In India there are about 1,942 language groups without God's written Word. There are also 1,658 different mother tongues and 16 major languages - classified as official languages, spoken by about 90% of the India population. Here is some information to challenge the Bible translation workers:

The New Testament was printed first only in Tamil Nadu and released on March 30, 1711. This was the first book to be printed in Tamil.

There are about 370 major languages spoken by more than 5,000 speakers in India, out of which the translation work must be started in about 210 languages immediately.

In India 160 languages have the written Word: the whole Bible exists in 89 languages, the New Testament in 31 languages, and the Gospel portions in 90 languages.

It has been reported that India stands first in the effort to translate the Scriptures. At present translation work is in progress in more than 82 new languages in India, followed by 81 new translation works in Indonesia.

India urgently needs young men and women who will give their talent and life to translating the Scriptures into 210 languages.