Romanized Japanese Bible translation
Language Log 2025-04-10
Summary:
Stumbled upon an earliest surviving partial bible translation into Japanese made by Manuel Barreto in 1591 (known as バレト写本 or Reg. lat. 459), here's the first paragraph. Scans can be found here:https://t.co/pW2nH8Udtj pic.twitter.com/HMehP0F6qd — Maxim Persikov (Panates) (@gyankotsu) December 5, 2024 The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in Japan in 1543, establishing trade […]