List of Book of Mormon translations

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These tables show all the translations of the Book of Mormon. For more information, see Book of Mormon#Translations

[edit] Chronology of complete translations of the Book of Mormon

Number	Date	Language	Title	Primary Location of Language	Notes
1	1830	English	The Book of Mormon		[1] most recent edition 1982
2	1851	Danish	Mormons Bog	Denmark	[1] most recent edition 1949; translated by Peter O. Hansen
3	1852	French	Le Livre de Mormon		[1]
4	1852	Welsh	Llyfr Mormon	Wales	[2] most recent edition 2000
5	1852	German	Das Buch Mormon		[2] most recent edition 2003
6	1852	Italian	Il Libro di Mormon	Italy	[1] most recent edition 1995
7	1855	Hawaiian	Ka Buke a Moramona	Hawaiian Islands	[1] first non-European language translation; translated by Jonatana Napela and George Q. Cannon
8	1869	Deseret Alphabet (English)	𐐜 𐐒𐐳𐐿 𐐲𐑂 𐐣𐐫𐑉𐑋𐐲𐑍	Utah Territory (defunct)	[3] currently out of print.
9	1878	Swedish	Mormons Bok	Sweden	[1]
10	1886	Spanish	El Libro de Mormón		[1] selections published in 1875; most recent edition 1992; translated by Eduardo Balderas and Antoine R. Ivins
11	1889	Māori	Ko Te Pukapuka a Moromona	New Zealand	[1]
12	1890	Dutch	Het Boek van Mormon	Netherlands, Flanders	[1]
13	1903	Samoan	O le Tusi a Mamona	Samoa	[1]
14	1904	Tahitian	Te Buka a Moromona	Tahiti	[1]
15	1906	Turkish	Mormon Kitabi'ndan Seçmeler	1906 Armenian script version (now largely defunct); formerly used in present-day Eastern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and the U.S.	[1] Currently out of print; first Asian language translation; selections in Roman script published in 1983; full text in Roman script published in 2000
16	1909	Japanese	モルモン書	Japan	[1] most recent edition 1995
17	1933	Czech	Kniha Mormonova	Czech Republic	[1]
18	1936	Braille (English)			[1] most recent edition 1994
19	1937	Western Armenian		Middle East, U.S., and elsewhere	[4] 1937 complete edition currently out of print; new translation (selections only) published in 1983
20	1939	Portuguese	O Livro de Mórmon	Brazil, Portugal	[1] most recent edition 1995
21	1946	Tongan	Ko e Tohi ʻa Molomona	Tonga	[1]
22	1950	Norwegian	Mormons Bok	Norway	[1]
23	1954	Finnish	Mormonin Kirja	Finland	[1]
24	1965	Chinese	摩門經	Taiwan,Hong Kong, Southeast Asia	[1]
25	1965	Rarotongan (Cook Islands Maori)	Te Puka a Momoni	Cook Islands	[1]
26	1967	Korean	몰몬경	Korea	[1]
27	1972	Afrikaans	Die Boek van Mormon	South Africa	[1] First African language edition
28	1976	Thai	พระคัมภีร์ มอรมอน	Thailand	[1] New translation completed, awaiting publication.
29	1977	Indonesian	Kitab Mormon	Indonesia	[5]
30	1979	Croatian	Mormonova Knjiga	Croatia	[1]
31	1980	Fijian	Ai Vola i Momani	Fiji	[1]
32	1981	Catalan		Spain	[1]
33	1981	Icelandic	Mormónsbók	Iceland	[1]
34	1981	Polish	Księga Mormona	Poland	[1]
35	1981	Russian	Книга Мормона	Russia, Post-Soviet states, Eastern Europe,	[1]
36	1981	Hebrew			[6] currently out of print from the LDS Church, but copies are available from Price Publishing
37	1982	Hindi	मॉर्मन धर्मशस्त्र	India	[1]
38	1982	Vietnamese	Sách Mặc Môn	Vietnam	[1]
39	1983	Q'eqchi' (Kekchi)	Lix Hu Laj Mormon	Belize, Guatemala	[1]
40	1986	Arabic	كتاب مورمون		[1]
41	1986	Aymara	Mormonan Kellkatapa	Peru, Bolivia	[1]
42	1987	Greek	Το Βιβλιο του Μορμον	Greece	[1]
43	1991	Hungarian	Mormon Könyve	Hungary	[1]
44	1995	Braille (Spanish)			[1]
45	1995	Ilokano	Ti Libro ni Mormon	Philippines	[1]
46	1997	Ukrainian	Книга Мормона	Ukraine	[7]
47	1999	Bulgarian	Книгата на Мормон	Bulgaria	[8] selections published in 1980
48	1999	Albanian	Libri i Mormonit	Albania	[8]
49	1999	Haitian Creole	Liv Mòman An	Haiti	[9] selections published in 1983
50	2000	Estonian	Mormoni Raamat	Estonia	[10]
51	2000	Hmong	Phau Ntawv Maumoos	Southeast Asia	[11] selections published in 1983
52	2000	Malagasy	Ny Bokin'i Mormona	Madagascar	[12] selections published in 1983
53	2000	Swahili	Kitabu cha Mormoni	East sub-Saharan Africa	[12]
54	2000	East Amharic	Mets'hafe Mormon	Ethiopia, Eritrea	[12]
55	2000	Latvian	Mormona Grāmata	Latvia	[12]
56	2000	Lithuanian	Mormono Knyga	Lithuania	[12]
57	2000	Eastern Armenian		Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Iran	[13] selections published in 1987
58	2000	Ibo (Igbo)	Akwụkwọ nke Momọn	Nigeria	[13]
59	2000	Xhosa	Incwadi ka Mormoni	South Africa	[12]
60	2000	Cebuano	Ang Basahon ni Mormon	Philippines	Selections published in 1992
61	2000	Pangasinan	Say Libro nen Mormon	Philippines
62	2000	Tagalog	Ang Aklat ni Mormon	Philippines
63	2001	Khmer (Cambodian)	ព្រះ​គម្ពីរ​មរមន	Cambodia	Selections published in 1982
64	2001	Chinese (Simplified characters)	摩门经	China,Southeast Asia	Selections published in 1982
65	2001	American Sign Language		United States, Canada	[14] on DVD; selections produced on VHS in 1995
66	2001	Mongolian	Мормоны Ном	Mongolia	[15]
67	2002	Bislama	Buk Blong Momon	Vanuatu	Selections published in 1985
67	2002	Romanian	Cartea lui Mormon	Romania[16]
68	2003	Tswana	Buka ya ga Momone	Botswana	[13]
69	2003	Fante	Mormon Nwoma No	Ghana
70	2003	Zulu	Incwadi Kamormoni	South Africa, Zimbabwe	[13] selections published in 1987
71	2003	Shona	Bhuku Ramorimoni	Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana	Selections published in 1988
72	2004	Slovenian	Mormonova Knjiga	Slovenia	[17]
73	2004	Lingala	Buku ya Molomoni	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo	[13] selections published in 1998
74	2004	Neomelanesian (Tok Pisin)	Buk Momon	Papua New Guinea
75	2004	Yapese	Fare Babyou ku Mormon	Federated States of Micronesia
76	2004	Kiribati (Gilbertese)	Ana Boki Moomon	Kiribati	Selections published in 1988
77	2004	Marshallese	Bok in Mormon	Marshall Islands	Selections published in 1984
78	2005	Twi	Mormon Nwoma no	Ghana	[13]
79	2005	Telugu	image of title (please transcribe)	India	Selections published in 1982
80	2005	Tamil		India, Sri Lanka	Selections published in 1982
81	2005	Hiligaynon (Ilonggo)	Tulun-an ni Mormon	Philippines	[18] selections published in 1994
82	2008	Urdu		Pakistan, India	[19] Selections published in 1988
83	2008	Serbian		Serbia

