Bible in 1,884 Tongues
Associated Press
NEW YORK —
The American Bible Society reports that the number of languages in which at least one book of the Bible has been published rose in 1987 to 1,884 languages, an increase of 36.
However, the society says the total represents less than 40% of the world’s 5,000 or so languages.
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