Bible translation reaches new October milestones

Wycliffe UK's October snapshot counts 812 languages with a full Bible, 1,863 with a complete New Testament, and active translation work in 4,444 languages.

The October 5 update adds five full Bibles, nineteen New Testaments, and thirty active translation projects compared with the September snapshot. It lists 512 viable languages, spoken by about 36.3 million people, where translation work has not yet begun.

Wycliffe USA separately reported 828,766 verses, 24,549 chapters, and 1,431 biblical books completed from January through June 2026. These are institutional project statistics drawn from translation networks, not measures of conversion or independent audits.