We know that having the Bible changes lives. We also see how the work of Bible translation changes lives – like developing a written form of languages spoken by some of the most marginalised people on earth, often for the first time, and teaching people to read and write.
A roadside poster in the Lunyole language of Uganda. Wycliffe was involved in developing a way of writing in this language for the first time. The sign reads: ‘Dispose of all faeces in a pit latrine to prevent diseases.’ Without Wycliffe’s translation and language development work, health messages like this wouldn’t exist in Lunyole. The effects of this ripple out beyond Christians and churches, and touch the lives of whole communities. When people learn to read and write in their language it means:
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The image at the top of this page shows the first known example of graffiti in the Bamunka language of Cameroon, a language Wycliffe workers helped write down for the first time. It reads: ‘I’ve gone to bed.’
