India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar and Indonesia.
India is a pluralistic, multilingual and multi-ethnic society. India has no national language. Hindi, with the largest number of speakers, is the official language of the government. English is used extensively in business and administration and has the status of a "subsidiary official language". Each state and union territory has one or more official languages, and the constitution recognises in particular 22 "scheduled languages".
Digital Resources in languages of India
Audio Bible and Gospel Films are available in several languages of India. Click on Language Name in the below table to access the Language Resource page which provides Scripture resources as well as links to several other materials available in that particular language. If you have any questions or looking for a ministry partnership opportunity, please write to india@southasiabibles.com.
Click on the States in the map to access the Scripture resources in Indian languages
Audio Bible Players are also available in the below Indian language versions. If you are looking for Audio Bible Players in these languages, please write to india@southasiabibles.com .
| Language Name | Version | ISO Code |
|---|---|---|
| Assamese | Bible Society of India | asm |
| Banjara (Lambadi) | Common Language | lmn |
| Bengali | Old Version | ben |
| Biate | Bible Society of India | biu |
| Boro | Common Language Version | brx |
| Chhattisgarhi | Bible Society of India | hne |
| Garhwali | Common Language | gbm |
| Gujarati | Old Version | guj |
| Hindi | Old Version | hin |
| Kannada | Old Version | kan |
| Kashmiri | Bible Society of India | kas |
| Khasi | Bible Society of India | kha |
| Kok Borok | Old Version | trp |
| Konkani | Old Version | knn |
| Kui | Revised Version | kxu |
| Malto | Bible Society of India | mjt |
| Marathi | Old Version | mar |
| Meithei | Bible Society of India | mni |
| Mizo | Bible Society of India | lus |
| Mundari | Old Version Re-edited | unr |
| Naga Lotha | Common Language Version | njh |
| Naga, Ao | Common Language Version | njo |
| Naga, Sumi | Common Language Version | nsm |
| Oriya | Revised Version | ory |
| Punjabi | Old Version | pan |
| Santhali | Union Version | sat |
| Sora | Bible Society of India | srb |
| Tamil | Old Version | tam |
| Telugu | Old Version | tel |
| Urdu | Old Version, Bible Society of India | urd |
