A
STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF LANGUAGES
WITH THE SCRIPTURES
A summary, by geographical area and type of publication, of the number
of different languages and dialects in which publication of at least
one book of the Bible had been registered as of December 31, 2005.
|
Continent/Region
|
Portions
|
Testaments
|
Bibles
|
Bibles,
DC*
|
Total
|
| Africa |
223
|
301
|
159
|
(29)
|
683
|
| Asia |
218
|
244
|
131
|
(28)
|
593
|
Australia/New
Zealand/
Pacific Islands |
148
|
234
|
38
|
(9)
|
420
|
| Europe |
114
|
36
|
61
|
(47)
|
211
|
| North America
|
39
|
30
|
7
|
(0)
|
76
|
Caribbean
Islands /
Central America /
Mexico/South America |
118
|
270
|
29
|
(9)
|
417
|
Constructed
Languages |
2
|
0
|
1
|
(0)
|
3
|
| TOTALS |
862
|
1,115
|
426
|
(122)
|
2,403
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
This column is a sub-section of the Bibles column – for example,
there is a translation of the Deuterocanon for 47 of the 61 languages
of Europe in which the Bible has been translated.
[A few corrections were made to our language databases and are reflected
in this statistical summary]
|