- Andrew Jukes
Andrew Jukes (1847-1931) was an
Anglican missionary , who translated theBible into theSiraiki language.Biography
Jukes was born in
Canada , and received his education as a doctor in Britain. In 1878 he was appointed as a medical missionary by one of the principal missionary organization of theChurch of England , the Church Missionary Society (C.M.S). He was attached to society’s Punjab andSindh mission, which covered virtually all of present dayPakistan . He was sent to Baloch mission atDera Ghazi Khan where he stayed until 1906.Work
Jukes' main work was the translation of the
Bible into the local langugage. Here Jukes was fortunate in his assistant, Muhammad Hassan S /O Sher Muhammad. Jukes acknowledged his services on many occasions. Jukes continued his work both at the translation of books of the Bible and at the task of a full bilingual dictionary. He prepared the dictionary in two parts, that is to say, in bothSiraiki -English and English-Siraiki.In 1898 the translation of the four
Gospels were completed. Mr. Jukes's dictionary of the JatkiPunjabi language contains more than ten thousand entries.With the financial help of the Government of
India , Jukes' Siraiki-English dictionary was published in 1900 [ [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65521384&referer=brief_results World Catalog entry] ] , but his English-Siraiki dictionary could not be published and the manuscript appears to be lost. [Andrew Jukes: Siraiki-English Dictionary: Edition 2003: pages 8-10:Publishers: Siraiki Adbi Board.Al-Ayesha.Ghalib street Gulgasht colony Bosan Road Multan (Pakistan)]References
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