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Statistical Summary
Numbers of languages in Bible
publication
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, 2003:
| Continent or Region |
Portions |
Testaments |
Bibles |
Bibles, DC |
Total |
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| Africa |
219 |
293 |
153 |
(26) |
665 |
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| Asia |
224 |
232 |
129 |
(27) |
585 |
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Australia/New Zealand/
Pacific Islands |
160 |
217 |
37 |
(8) |
414 |
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| Europe |
113 |
35 |
61 |
(47) |
209 |
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| North America |
40 |
28 |
7 |
(0) |
75 |
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Caribbean Islands/Central America/
Mexico/South America |
115 |
263 |
26 |
(9) |
404 |
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| Constructed Languages |
2 |
0 |
1 |
(0) |
3 |
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Total
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873 |
1.068 |
414 |
(117) |
2,355 |
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1. A few corrections were made to our language databases and are reflected in
this statistical summary.
2 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.
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