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United Bible Societies reported that the Bible, in whole or part, has been translated in more than 3,324 languages (including an increasing number of sign languages), including complete Old or New Testaments in 2,189 languages, and the complete text of the Bible (Protestant canon) in 674 languages, by the end of December 2017.[1]
According to Wycliffe Bible Translators, in October 2017, 3,312 languages had access to at least a book of the Bible, including 1,121 languages with a book or more, 1,521 language groups with access to the New Testament in their native language and 670 the full Bible. It is estimated by Wycliffe Bible Translators that translation may be required in 1,636 languages where no work is currently known to be in progress. They also estimate that there are currently around 2,584 languages which have active Bible translation projects (with or without some portion already published).[2]
Bibles and Bible portions available online[edit]
There are currently over 1,700 versions in over 1,200 languages available digitally on bible.com and a similar number on the American Bible Society's bibles.org.
Geographically[edit]
Alphabetically[edit]
- 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
- Apache (Southern Athabaskan): Bible translations into Apache
- Arabic: Bible translations into Arabic
- Aramaic: Bible translations into Aramaic, Targum, Peshitta
- Armenian: Bible translations into Armenian
- Assamese: Bible translations into the languages of India
- Auca, Waodani, Huaorani: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Avar: Bible translations into the languages of Russia
- Azerbaijani: Bible translations into Azerbaijani
- Basque: Bible translations into Basque
- Batak: Bible translations into the languages of Indonesia and Malaysia
- Belarusian: Bible translations into Belarusian
- Bemba, Cibemba: Bible translations into the languages of Africa
- Bengali: Bible translations into Bengali
- Bisaya-Inunhan: Bible translations into the languages of the Philippines
- Blackfoot: Bible translations into Native American languages
- 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
- Cambodian: Bible translations into Cambodian
- Carrier: Bible translations into Athabaskan languages
- Catalan: Bible translations into Catalan
- Caucasian Albanian (Old Udi): Bible translations into Caucasian Albanian
- Cheyenne: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Cherokee: Bible translations into Cherokee
- Chinese: Bible translations into Chinese
- Choctaw: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Chope, Tshopi: Bible translations into the languages of Africa
- 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).[3]
- 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
- Danish: Bible translations into Danish
- Dene Suline / Chipewa: Bible translations into Athabaskan languages
- 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
- Georgian: Bible translations into Georgian
- German: Bible translations into German
- Gilbertese: Bible translations into Oceanic languages
- Gothic: Gothic Bible
- Greek: Bible translations into Greek, Septuagint
- Gujarati: Bible translations into the languages of India
- Gullah: Bible translations into creole languages
- Gwich'in (Kutchin): Bible translations into Athabaskan languages
- Haida: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Haitian Creole: Bible translations into creole languages
- Hakka: Bible translations into the languages of Taiwan
- Hawaiian: Bible translations into Polynesian languages
- Hawaiian Pidgin English: Bible translations into Hawaii Pidgin
- Hebrew: Bible translations into Hebrew
- Hindi: Bible translations into Hindi and Urdu
- 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
- 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
- Kalmyk, Oirat: Bible translations into Kalmyk
- Kannada: Bible translations into Kannada
- Kashubian: Bible translations into Slavic languages (section Kashubian)
- Kazakh: Bible translations into Kazakh
- Keres: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Khmer (Cambodian): Bible translations into Cambodian
- Khoekhoegowab (Damara/Nama): Bible translations into the languages of Africa
- Kikamba language (Kamba): Bible translations into the languages of Africa
- Konkani: Bible translations into Konkani
- Korean: Bible translations into Korean
- Koryak: Bible translations into the languages of Russia
- Koyukon: Bible translations into Athabaskan languages
- 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
