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Jul 5, 2023 · Combining Hermjakob’s long experience with natural language processing technologies and Mathew’s field knowledge of Bible translation, the two USC Information Sciences Institute researchers...
- Major Languages of The World
- Mandarin Chinese
- Hindi and Urdu
- Spanish
- Arabic
- German Versions
- Conclusion
With almost 1.5 billion speakers, English is the most widely-spoken language in the world, when counting both native and non-native speakers. But English drops to third place when counting only those who speak English as their first language. Below are the top 4 languages spoken around the world in the millions (MM), divided into total speakers and...
Portions of the Bible began to be translated into Chinese around the 7thcentury, and possibly earlier. Nestorian missionaries, also called “merchant missionaries,” most likely brought Christianity to China during the Tang dynasty (618-907). In 1625, the Nestorian Stele was discovered in Xian, the capital of Shaanxi Province located in central China...
Hindi and Urdu are almost the same language in terms of phonetics and grammar. When categorized together the two languages are often called Hindustani. Hindi is spoken in northern and central India and is derived from Sanskrit. Urdu is spoken in Pakistan and India and includes words from Arabic and Persian. Although they sound the same, they are wr...
The version nicknamed the “Bible of the Bear” or “Biblia del Oso” was the first complete Bible translation in Spanish. Its name came from the picture on the title page of a bear eating honey. It was edited by Casiodoro de Reina and published in 1560 in Basel, Switzerland. A revised version was edited by Cipriano de Valera and printed in London in 1...
The oldest Arabic Bible text, Mt. Sinai Arabic Codex 151, was discovered in St. Catherine’s Monasteryon Mount Sinai and is dated AD 867.This is the same monastery where the famous Codex Sinaiticus was found. This manuscript includes the book of Acts, the Epistles from Paul and the General Epistles. The translator was a Nestorian Christian from Dama...
German, like English, has a long history of Bible translation beginning with the fourth century Gothic translation, Wulfila Bible (311-380). There are many other German versions that were produced in the Middle Ages. With the invention of the printing press, Bible translation greatly expanded. The first German printed Bible was the Mentel Bible pro...
To find out more about Bible translations around the world, check out the website, Languages – Find a Bible which has biblical resources for over 7,000 languages. If you are interested in going deeper on the history of the translation of the Bible, another great resource is the book, 40 Questions on Bible Translation,by Mark Strauss (Grand Rapids: ...
Jul 15, 2024 · Which is the most accurate Bible translation? Explore the history and accuracy of this topic, from Wycliffe to modern versions such as the NRSV, emphasizing the importance of original Hebrew and Greek texts.
Mar 12, 2020 · The “umbrella” Arabic language breaks down further into dialects that vary by country and sometimes community, which complicates Bible translation work. (Photo courtesy of Biblica) For example, people in Iraq often speak Iraqi Arabic and Egyptian Arabic in Egypt, while those in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine speak Levantine Arabic.
In order to encourage them to read God’s Word, the Bible Society in Lebanon came up with the Bible Bil3arabe App concept. The text in this app is a translation of the formal Arabic Bible text into the spoken Lebanese dialect. It is based on the Good News Arabic Translation (الترجمة العربية المشتركة).
Jun 26, 2018 · For the New Testament, the number jumps to over 1,500 languages. It’s not surprising, then, that the Bible is the most translated book in history. Christians see the number of translations as a good thing—more people are able to read God’s word in their own language.
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May 17, 2011 · The Bible has been translated into over 450 languages—and the New Testament into over 1,600 languages. These numbers are increasing every year as organizations such as Wycliffe Bible Translators and the United Bible Societies produce new language versions.
