User:Mary Steele

I am Mary Steele. I am from N. Ireland (Ulster) and have worked with GILLBT (Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation)in Ghana since 1962. I work on the Konkomba language, and also on the Bimoba language, both in Northern Ghana.

I have been involved in the translation of the New Testament in both the Konkomba and Bimoba languages, and also in the complete Bible in these two languages. Both of these Bibles are now published and are in circulation.

I am currently working on a second edition of the Konkomba Dictionary, using FLEx. I am also continuing work on Konkomba Syntax description. I have also produced primers for adult literacy, and booklets on health and other topics, as well as an Introduction to Learning Likpakpaln - Konkomba.

For Konkomba there is an NGO called RILADEP (Rural Integrated Literacy and Development Programme) which has been operating for more than ten years.

The Konkomba people number around one million, living mostly in Eastern Ghana, but also in Western Togo.

Konkomba Publications:

Uwumbɔr Aagbapɔɔn Likpakpaln (The New Testament in Konkomba) First Edition 1977 (2,000 copies) Second Edition 1984 (10,000 copies) Copyright: 1984 International Bible Society and Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation, P.O. Box TL 378, Tamale, Ghana

Uwumbɔr Aagbaŋ Likpakpaaln (The Bible in Konkomba, Ghana) First Edition 1997 (10,000 copies) Published by Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation Copyright: The Bible League, 1997 Second Edition 2009 (10,000 copies) Copyright: Wycliffe Bible Translators, 2009

An Introduction to Learning Likpakpaln (Konkomba - Saboba Dialect) 94pp. Copyright: 1983 Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation

Bimoba Publications:

Yennu Gbounpaauŋ Mɔɔr (The New Testament in Bimoba) First Edition 1986 (2,000 copies) Second Edition 1996 (2,000 copies) Revised Edition 2001 (2,000 copies) ISBN - 9964-92-269-8 Copyright: 2001 Wycliffe Bible Translators

Yennu Gbouŋ Mɔɔr (The Bible in Bimoba Ghana) First Edition 2004 ISBN 9964-92-380-5 Copyright: 2004 Wycliffe Bible Translators