Diaspora in Europe

Depending on which countries and languages you count there are over 300 indigenous languages in Europe and hundreds more spoken by people who have moved from elsewhere in the world.
Online Bibles and resources are widely available in many languages but not aways widely known about. Print Bibles can be harder to find. 

In the coming months we will add more details and information but for now here is a list of just some of the places you can buy printed Bibles in a wide range of languages.

 

Country Region Provider Link
UK Europe British and Foreign Bible Society https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/products/bibles/limit/200/
UK Europe Chapter 2 https://www.chaptertwobooks.org.uk/bibles/other-translations.html
UK Europe Eden https://www.eden.co.uk/bibles/bible-translations-other/bibles-in-different-languages
UK Europe Vineyard https://shop.vineyardworship.org.uk/bibles/bibles-other-languages
UK Europe CLC https://equippingthechurch.com/products/bibles-languages-other-than-english
UK Europe N. Ireland https://biblesocietyni.co.uk/what-we-do/about-us/bibles-for-sale/
Austria Europe Austrian Bible Society https://shop.bibelgesellschaft.at/site/bibel/fremdsprachigebibeln/
Belgium Europe La-Bible.be https://la-bible.be/boutique/
Bulgaria Europe Bulgarian Bible Society https://bulgarian.bible/
Czech Repblic Europe Czech Bible Society https://www.bibleshop.cz/bible-v-jinych-jazycich
Denmark Europe Danish Bible Soc https://www.bibelselskabet.dk/produkter/andre-sprog
Estonia Europe Estonian Bible Society https://piibliselts.ee/piiblipood/muu-keelsed-piiblid
Finland Europe Finnish Bible Society https://pipliakauppa.fi/collections/vieraskieliset-tuotteet
France Europe French Bible Society https://www.alliancebiblique.fr/traduction 
France Europe 7ici https://librairie-7ici.com/113-bibles-langues-etrangeres
France Europe CLC France https://www.clcfrance.com
Germany Europe German Bible Society https://shop.die-bibel.de/Bibeln-in-anderen-Sprachen/
Greece Europe Hellenic Bible Society https://greekbibles.org/
Italy Europe Italian Bible Society https://www.italiabiblica.it/
Netherlands Europe Dutch Bible Society https://shop.bijbelgenootschap.nl/bijbels/
Netherlands Europe Bible Factory https://biblefactory.org/
Netherlands Europe CLC Netherllands https://clcnederland.com/
Netherlands Europe zakbijbelbond https://www.zakbijbelbond.nl/
Norway Europe Bible Society Norway https://bibel.no/nettbutikk/bibel/utenlandsk
Poland Europe Bible Society Poland https://tb.org.pl/ksiegarnia/3-biblie
Portugal Europe Bible Society Portugal https://lojadabiblia.pt/produto/outras-edicoes-em-lingua-estrangeira/
Portugal Europe CLC Portugal https://clcportugal.com/biblia/lingua-estrangeira
Romania Europe CLC Romania https://www.clcromania.ro/
Spain Europe Spanish Bible Society https://www.todobiblia.com/eu/
Sweden Europe Bible Society Sweden https://bibelbutiken.se/produkt-kategori/bibeln-pa-andra-sprak/ 
Switzerland Europe MEOS https://medien.meos.ch/
Switzerland Europe CLC Switzerland https://clcsvizzera.com/prodotti/bibbie-in-altre-lingue


 Q. How many non-european languages are spoken in Europe?

A. Nobody knows.

 


Here's why it's complicated

Any discussion of European and Non-European languages necessitates a definition of the boundaries of Europe. 
The European Union has 27 member states, 3 others are added to make up the The European Economic Area, with a 31st added to form the EU’s single market.

Geographic definitions include 9 additional European countries and parts of another 5 transcontinental ones.

Meanwhile the Council of Europe which sponsors the European Day of languages each September has 46 member states and estimates that there are about 225 indigenous languages in Europe.

SIL's Ethnologue draws the map differently again and in 2022 had a count of 291 indigenous languages for Europe across 50 countries (and territories). 52 languages were classed as dying, and 76 in trouble.

There were 110 languages found in the Ethnologue’s definition of Europe that originate from outside.

 

 

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