HOW MANY OF THESE LANGUAGES HAVE THE SCRIPTURES IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE?
There are approximately 45 indigenous languages with some part of the Bible today. Only 1 language (Kriol) has the complete Bible; 7 languages have partial Bibles published (often known as MiniBibles) which contain some of the New Testament and maybe some selected books from the Old Testament; 12 have complete New Testaments – sometimes with a portion of the Old Testament also (often known as Shorter Bibles); 5 have at least one complete book of the New Testament, eg a Gospel; 9 have just portions or small selections of Scripture; and 16 languages have some parts of Scripture recorded as audio, although many are recordings of earlier translations.