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Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant [citation needed] Modern Language Bible: Modern English 1969 Also called "The New Berkeley Version" Moffatt, New Translation: Modern English 1926 Greek text of Hermann von Soden: Names of God Bible: NOG Modern English (GW) & Early Modern English (KJV) 2011. 2014
Dialects can be defined as "sub-forms of languages which are, in general, mutually comprehensible." [1] English speakers from different countries and regions use a variety of different accents (systems of pronunciation) as well as various localized words and grammatical constructions.
Find.Bible links to translations in over 6,100 languages and dialects (as of April 2018 relating to 2,141 separate ISO639-3 registered languages) WorldBibles.org lists over 14,000 internet links to Bibles, New Testaments and portions in "over four thousand languages" Online Bible—Read, Listen or Download Free: PDF, EPUB, Audio
In the 17th century, Romansh literature in Sursilvan, Sutsilvan and other dialects appeared. In 1648, Luci Gabriel published the New Testament in Sursilvan dialect. One of the reasons of the emergence of Romance literature in dialects is because each district had more Protestant or Catholic believers in majority.
A sacred language, liturgical language or holy language is a language that is cultivated and used primarily for religious reasons (like church service) by people who speak another, primary language in their daily lives. Some religions, or parts of them, regard the language of their sacred texts as in itself sacred.
The Bible has been translated into many languages from the biblical languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.As of November 2024 the whole Bible has been translated into 756 languages, the New Testament has been translated into an additional 1,726 languages, and smaller portions of the Bible have been translated into 1,274 other languages according to Wycliffe Global Alliance.
The earliest varieties of an English language, collectively known as Old English or "Anglo-Saxon", evolved from a group of North Sea Germanic dialects brought to Britain in the 5th century. Old English dialects were later influenced by Old Norse-speaking Viking invaders and settlers, starting in the 8th and 9th centuries.
The dialect of English spoken in Northern Ireland shows influence from the lowland Scots language. [12] There are supposedly some minute differences in pronunciation between Protestants and Catholics, the best known of which is the name of the letter h, which Protestants tend to pronounce as "aitch", as in British English, and Catholics tend to pronounce as "haitch", as in Hiberno-English.