The Pilgrim’s Progress was translated into almost 300 languages in the centuries following John Bunyan’s death, owing its wide circulation to the international influence of the Christian Mission.
We are inviting you to be part of this remarkable story by viewing the following list of known translations in over 280 languages and dialects.
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Afrikaans
Akan
Albanian
Alur (Ddu Alur)
Amharic
Aneiteumese (Vanuatu)
Angola
Ao Naga
Arabic: Classic
Arabic: Modern
Armenian
Armeno-Turkish
Asante
Assamese
Assamese/Khasi: Assam
Ateso (/u)
Aussie/Strine: Australian Slang
Austronesian: Amganad Ifugao (Philippines dialect).
Austronesian: Ayta Anchi Sambal (Philippines dialect).
Austronesian: Balangao
Austronesian: Batan
Austronesian: Batad Ifugao (Philippines dialect).
Austronesian: Bolinao
Austronesian: Bontoc
Austronesian: Botolan Sambal
Austronesian: Dobuan-adapted for children
Austronesian: Dehu
Austronesian: Dumaget
Austronesian: Eastern Bontoc
Austronesian: Gaddang
Austronesian: Gela
Austronesian: Kalinga
Austronesian: Kankanay
Austronesian: Keley-i Kallahan/Ifugao (Antipolo)
Austronesian: Mortlock(ese)/Takuu
Austronesian: Northern Kankanay
Austronesian: Roviana
Austronesian: Sarangani Bilaan
Austronesian: Sambali
Austronesian: Tboli
Babatana
Bambara
Bangala Uele
Bangladeshi: Braille
Barundi
Bargam
Basa
Bemba
Benga
Bengali
Bobangi
Bohemian
Breton
Bulgarian
Bulu
Burmese
Cambodian
Canarese
Cebuano
Cheyenne (Roman characters)
Chinese: Amoy Hokkien
Chinese: Canton Vernacular
Chinese (Hainese)
Chinese (Hankow Colloquial)
Chinese (Hong Kong)
Chinese (Kuoyo)
Chinese: Mandarin
Chinese: National and Phonetic
Chinese: National
Chinese (Ningpo Colloquial)
Chinese (Shanghai Colloquial)
Chinese (Swatow Colloquial)
Chinese : Village Colloquial- N. China
Chinese: Wenli
Chinyanja
Chokwe
Cingalese
Chuana
Citumbuka
Cree Indian
Czech
Czechosloak
Dakota Indian
Danish
Ddu Alur
Dualla
Dutch
Dutch: Braille
Dyak
Efik
Eingilskum
English (Braille)
English (Phonetic)
English (Shorthand)
Eskimo/ Inuit
Esperanto
Esperanto: Braille
Esthonian
Ewe
Fante
Fanti
Lettish*
Fiji/Fijian
Finnish
Flemmish
French
Frisian
Ga
Gaelic: Irish/Erse/ Eirean
Gaelic: Manx
Gaelic: Scottish
Galwa Omyene
Garo
Guéré
Gbari
German
Gilbertese
Gouru
Greek (Modern)
Greco-Turkish
Guzerathi/Gujarati
Hausa
Hawaian
Haitian Creole
Hebrew
Heso-Basa
Hindi
Hungarian
Ibo
Icelandic
Igala
Igaza
Igbo
Ijaw
Ika
Ila
Indonesian
Inuktitut
Isubu
Italian
Japanese
Jawi/ Malay-Arabic characters
Judeo-Spanish
Kaffir
Kalaallisut
Kalenjin
Kamba
Kanuri
Karanga
Karen (dialects various)
Keke
Kele (same as lokele?)
Khasi
Ki
Kikuyu
Kikingo
Kimbundu
Kingwana
Kinwarundi-Kirundi
Kirundi
Kisi Kongo
Kongo-Fioti
Korean: Braille
Korean
Kwanyama
Latvian (Lettish)
Lifu
Lingala
Lingombe
Lithuanian
Lokele
Lozi
Luba-Katanga
Luba-lulua
Luganda (also known as Ganda)
Lunda
Luo
Lushai
Luvale
Lwena
Malagasy
Malay
Malayalam
Malawi/Chewa
Mangap-Papuan dialect
Malinke
Maltese
Maori
Marathi
Marathi-Balbodh
Mayoyao Ifugao
Mexican
Miao
Mende
Meru
Mexican
Mongo Nkundu
Motu
Mukawan
Mundang/Moundang?
Ndau
Ndebele
Ndonga
Ne Bobangi
Ngombe
Nepalese
Ngonde
Ngonde/Nyeskosa
(ki) Ngwana Lualuba
Nias
Nikir
Nilo-Sahara
Niuean
Nkoya
Nobonob
North Sotho
Norwegian
Nyanja (Manganga)
Oriya (Orissa)
Oromo
Otetla
Otyiherero (Also known as Herero)
Panjabi or Sikh
Pashtu
Persian
Persian Urdu
Polish
Polyglot: Chinese-English
Polyglot: English-French/German/Spanish/Portuguese
Polyglot: English-Japanese
Polyglot: English/French
Polyglot: English/Tamil
Polyglot: Portuguese-African dialect
Portuguese
Portuguese (Brazillian)
Punjabi
Rarotongan
Romanian
Ronga
Russian
Samoan
Santali
Sea Dyak
Serbo-Croat
Servian
Setchuana
Sentebele
Sesuto
Sgaw-Karen
Shinkoya
Shona
Siamese (Thai)
Sindhi
Sinhalese
Slavonian
Slovak (Slovakian)
So
Somali
Sotho
Spanish
Spanish-American (Published in El Paso, Texas)
Spanish: Latin American (published in Argentina)
Swahili
Swedish
Syriac
Surinamese
Tagalog
Tahitian
Tamil
Tawa (Tawasa??)
Tetela
Telugu
Temne
Teso
Texmelucan Zapotec
Tibetan
Tigrinya
Tiv
Tok Pisin
Tubetube
Tulu
Tuma-Irumu
Turkish
Tswana
Tshwa
Twi
Twi/Ashanti.
Tzonga
Umbundu
Urdu (Roman)
Urdu
Urunyarwand a (later known as Ruandan)
Venda (Transvaal)
Welsh
Xhosa
Yareba
Yiddish
Yoruba
Zulu