Understanding Why Two Thousand Languages Still Have No Bible Translation in Progress

At least 1.3 billion people (one-sixth of the world’s population) still does not have a translation of the complete Bible in the language they speak best.  After nearly two thousand years since the completion of the Christian canon, why are there still languages on our planet without translations of God’s word?

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