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Does Ulphila's translation of the Bible into Gothic count?
I believe that various French missionaries (probably Jesuits) also translated into Amerind languages.
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> I've heard a similar report about St. Cyril and the Russian alphabet.
> How many other languages were made literate by missionaries?
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> Dale Hample
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> Phyllis Jestice wrote:
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> >Today (19. February) is the feast day of:
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> >Mesrop (d. 439) Mesrop the Teacher was Isaac the Great's main colleague in
> >developing the Armenian church. He created an alphabet for writing
> >Armenian and translated the New Testament and book of Proverbs.
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