6,900+
…the total number of languages in the world (about 7 billion people).
2,200
…total
Number of Languages without any portion of Scripture (about 350 million
people, the population of the US and Canada combined).
nearly 1,500
...the number of translation programs where Wycliffe is currently at work in nearly 100 different countries.
Since
the first Wycliffe organisation began in 1942, staff working alongside
local communities, have assisted in the translation of 781 complete New
Testaments and 27 complete Bibles, potentially impacting around 145
million people speaking 749 languages.
1,200+
...the number of language groups that have access to the New Testament in their heart language (about 595 million people).
1,100+
…the number of JESUS films Wycliffe organizations have assisted in dubbing.
470+
...the number of language
groups that have access to the entire Bible in the language they
understand best (about 4.8 billion people).
100+
…the
number of organizations making up the Wycliffe Global Alliance, staffed
by nearly 7000 people from over 60 different countries.
1 more
…the
number of people passionate about Bible translation needed to fulfill
vital roles around the world, including teacher, auto mechanic,
carpenter, nurse, translator, literacy worker, manager, dentist, writer,
artist, graphic designer, database administrator, accountant, lawyer,
computer expert, prayer warrior, videographer, financial supporter,
pilot, doctor, contractor, ethnomusicologist, mother, heavy machinery
specialist, trainer, linguist, anthropologist…
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