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What's been done, What's left to do
Latest Bible translation statistics
Through the Bible, God speaks directly to every man, woman and child. But unless people have the Bible in their heart language, they cannot read his message of life, hope and salvation. Thousands of languages still don't have a single verse of Scripture.
Let's take a closer look at the needs.
How many languages have Scripture?
2,696. Of these, 471 have a complete Bible, another 1,223 have the New Testament. 1,002 others have at least one book of the Bible.
How many languages still need translation?
In addition to almost 2,000 active projects, work needs to begin in a further 2,000 languages.
How many people have no Scripture?
Around 350 million speak these languages where translation still needs to begin.
In how many languages have Wycliffe been involved in the completion of a New Testament or Bible?
Between 1999 and 2010 Wycliffe personnel have helped in the translation of more than 250 New Testaments and begun new work in almost 700 languages.
What is the potential impact of work that's underway?
Wycliffe staff are currently involved in 1,476 active language programmes. About a third opf these languages have populations less than 10,000, a third between 10,000 and 100,000, and a third over 100,000 speakers. Additional work is being undertaken by other organisations in a further 500 languages.
How many countries are affected by the work of Wycliffe?
Almost 100. This includes work among people who live outside their traditional homelands.
These figures are up to the end of September 2011 and come from Wycliffe Global Alliance.