Nigeria's rapid rise
In our final email update of 2024, we promised to write more about the exciting increased pace of Bible translation in Nigeria the past few years. We are planning to write again on this topic in our spring email update… But I just read a very nice article on the topic of Nigerian Bible translation by the Wycliffe Global Alliance which I would like to reblog here. " With the swift advancement of Bible translation into predominantly oral, non-literate communities, new challenges are arising as well. One challenge is equipping local teams to share work that relies heavily on advanced technology. In Nigeria, new projects in new language groups have even moved the country off of ProgressBible ’s list of nations with the most languages needing translation to start. Three years ago Nigeria's list contained 178 languages. Now it has just 22. Nigeria today has at least 232 language projects in the pre-translation, preparatory phase. This brings a heightened need for trainin...
