From 8b4c6906c3bfa58ec104723dd5a58c205390536c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 17:08:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'intro/gl-strategy/01.md' Issue 170 Paragraph 2 - Definition of "Gateway Language" --- intro/gl-strategy/01.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/intro/gl-strategy/01.md b/intro/gl-strategy/01.md index 631f5188..92393702 100644 --- a/intro/gl-strategy/01.md +++ b/intro/gl-strategy/01.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ The Gateway Languages Strategy endeavors to equip all people groups with access to the Bible, biblical content, translation training, and translation resources in a language that bilingual people in those groups understand well. Those bilingual people can then translate the Bible and biblical content into a language they understand fully, that is, their own language. -A **Gateway Language** (GL) is a language of wider communication that we have identified as being one of the languages into which all of our translation tools will be made available. We call all the other languages of the word **Other Languages** (OL). Bilingual speakers use Gateway Language resources to help them translate the Bible into their own language. +A **Gateway Language** (GL) is a language of wider communication into which all our translation tools and resources will be made available. We call all the other languages of the word **Other Languages** (OL). Bilingual speakers use Gateway Language resources to help them translate the Bible into their own language. Many Gateway Languages are national languages, languages of education, or trade languages within a country. Just as countries vary in their number of national or recognized languages, many will have more than one Gateway Language. India, for example, has several Gateway Languages, while Mozambique has only one. In addition, some Gateway Languages are used in multiple countries or even on multiple continents. For example, Portuguese is a Gateway Language from which Other Language speakers in Brazil and in several counries in Africa can translate the Bible.