The latest Scripture Language Report published by United Bible Societies (UBS) in Reading, England, shows that at least one complete book of the Bible has been translated in 2,426 out of an estimated 6,500 languages around the world at the end of 2006. Approximately 95 percent of the world’s population theoretically have access to the Scriptures in a language they understand, although not necessarily their first language. The remaining 5 percent add up to 300 million people. Completed translations in 23 new languages and dialects were registered in 2006 with 260 completed in the last 10 years. Along with three new Bibles, the 2006 Scripture Language Report lists 31 newly translated New Testaments of which five are the first recorded Scripture publications in those languages. Additional Scripture portions were registered for 34 languages which do not yet have either an Old or New Testament, and for 21 languages which have the New Testament but not the Old. In 26 other languages in which translation and publication have already taken place, new or revised versions of portions, Testaments or Bibles are now available. (Evangelical News/Assist News Service)
Saturday, February 03, 2007
REPORT: SCRIPTURE TRANSLATIONS AVAILABLE IN 2,246 LANGUAGES
The latest Scripture Language Report published by United Bible Societies (UBS) in Reading, England, shows that at least one complete book of the Bible has been translated in 2,426 out of an estimated 6,500 languages around the world at the end of 2006. Approximately 95 percent of the world’s population theoretically have access to the Scriptures in a language they understand, although not necessarily their first language. The remaining 5 percent add up to 300 million people. Completed translations in 23 new languages and dialects were registered in 2006 with 260 completed in the last 10 years. Along with three new Bibles, the 2006 Scripture Language Report lists 31 newly translated New Testaments of which five are the first recorded Scripture publications in those languages. Additional Scripture portions were registered for 34 languages which do not yet have either an Old or New Testament, and for 21 languages which have the New Testament but not the Old. In 26 other languages in which translation and publication have already taken place, new or revised versions of portions, Testaments or Bibles are now available. (Evangelical News/Assist News Service)
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