The Sepulana language speakers will soon be able to read the Christian scriptures in their own language as a result of a pioneering project to translate the Bible into the local dialect.
Sepulana – a language spoken predominantly in north-eastern Mpumalanga and south-eastern Limpopo – has been marginalised, with many Mapulana people forced to navigate spiritual and educational spaces in Sepedi or English.
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