks Khmu, Laotian, French, and English. [2]
The Bible is the most translated book in the world, with more translations (including an increasing number of sign languages) being produced annually.Many are translated and published with the aid of a global fellowship of around 150 Bible Societies which collectively form The United Bible Societies.
[1] [2] Aramaic was the common language of Roman Judaea, and was thus also spoken by Jesus' disciples. Although according to new findings Hebrew was also a spoken language among Jews in Judea during the 1st century AD. [3] The villages of Nazareth and Capernaum in Galilee, where he spent most of his time, were populated by Aramaic-speaking ...
Yawna – Maaloula Aramaic a non-profit educational initiative dedicated to the preservation of Aramaic – the language of Jesus – and the rich cultural heritage of Maaloula. Western Neo-Aramaic alphabet and pronunciation at Omniglot; Samples of spoken Western Neo-Aramaic at the Semitisches Tonarchiv (Semitic Audio Archive) Bakh’a dialect
It is the same as the language spoken by the Chams in Cambodia. The other variety, Eastern Cham, is not spoken, or is very unlikely to be spoken. Nowadays they mostly speak Laotian. In Champasak, where the Khmer influence is quite large, the Khmer is used by the Chams there. [1]
Christianity is a minority religion in Laos.. In 2015, Christians in Laos numbered 200,000 to 210,000, with 50,000–60,000 thousand for Catholics and 150,000 for Protestants, based on rough estimates conducted by LFND. [1]
The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai–Kadai languages, including Standard Thai or Siamese, the national language of Thailand; Lao or Laotian, the national language of Laos; Myanmar's Shan language; and Zhuang, a major language in the Southwestern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, spoken by the Zhuang people (壯 ...
Work on translation of the Bible (Lao: ພຣະຄັມພີ) into the Lao language was begun by Swiss Brethren missionaries in 1902, producing three Gospels in 1908, then a translation of the full Bible in 1932. [1] [2] The US Bible Society has recently published a modern translation of the Bible into Lao. [3]