Potential and Expressed needs.
Translation may need to begin in 1,700–1,800 languages.
Translation Need is complicated
The chart below refers to the number of
languages but it does not indicate the
size, or vitality of those languages, or
say whether communities are fluent in
multiple languages.
The numbers on the map refer to
languages where work is already being
requested or is likely to be needed where
no translation has ever taken place.
4000
3500
No Current Translations, none
currently reported as planned
3000
Potential & Expressed Need
2500
Active Program
Europe
42
Americas
67
Africa
Asia
574
642
Pacific
346
2000
1500
1000
aniticipated total*
500
Bible
NT or more
Selections
No Scripture
0
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1,700–1,800
(over 160 million people)
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Amount of Scripture known to be available
for languages in active use worldwide
Full Bible
New Testament
Selections & Stories
No Known Scripture
636 languages
1,442 languages
1,145 languages
3,874 languages
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Full Bible
New Testament
Selections & Stories
No Known Scripture
5,135 million people
685 million people
434 million people
253 million people
 = 25 languages
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No known Scripture
Full Bible
Selections & Stories
Selections & Stories
New Testament
New Testament
No known Scripture
Full Bible
No known Scripture
Full Bible
Selections & Stories
Full Bible
New Testament
50 319 197 747
No known Scripture
72 102
Selections & Stories
44
New Testament
69
No known Scripture
211 347 307 1431
Selections & Stories
246 388 394 1111
New Testament
60 344 175 483
Full Bible
Bible translation status by Area
Americas
Africa
Asia
Europe
Pacific
1062 total languages
2139 total languages
2296 total languages
287 total languages
1313 total languages
Wycliffe Global Alliance: Language & Translation Statistics
Statistics are rarely as simple as the numbers imply – please see FAQ sheet before quoting these figures
Nov 2016
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