List of languages by year of first Bible translation
The Bible has been translated into many languages. The Jewish Tanakh (similar to the Protestant Old Testament) was originally written in Hebrew, with the exception of some passages of Daniel, Ezra, and Jeremiah which are in Aramaic. The New Testament is widely agreed to have originally been written in Greek, although some scholars hypothesize that certain books (whether completely or partially) may have been written in Aramaic before being translated for widespread dissemination.
| Language | Partially translated | Completely translated |
|---|---|---|
| Latin | End of 2nd century | Mid 3rd century for Vetus Latina; around 407 for Jerome's Vulgate |
| Syriac | Earlier versions 2nd century; Peshitta 4th century | |
| Coptic | 1st century | 2nd century (to Akhmimic, Sahidic and Bohairic Dialects) |
| Gothic | 383 by Ulifas or Ulfilas | |
| Armenian | 411 BC by Saint Mesrop (translated from Syriac) | |
| Nubian | 6th century | |
| Chinese | 640 (by Nestorian Christians for the Chinese Emperor) | 1823 |
| Arabic | 8th century | |
| Anglo-Saxon | 7th century | |
| Romanian | 15-16th century (Voroneț codex, Hurmuzaki Psalter) | 1688 Bucharest Bible |
| Slavonic | 9th century | |
| German | 748 Gospel of Matthew (Mondsee Fragments) | 1466 Mentelin Bible |
| Slovene | Freising Manuscripts (972–1039; contains the translation of Matthew 25:34) | 1578 (by Jurij Dalmatin, not published until 1583) |
| Portuguese | 13th century | 1681-1753, by João Ferreira de Almeida (and Jacobus op den Akker) |
| Spanish | 1280 (for Alphonse X of Castile) | |
| Catalan | 1287-1290 (by Jaume de Montjuïc, only partly preserved) | 1319 (for James II of Aragon) |
| Malay (Classical) | 1602 (by Ruyl) | 1733 (by Leydekker) |
| Wampanoag | 1653 (by John Eliot) | 1663 (by John Eliot) |
| Azeri | 1842 | 1891 |
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