[edit] Languages in which only selections of the Book of Mormon have been published^[20][1]

Number	Date	Language	Title	Primary Location of Language
1	1978	Kaqchikel	Ri Vuj Richin Ri Mormon	Guatemala
2	1979	Quechua—Peru	Mormon Q'el Qaqmanta Aqllaska	Peru
3	1979	Quiché	Jutak Cha'om Wlij Re Ri Wuj Re Ri Mormon	Guatemala
4	1980	Navajo	Naaltsoos Mormon Wolyéhígíí	United States
5	1980	Quichua—Ecuador	Mormon Killkashkamanta	Ecuador
6	1981	Kuna	Mormón Kaiya Purba	Panama, Colombia
7	1981	Niuean	Tohi a Moromona	Niue
8	1981	Quechua—Bolivia	Mormompa Libronmanta	Bolivia
9	1982	Guaraní	Mormon Kuatiañe' e Pehengue	Paraguay, Argentina
10	1982	Laotian	ພຣະຄຳພີ ມໍມອນ	Laos
11	1983	Efik		Nigeria
12	1983	Kisii (Gusii)	Amang'ana Achorire Korwa Ase Ebuku Ya Mormoni	Kenya
13	1983	Mam	Pix Aj U'j Te Mormon	Guatemala
14	1983	Maya	U Libroil Mormon	Mexico, Belize, Guatemala
15	1983	Persian	كتاب مورمون	Iran, Afghanistan, Tadjikistan
16	1983	Sinhala		Sri Lanka
17	1985	Bengali		Bangladesh, India
18	1987	Papiamento	E Buki di Mormon	Netherlands Antilles, Aruba
19	1987	Pohnpeian	Pwuken Mormon	Federated States of Micronesia
20	1987	Trukese (Chuukese)	Ewe Puken Mormon	Federated States of Micronesia
21	1988	Palauan	Babier Er a Mormon	Palau
22	1989	Chamorro	I Lepblon Mormon	Guam, Northern Mariana Islands
23	1994	Pampango (Kapampangan)	Libru Nang Mormon	Philippines
24	1994	Tzotzil	Vun Yu'un Mormon	Mexico
25	1996	Waray-Waray	Libro Ni Mormon	Philippines
26	1997	Bikolano	An Libro Ni Mormon	Philippines

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