A South-Western Karaim Bible Translation of the Book of Genesis in manuscript no. JSul.III.01
Journal: Almanach Karaimski
Year: 2019

This article presents preliminary remarks on manuscript no. JSul.III.01, which features a south-western Karaim translation of the five books of the Pentateuch. The author provides a sample of linguistic material from the Book of Genesis along with an English translation and discusses a number of phonological issues related to the language of the translation, focusing on the delabialization process that occurred in south-western Karaim.