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James Evans

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invention of Cree language syllabary

  • Gutenberg Bible
    In biblical literature: Non-European versions

    In North America James Evans invented a syllabary for the use of Cree people, in whose language the Bible was available in 1862, the work of Wesleyan missionary W. Mason. The New Testament appeared in Ojibwa in 1833, and the whole Bible was translated for the Dakota peoples…

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