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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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36.8 million people still need translation work to begin

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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

1798 languages with a complete New Testament – 887 million people

4007 languages with some translated Bible portions – 7.7 billion people

1,433 languages with translated portions, but with neither a full Bible nor a New Testament

4,007 languages, representing 7.7 billion people, have some Scripture.

544 languages need Bible translation work to start – 36.8 million people

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