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**List: Kirghiz Ministry
the Bible ( the Bible )
"Until the Soviet revolution of 1917, Kirghiz was called Kara
(Black) Kirghiz, or Western Kirghiz, and the Kazakh language
was known simply as Kirghiz, or Eastern Kirghiz. Kirghiz is a
Turkic language spoken by about a million people in the Kirghiz
SSR of the Soviet Union and in adjacent areas of Sinkiang
Province, China. One of the oldest Turkish tribes, these nomadic
Musl_ms migrated from the upper Yenisy River area, where
they had been known since the 7th century."--1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info only]
"Spoken by several hundred thousand nomads in the plains between the
Lower Volga and northwestern Mongolia."--1000 Tongues, 1939 [Info only]
**File: Kirghiz Bible History (3)--1860 S. Bagster [Info only]
"First publication, St.
Matthews Gospel (Arabic characters) in 1818 at Astrakhan by the
Russian Bible Society; tr. by Charles Fraser of the Scottish My.
Society at Orenburg. New Testament, 1820."--1000 Tongues, 1939 [Info only]
"1818 Matthew 1820 New Testament Russian BS,
Translated by Charles Fraser, Scottish MS."--1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info only:
ARABIC CHARACTER "1820" Mark 1:2 unknown; used Allah @ Mark 1:1.
See Nogai Bible History.]
WESTERN KIRGHIZ TURKISH--1000 Tongues, 1939 [Info only: Arabic characters "1880" John 3:11-16 unknown.]
"1880 New Testament BFBS, Kazan
A revision prepared by J. M. E. Gottwald.
Reprinted by BFBS, Kazan, 1887, 1910."--1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info only: ?]
WESTERN KIRGHIZ TURKISH--1000 Tongues, 1939 [Info only: Russian characters n.d. Book ch:v unknown.]
"1901 Gospels BFBS, Kazan
Translated by I. Katerinski, Inspector of Schools at Orenburg."--1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info only:
CYRILLIC CHARACTER "1901" Mark 1:2 correct (Байгамбарлардыҥ = Prophets).
Same Mark 1 pic here and at Kazakh.]
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