Facts about languages

Unless you are currently learning another language,

you may well have never really given them much thought.

But languages are immensely varied and fascinating!

Did you know …

There are over 7,000 living languages in the world

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Over 160 million people do not have Scripture in their language

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Online Scripture resources are available in various languages

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Many peoples of the world use two or more languages

One third of the world’s languages are in danger of disappearing

1551 languages with a complete New Testament – 815 million people

1160 languages with some translated Bible portions – 458 million people

738 languages have work in progress – 65.4 million people

2014 languages need translation to begin – 167 million people

1.5 billion people, speaking 6656 languages, do not have a full Bible in their first language.

2731 languages in 167 countries with active translation or preparatory work begun – 6.2 billion people

3945 languages with no Scripture – 255 million people

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