- Lahu: Bible translations into the languages of China
- Latin: Bible translations into Latin, Vetus Latina, Vulgate
- Latvian: Bible translations into Latvian
- Lisu: Bible translations into the languages of China
- Lithuanian: Bible translations into Lithuanian
- Lolcat: Bible translations into fictional languages
- Macedonian: Bible translations into Macedonian
- Malagasy: Bible translations into the languages of Africa
- 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
- Maori: Bible translations into Oceanic languages
- Marathi: Bible translations into Marathi
- Miao: Bible translations into the languages of China
- Micmac: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Mixtec: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Mohawk: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Mongolian: Bible translations into Mongolian
- Navajo: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Naxi: Bible translations into the languages of China
- Norwegian: Bible translations into Norwegian
- Nubian (Nobiin): Bible translations into Nubian
- Chichewa / Nyanja: Bible translations into the languages of Africa
- Mijikenda (formerly 'Nyika): Bible translations into the languages of Africa
- Occitan: Bible translations into the languages of France
- Ojibwa (Algonquian family, Canada): Bible translations into Native American languages
- O'odham (Mexico): Bible translations into Native American languages
- Oriya: Bible translations into Oriya
- Oromo: Bible translations into the languages of Africa
- Oshindonga: Bible translations into the languages of Africa
- Otjiherero: Bible translations into the languages of Africa
- Paniya: Bible translations into the languages of India
- 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
- Provençal: Bible translations into the languages of France
- 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
- Sanskrit: Bible translations into the languages of India
- Scots (Lallans; Lowland Scots): Bible translations into Scots
- Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig): Bible translations into Scottish Gaelic
- Sechwana: Bible translations into the languages of Africa
- Seneca (Iroquoi): Bible translations into Native American languages
- Serbian: Bible translations into Serbian
- Seri: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Shawi: Bible translations into Berber languages
- Shan: Bible translations into the languages of India
- Shor: Bible translations into the languages of Russia
- 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
- Spanish: Bible translations into Spanish
- Swahili: Bible translations into the languages of Africa
- Swedish: Bible translations into Swedish
- Syriac: Bible translations into Aramaic
- Tagalog/Filipino: Bible translations into the languages of the Philippines
- Taiwanese: Bible translations into the languages of Taiwan
- Tajik: Bible translations into Persian
- 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
- Tatar: Bible translations into the languages of Russia
- Telugu: Bible translations into Telugu
- Tewa, New Mexico: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Thai: Bible translations into Thai
- Tibetan: Bible translations into Tibetan
- Tlingit: Bible translations into Tlingit
- Tongan: Bible translations into Oceanic languages
- Tsimshian: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Tulu: Bible translations into the languages of India
- Turkish: Bible translations into Turkish
- Turkmen: Bible translations into Turkmen
- Tuvan: Bible translations into the languages of Russia
- Ukrainian: Bible translations into Ukrainian
- Urdu: Bible translations into Hindi and Urdu
- Uyghur: Bible translations into Uyghur
- Uzbek: Bible translations into Uzbek
- Valencian: Valencian Bible
- Vietnamese: Bible translations into Vietnamese
- Wa: Translation of the Bible into the Wa language.
- Wakhi: Bible translations into the languages of Russia
- Wampanoag: Bible translations into Native American languages
- Welsh: Bible translations into Welsh
- Xhosa: Bible translations into the languages of Africa
- Yiddish: Bible translations into Yiddish
- Yoruba: Bible translations into the languages of Africa
- Yupik languages: Bible translations into the languages of Russia
- Zulu: Bible translations into the languages of Africa
- Zuñi: Bible translations into Native American languages
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Key facts about the Bible access - United Bible Societies'. United Bible Societies. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^[1] (Figures correct as of Oct 2017.)
