A Bible handwritten in Latin, on display in Malmesbury Abbey , Wiltshire, England The Bible is the most translated book in the world, with more translations (including an increasing number of sign languages ) being produced annually. The United Bible Societies is a global fellowship of around 150 Bible Societies with the aim of translating publishing, and distributing the Bible.
According to Wycliffe Bible Translators , in September 2023, speakers of 3,658 languages had access to at least a book of the Bible, including 1,264 languages with a book or more, 1,658 languages with access to the New Testament in their native language and 736 the full Bible. It is estimated by Wycliffe Bible Translators that translation may be required in 1,268 languages where no work is currently known to be in progress. They also estimate that there are currently around 3,283 languages in 167 countries which have active Bible translation projects (with or without some portion already published).[1]
Bibles and Bible portions available online There are currently over 3,142 versions in over 2,073 languages available digitally on bible.com, of which 1,768 are available audibly. There are also versions in nearly 2,033 languages at faithcomesbyhearing.com and a similar number on the American Bible Society 's bibles.org.
Geographically Alphabetically Afrikaans: Bible translations into Afrikaans Ainu: Bible translations into Ainu Albanian: Bible translations into Albanian Aleut: Bible translations into Eskimo–Aleut languages Amharic: Bible translations into Amharic Amis: Bible translations into the languages of Taiwan § Amis Apache (Southern Athabaskan): Bible translations into Apache Arabic: Bible translations into Arabic Aramaic: Bible translations into Aramaic , Targum Armenian: Bible translations into Armenian Assamese: Bible translations into the languages of India § Assamese Auca, Waodani, Huaorani: Bible translations into Native American languages Australian Kriol: Bible translations into Australian Kriol Avar: Bible translations into the languages of Russia § Avar Azerbaijani: Bible translations into Azerbaijani Basque: Bible translations into Basque Batak: Bible translations into the languages of Indonesia and Malaysia § Batak Toba Belarusian: Bible translations into Belarusian Bemba/Cibemba: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Bemba/Cibemba (Zambia) Bengali: Bible translations into Bengali Bhili : Bible translation into Bhili Bisaya-Inunhan: Bible translations into the languages of the Philippines § Regional languages Blackfoot: Bible translations into Native American languages § Blackfoot/Siksika Breton: Bible translations into Breton Bulgarian: Bible translations into Bulgarian Burmese: Bible translations into Burmese Buryat: Bible translations into Buryat Cakchiquel: Bible translations into Native American languages § Kaqchikel/Cakchiquel (Mayan) Carrier: Bible translations into Athabaskan languages § Carrier Catalan: Bible translations into Catalan Caucasian Albanian (Old Udi): Bible translations into Caucasian Albanian Cheyenne: Bible translations into Native American languages § Cheyenne Cherokee: Bible translations into Cherokee Chichewa/Nyanja: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Old testament Chichewa (Malawi) Chinese: Bible translations into Chinese Choctaw: Bible translations into Native American languages § Choctaw Chope, Tshopi: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Chope, Tshopi (Mozambique) Comanche: Bible translations into Native American languages Coptic: Coptic versions of the Bible Cornish: Bible translations into Cornish Corsican: The translation of the Bible into the Corsican language is the work of Christian Dubois (2005).[2] Cree: Bible translations into Cree Creole: Bible translations into creole languages Croatian: Bible translations into Croatian Czech: Bible translations into Czech Dakota: Bible translations into Native American languages § Dakota/Lakota Danish: Bible translations into Danish Dene Suline/Chipewa: Bible translations into Athabaskan languages § Dene Suline/Chipewyan Dutch: Bible translations into Dutch Dzongkha: Bible translations into Dzongkha English: List of English Bible translations , English translations of the Bible Esperanto: Bible translations into Esperanto Estonian: Bible translations into Estonian Finnish: Bible translations into Finnish