The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has published the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ in 113 languages; 92 with full translations of the scriptural volume, and 21 include selections from the book.
The first printing, in English, occurred in 1830.
The second translation was in Danish, in 1851, followed by German, French, Italian, Welch, Hawaiian, Spanish, Swedish and Maori.
Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles recently discussed with the Church News the increasing distribution of the Book of Mormon, including its 200 millionth copy.
Volumes of various language translations of the Book of Mormon are displayed.
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The most recent full translation was into Macedonian, completed in 2021.
Following are the number of cumulative language translations in 10-year increments (during some decades there were no new language translations).
Chart shows number of language translations of the Book of Mormon, by decade.
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Cumulative language translations of the Book of Mormon in 10-year increments.
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