Source: Wycliffe Global Alliance, October 2013
Today, millions more people around the world have access to God’s Word in the language they understand best. God is accomplishing his mission through his power and through partnership.There is known active translation and/or linguistic development happening in 2,167 languages across approximately 131 countries potentially impacting 1.9 billion people. This includes 692 languages for which there is no known Scripture; 197 languages with a Bible; 645 languages with a New Testament; and 651 languages with portions of Scripture, such as a book.
Today, over 100 organizations from more than 60 nations form the Wycliffe Global Alliance. These partners along with other organizations involved in the Bible translation movement have been assisting language communities for over 60 years, helping them achieve their Scripture-related goals. Working in community partnerships, Alliance organization personnel also help produce thousands of resources for literacy, education, health, and other development-related objectives alongside Scripture.
Faith Comes by Hearing has completed Audio Scriptures in 850 languages as of October 1, 2013.
The JESUS Film has released over 1200 different language versions of their film.
» Read full story. See also The Bible World in Numbers, particularly a larger version of the infographic shown here (Wycliffe UK).