- ^A Bìbbia corsa
External links[edit]
- Find.Bible links to translations in over 6,100 languages and dialects (as of April 2018 relating to 2,141 separate ISO639-3 registered languages)
- WorldBibles.org lists over 14,000 internet links to Bibles, New Testaments and portions in 'over four thousand languages'
- Online Bible—Read, Listen or Download Free: PDF, EPUB, Audio
That is: a poetic, archaic, widespread translation that's commonly used in quotations? Or does no one translation predominate? Do they quote the Bible in modern or archaic language?
posted by neushoorn at 2:41 AM on September 15, 2011
posted by Wylla at 3:29 AM on September 15, 2011
posted by Wylla at 3:36 AM on September 15, 2011
In Icelandic, no translation has such exalted status. There are some famous bible translation, especially Guðbrandsbiblía from the late 16th Century, but no one uses it in their daily faith (as far as I know).
posted by Kattullus at 4:21 AM on September 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by No-sword at 4:26 AM on September 15, 2011
In Spanish, like English, there are several other translations. But the Queen Valerie Bible is the standard - and is often compared to the King James Bible.
posted by Flood at 4:51 AM on September 15, 2011
Interestingly, this is a 'Protestant' Bible, despite the dominance of the Catholic Church among Spanish-speakers. (This is, of course, true of the King James version as well). Canonical Catholic translations are few and far between, with most Spanish Catholics today turning to relatively recent translations from the middle of the 20th century.
posted by drlith at 4:54 AM on September 15, 2011
The Luther Bible is also a big deal for its impact on the history of the German language and Luther's efforts to produce a translation readable by speakers of the myriad of German dialects, which helped standardise German somewhat.
I'm not sure what Catholics in Germany use. Also, it's really weird to be typing the Luther Bible rather than Lutherbibel.
posted by hoyland at 4:57 AM on September 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
As a result, Arabic has remained remarkably static for most of the last thirteen-hundred years, at least when compared to a language like English, where even something as recent as the KJV is viewed as being pretty archaic and Middle English, dating from the eleventh and twelfth centuries, being almost entirely incomprehensible to a modern English speaker. By comparison, so-called 'Literary Arabic' or 'Classical Arabic,' the language of the Quran, is still a viable language or language subset, existing alongside Modern Standard Arabic and viewed by most Arabic-speakers as being a different register of the same language.
posted by valkyryn at 5:43 AM on September 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
I don't know much about it, but if you're interested in a more 'organic' African Biblical tradition, check out Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity. Ethiopian Christianity developed sort of in a vacuum, has all sorts of interesting components, and some really beautiful artwork. And I would suspect that the form the Bible takes there has really helped shape the development of Ethiopian culture.
posted by ChuraChura at 6:23 AM on September 15, 2011
posted by sianifach at 6:25 AM on September 15, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by bq at 6:44 AM on September 15, 2011 [2 favorites]
They might not be archaic translations, but the majority of Greeks have read the translation of the Odyssey and the Iliad by I. Kakrides in school. A lot of quotes and expressions by the three tragedians, philosophers et al. that are used in everyday speech are in the original (or in a mixed form).
posted by ersatz at 10:54 AM on September 15, 2011
posted by dhens at 12:46 PM on September 15, 2011
posted by TheophileEscargot at 4:34 AM on September 16, 2011
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King In Other Languages
Just in European languages
BASILIKOS (βασιλικός) in old Greek
Roman influence
REX in Latin
RE in Italian
REY in Spanish
ROI in French
Rí in Irish
REI in Gaelic and Catalan, Portuguese
REGE in Romanian
ERREGE in Basque
BRENIN in Walsh
Nordic influence
KöNIG in German
KONING in Dutch
KONGE in Norwegian, Danish
KUNG in Swedish
KONUNGUR in Icelandic
KUNINGAS in Finish and Estonian
Slavic influence
KRÓL in Polish
KARALIUS in Lithuanian
KARALIS in Latvian
KOROL' (Король) in Russian
KRAL in Turkish
KráL in Czech
KRALJ in Serbian(краљ), Croatian
KIRáLY in Hungarian
King Kong In Other Languages
Other
ملك<-- MLK in Arabic
MBRET in Albany
цар (TZAR CAR) in Bulgarian Macedonian, Ukrainian
Demon King In Other Languages
Király in Hungarian