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William Carey 's translation of the Bible into Bengali was peculiar to mainstream Bengali. It came to be known as "Christian Bengali" and intelligibility of this new dialect was somewhat restricted to educated Bengali Christians. [6] The Bengali converts to Christianity during the British rule were mainly Upper Caste Hindus and this translation ...
Serampore Mission Press. The Serampore Mission Press was a book and newspaper publisher that operated in Serampore, Danish India, from 1800 to 1837. The Press was founded by William Carey, William Ward, and other British Baptist missionaries at the Serampur Mission. It began operations on 10 January 1800.
The first translation of the Bible into any of the languages of Northeast India was in Assamese (1883) followed by Khasi version, published in 1891. Translations into many other languages have appeared since then with the most prominent and largest languages such as Garo (1924), Mizo (1959), Bodo (1981), Meitei (1984), Kokborok (2013) and ...
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
Bengali Christians are considered a model minority in South Asia and usually enjoy a high literacy rate, low male-female sex ratio and a better socio-economic status. [10] Christian missionaries operate many schools, hospitals and shelters for the poor. They receive support from the Indian and Bangladeshi governments.
Lalon also known as Fakir Lalon Shah, Lalon Shah, Lalon Fakir (Bengali: লালন; 17 October 1774 – 17 October 1890; Bengali: 1 Kartik 1179) was a prominent Bengali philosopher, Baul saint, mystic, songwriter, social reformer and thinker. Regarded as an icon of Bengali culture, he inspired and influenced many poets, social and religious ...
Christianity by country. Christians in Bangladesh account for 0.30% (roughly 500,000 believers) of the nation's population as of 2022 census. [ 1][ 2] Together with Judaism and Buddhism (plus other minority religious groups such as Atheism, Sikhism, the Bahá'í Faith and others), they account for 1% of the population.
Meitei language editions of the Bible in Roman script are very commonly used by the Christians in Manipur. [88] The Naoriya Phulo script is a constructed script, invented by Laininghan Naoriya Phulo (1888–1941). It shares many similarities with Devanagari and Bengali script. [89] It was championed by Apokpa Marup, but never widely adopted. [90]