Filipino: Bible translations into the languages of the Philippines French: Bible translations into French Gagauz: Bible translations into the languages of Russia Geʽez: Bible translations into Geʽez Georgian: Bible translations into Georgian German: Bible translations into German Gilbertese: Bible translations into Oceanic languages § Gilbertese Gothic: Gothic Bible Greek: Bible translations into Greek , Septuagint Gujarati: Bible translations into the languages of India § Gujarati Gullah: Bible translations into creole languages § Gullah Gwichʼin (Kutchin): Bible translations into Athabaskan languages § Gwichʼin Haida: Bible translations into Native American languages § Haida (language isolate) Haitian Creole: Bible translations into creole languages § Haitian Creole Hakka: Bible translations into the languages of Taiwan § Hakka Hawaiian: Bible translations into Hawaiian Hawaiian Pidgin English: Bible translations into Hawaii Pidgin Hebrew: Bible translations into Hebrew Hindi: Bible translations into Hindi and Urdu § Hindi Hmong: Bible translations into the languages of China Hopi: Bible translations into Native American languages Hungarian: Bible translations into Hungarian Icelandic: Bible translations into Icelandic Igbo: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Igbo (Nigeria) Ilocano: Bible translations into Ilocano Indonesian: Bible translations into Indonesian Inupiaq, Inupiat: Bible translations into Inupiat Irish: Bible translations into Irish Italian: Bible translations into Italian Japanese: Bible translations into Japanese Jèrriais (Norman): Bible translations into the languages of France § Jèrriais Kalmyk, Oirat: Bible translations into Kalmyk Kannada: Bible translations into Kannada Kashubian: Bible translations into Slavic languages § Kashubian Kazakh: Bible translations into Kazakh Keres: Bible translations into Native American languages § Keres (language isolate) Khmer: Bible translations into Khmer Khoekhoegowab (Damara/Nama): Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Khoekhoegowab/Damara/Nama (Namibia) Kikamba language (Kamba): Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Ki-Kamba (Kenya) Konkani: Bible translations into Konkani Korean: Bible translations into Korean Koryak: Bible translations into the languages of Russia § Koryak Koyukon: Bible translations into Athabaskan languages § Koyukon Kurdish: Bible translations into Kurdish Kyrgyz: Bible translations into Kyrgyz Ladakhi: Bible translations into Ladakhi Lao: Bible translations into Lao Lacandon: Bible translations into Native American languages § Lacandon (Mayan) Lahu: Bible translations into the languages of China § Lahu Latin: Bible translations into Latin , Vetus Latina , Vulgate Latvian: Bible translations into Latvian Lisu: Bible translations into the languages of China § Lisu Lithuanian: Bible translations into Lithuanian LOLcat: LOLCat Bible Translation Project Macedonian: Bible translations into Macedonian Malagasy: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Malagasy (Madagascar) Malay: Bible translations into Malay Malayalam: Bible translations into Malayalam Maltese: Bible translations into Maltese Manchu: Bible translations into Manchu Manx: Bible translations into Manx Māori: Bible translations into Oceanic languages § Māori Marathi: Bible translations into Marathi Miao: Bible translations into the languages of China § Miao Micmac: Bible translations into Native American languages § Micmac Mixtec: Bible translations into Native American languages § Mixtecan Mohawk: Bible translations into Native American languages § Mohawk Mongolian: Bible translations into Mongolian Naro: Naro Bible Navajo: Bible translations into Native American languages Naxi: Bible translations into the languages of China § Naxi Nepali: Bible translations into Nepali Norwegian: Bible translations into Norwegian Nubian (Nobiin): Bible translations into Nubian Mijikenda (formerly "Nyika"): Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Mijikenda/Nyika Occitan: Bible translations into the languages of France § Occitan and Provençal Odia/Oriya: Christianity in Odisha § Bible translations into Odia Ojibwa (Algonquian family, Canada): Bible translations into Native American languages § Ojibwa O'odham (Mexico): Bible translations into Native American languages Oromo: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Oromo (Ethiopia) Oshindonga: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Oshindonga (Namibia) Otjiherero: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Otjiherero (Namibia) Paniya: Bible translations into the languages of India § Paniya Pashto: Bible translations into Pashto Persian: Bible translations into Persian Pipil/Nawat: Bible translations into Native American languages Polish: Bible translations into Polish Portuguese: Bible translations into Portuguese Prekmurje dialect of Slovene: Bible translations into Prekmurje Slovene Quechua, Runa simi: Bible translations into Native American languages Quenya (fictional): Bible translations into fictional languages § Quenya Provençal: Bible translations into the languages of France § Occitan and Provençal Romani: Bible translations into Romani Romanian: Bible translations into Romanian Romansh: Bible translations into Romansh Russian: Bible translations into Russian Sakha: Bible translations into the languages of Russia § Sakha Sanskrit: Bible translations into Sanskrit Scots (Lallans; Lowland Scots): Bible translations into Scots Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig): Bible translations into Scottish Gaelic Sechwana: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Setswana (Botswana, South Africa) Seneca (Iroquois): Bible translations into Native American languages § Seneca Serbian: Bible translations into Serbian Seri: Bible translations into Native American languages § Seri (language isolate) Shawi: Bible translations into Berber languages § Shawiya-Berber Shan: Bible translations into the languages of India § Assamese Shor: Bible translations into the languages of Russia § Shor Sinhala: Bible translations into Sinhala Slavonic: Bible translations into Church Slavonic Slovak: Bible translations into Slovak Slovene: Bible translations into Slovene Sogdian: Bible translations into Sogdian Sorbian: Bible translations into Sorbian Sotho: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Sotho (South Africa) Spanish: Bible translations into Spanish Swahili: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Swahili (Kenya, Tanzania) Swedish: Bible translations into Swedish Syriac: Syriac versions of the Bible , Bible translations into Aramaic Tagalog: Bible translations into the languages of the Philippines § Tagalog Taiwanese: Bible translations into the languages of Taiwan § Taiwanese Tajik: Bible translations into Persian § Tajiki (Persian of Tajikistan) Tamazight, Berber: Bible translations into Berber languages Tamil: Bible translations into Tamil Tanana, Upper (Alaska): Bible translations into Native American languages Tashelhayt, Shilha language: Bible translations into Berber languages § Tashelhit Berber Tatar: Bible translations into the languages of Russia § Tatar Telugu: Bible translations into Telugu Tewa, New Mexico: Bible translations into Native American languages § Tewa (Tanoan family) Thai: Bible translations into Thai Tibetan: Bible translations into Tibetan Tlingit: Bible translations into Tlingit Tongan: Bible translations into Oceanic languages § Tongan Tsimshian: Bible translations into Native American languages § Tsimshian/Sm'algyax Tulu: Bible translations into the languages of India § Tulu Turkish: Bible translations into Turkish Turkmen: Bible translations into Turkmen Tuvan: Bible translations into the languages of Russia § Tuvan Ukrainian: Bible translations into Ukrainian Urdu: Bible translations into Hindi and Urdu § Urdu Uyghur: Bible translations into Uyghur Uzbek: Bible translations into Uzbek Valencian: Valencian Bible Vietnamese: Bible translations into Vietnamese Wa: Bible translations into the languages of China § Wa Wakhi: Bible translations into the languages of Russia Wampanoag: Bible translations into Native American languages § Wampanoag Welsh: Bible translations into Welsh Xhosa: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Xhosa (South Africa) Yiddish: Bible translations into Yiddish Yoruba: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Yoruba (Nigeria) Yupik languages: Bible translations into Eskimo–Aleut languages § Yupik Zulu: Bible translations into the languages of Africa § Zulu (South Africa) Zuñi: Bible translations into Native American languages § Zuñi (language isolate) See also References ^ "2023 Global Scripture Access". 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