Conlang Bible Translations

This page provides a list of constructed languages (conlangs) that have a full or partial Bible translation.

Please note that the Tower of Bable (Genesis 11:1-9) is a text commonly used to "test drive" new conlangs. Thus, many conlangs have a translation of this Bible passage. Also, the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) is sometimes used as a sample text. Therefore, conlangs with translations of only these texts are not necessarily included in the list below, except for some more well-known conlangs.

Conlang name	Completeness	Year, Author	Source links
Basic English	Full translation	New Testament: 1941 Old Testament: 1949 by S. H. Hooke (source: Wikipedia)	Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Esperanto	Full translation	New Testament: 1912 by Rust/Beveridge/Wilkinson Old Testament: 1926 by L. L. Zamenhof (harmonized) (source: Wikipedia)	La Sankta Biblio
Glosa	Partial	by several authors (see source link) e.g. Gospel of Luke: 2002 by Gary Miller	Pusi Glosa Kristo-Bibli
Ido	Partial	by several authors (source: Generala Ido Libreyo)	La libro pri Esther La Evangelio segun Markus Evangelio da Santa Lukas Agi dil Apostoli La Epistoli (some letters) Sundiala Evangelii (excerpts)
Interlingua	Partial	by S. W. Buckhalter by F. Markstein and probably others (see source links)	Le Biblia in Interlingua complete book translations
Interlingue (formerly Occidental)	Minimal	by Wikisource users (?)	Patre Nor (Lord's Prayer) Johan (Gospel of John, partial)
Interslavic	Minimal	2006 (?) (source: Sample Texts)	Věža Babelja (Tower of Babel) Otče naš (Lord's Prayer)
Klingon	Partial	by several authors (see source link)	see overview page of the Religious Text Translation Project in the Klingon Wiki
Láadan	Minimal	by Amberwind Barnhart (?) (source: Láadan Lessons)	Tower of Babel Psalm 23 Psalm 100 The Lord's Prayer
Latino sine Flexione	Minimal	(?)	Patre nostro (Lord's Prayer)
Lingua Franca Nova	Partial	(?)	"Cristianisme" on Relijio page (specifically Biblia)
Lingwa de planeta	Minimal	(?)	Lord's Prayer
Lojban	Partial	started 2011 (first Git commit) by Pierre Abbat et al.	The Christian Bible (PDF) (GitHub source repository)
Na'vi	Minimal	(?)	Na'vi Bible Translation Project
Novial	Minimal	(?)	The Lord's Prayer
Quenya	Partial	by Helge Kåre Fauskanger (source: Ardalambion.net)	Old Testament (partial) New Testament (full)
Senjecas	Partial	conlang started in 1975 by Charles W. Brickner	Old Testament (partial) New Testament (partial)
Solresol	None	-	-
Toki Pona	Partial	community effort started in 2022	lipu sewi (in Markdown format) (GitHub source repository)
Volapük	Partial	First Epistle of John: 1888 by Johann Martin Schleyer Further translations: 1952 by Dr. Arie de Jong	O Fat obas (Lord's Prayer) Pened balid Yoliánesà (1 John) Diatek Nulik (NT, partial)

The following definitions were used to determine the status of completeness:

Full translation: A translation of the Protestant Bible counts as complete, i.e. the 39 books of the original Hebrew Bible plus the 27 books of the New Testament canon. Apocrypha do not need to be translated for the translation to count as complete.
Partial: At least 471 verses (the average number of verses in a book) have been translated. (Preferably complete books, such as a Gospel, instead of several incoherent passages.)
Minimal: At least some excerpt(s) from the Bible have been translated. Usually this is a passage like the Babel Text, the Lord's Prayer or a Psalm.
None: No information regarding translations from the Bible could be found. (If you are aware of Bible translations in this conlang, please let me know – see contact details below.)

If you are aware of any further Bible translations into conlangs not yet listed above, please contact me so that I can add them to the list. Also, if you believe there is any incorrect or outdated information in the list above, I would be happy if you let me know, so that I can correct it.

Last updated: 2024-09-04