What is the Hawaiian pidgin Bible?

“Da Good An Spesho Book” is the Hawaiian Pidgin version of both Old and New Testaments, making it the first-ever comprehensive translation of the Holy Bible into the local speaking language of those raised in Hawai’i.

Is Hawaiian pidgin a Creole?

Hawaiian Pidgin (alternately, Hawaiʻi Creole English or HCE, known locally as Pidgin) is an English-based creole language spoken in Hawaiʻi. An estimated 600,000 residents of Hawaiʻi speak Hawaiian Pidgin and 400,000 speak it as a second language.

Who translated the Bible to Hawaiian?

As recent research indicated, 25% of this version of the Bible was translated by Thurston, 20% by Bingham (who also did the coordination), 14% by Artemas Bishop (who later became a prominent missionary to Honolulu and was responsible for the first revision), and the rest by others.

Who wrote the Pidgin Bible?

After three years, the first Bible translated into Pidgin English released thanks to this Nigerian man. Mildred Europa Taylor is a writer and content creator. She loves writing about health and women’s issues in Africa and the African diaspora.

Is there a Hawaiian Bible?

The Hawaiian language bible is now available to mobile users worldwide. Hawaiian nonprofit Partners in Development Foundation (PIDF) granted a license for the use of the diacritically marked Hawaiian text from Ka Baibala Hemolele, (the Holy Bible) on YouVersion’s “Bible App”, a free mobile and online Bible platform.

Who invented pidgin?

The origins of Nigerian Pidgin English lie historically in trade contact between the British and local people in the seventeenth century. It is part of a continuum of English Pidgins and Creoles spoken other West-African countries such as Cameroon, Sierra Leone and Ghana.

Who speaks Pidgin?

More than 75 million people are believed to speak pidgin across Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. But it’s not just an African phenomenon. The term “pidgin” was first recorded in English in 1807 in Canton, China.

Who wrote the Hawaiian Bible?

Palapala Hemolele A complete New Testament in Hawaiian was printed on the island of Oahu in 1832, and the entire Bible was produced in Honolulu in 1837-39 for the American Bible Society.

Is there a hood Bible?

Ciarra Murray is the author of Hood Bible: King Pin Version and the upcoming novel Hood Bible: King Pin Version New Testaments.