List of Book of Mormon translations

Display of the Book of Mormon translated into different languages

The Book of Mormon has been translated in its entirety into 94 languages. Portions of the book have been translated into another 20 languages. These tables show all the versions of the Book of Mormon that have been translated. Unless otherwise indicated, the translation was financed and the resulting text published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Not all translations are currently in print. As of March 2015, the LDS Church continues to publish at least portions of the Book of Mormon in 110 languages.^[1]

Complete translations

No.	Date	Language	Title	Primary locations of language	Notes	Image
1	1830	English	The Book of Mormon		Translated by Joseph Smith. Most recent edition 2013.
2	1851	Danish	Mormons Bog	Denmark	[2] most recent edition 1949; originally translated by Peter O. Hansen
3	1852	French	Le Livre de Mormon		[2] First in a Romance language; original translation credited to John Taylor and Curtis E. Bolton (assisted by Louis A. Bertrand and others)
4	1852	Welsh	Llyfr Mormon	Wales, minority in Argentina	Most recent edition 2000. The only translation in a Celtic language; originally translated by John S. Davis.[3]
5	1852	German	Das Buch Mormon	Germany, Austria, Switzerland with minorities elsewhere in Europe.	[4] most recent edition 2003
6	1852	Italian	Il Libro di Mormon	Italy, Switzerland	[2] most recent edition 1995
7	1855	Hawaiian	Ka Buke a Moramona	Hawaiian Islands	[2] first non-European language translation; translated by Jonatana Napela and George Q. Cannon
8	1869	Deseret Alphabet (English)	𐐜 𐐂𐐋𐐗 𐐉𐐚 𐐣𐐃𐐡𐐣𐐊𐐤	Utah Territory (defunct)	[5] currently out of print. First in a non-Roman script.
9	1878	Swedish	Mormons Bok	Sweden, Finland	[2] Most recent translation published 2008
10	1886	Spanish	El Libro de Mormón		[2] selections published in 1875 by Daniel Webster Jones and Meliton G. Trejo; Trejo completed the full translation with James Z. Stewart, this was then revised Eduardo Balderas and Antoine R. Ivins; most recent edition 1992.
11	1889	Māori	Ko Te Pukapuka a Moromona	New Zealand	[2]
12	1890	Dutch	Het Boek van Mormon	Netherlands, Flanders	[2]
13	1903	Samoan	O le Tusi a Mamona	Samoa, American Samoa	[2]
14	1904	Tahitian	Te Buka a Moromona	Tahiti	[2]
15	1906	Turkish	Mormon Kitabı'ndan Seçmeler (1906 ed.), Mormon Kitabı (2001 ed.)	1906 Armenian script version (now largely defunct); formerly used in present-day Eastern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and the U.S. 2001 Roman script edition used in Turkey	[2] Armenian script version was first Asian language translation, now out of print; selections in Roman script published in 1983; full text in Roman script published in 2001
16	1909	Japanese	モルモン書	Japan	[2] most recent edition 2009. First in an east Asian language; originally translated by Alma O. Taylor.
17	1933	Czech	Kniha Mormonova	Czech Republic, former Czechoslovakia	[2]
18	1936	Braille (English)			[2] most recent edition 1994
19	1937	Armenian, Western	Մօրմոնի Գիրքէն	Middle East, U.S., and elsewhere	[6] 1937 complete edition currently out of print; new translation (selections only) published in 1983
20	1939	Portuguese	O Livro de Mórmon	Brazil, Portugal (also used in Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde)	[2] most recent edition 1995
21	1946	Tongan	Ko e Tohi ʻa Molomoná	Tonga	[2]
22	1950	Norwegian	Mormons Bok	Norway	[2]
23	1954	Finnish	Mormonin Kirja	Finland, Sweden	[2]
24	1965	Chinese	摩爾門經	Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia	[2][7] Retranslated in 2007 and changed name from 摩門經 to 摩爾門經.
25	1965	Rarotongan (Cook Islands Maori)	Te Puka a Momoni	Cook Islands	[2]
26	1967	Korean	몰몬경	Korea	[2] Translated by Han In Sang.
27	1972	Afrikaans	Die Boek van Mormon	South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe	[2] First African language edition
28	1976	Thai	พระคัมภีร์ มอรมอน	Thailand	[2] New translation completed in 2010[8]
29	1977	Indonesian	Kitab Mormon	Indonesia	[9] New translation completed in 2010[8]
30	1979	Croatian	Mormonova Knjiga	Croatia	[2]
31	1980	Fijian	Ai Vola i Momani	Fiji	[2]
32	1981	Catalan	El Llibre del Mormó	Catalonia, Andorra, Rousillon	[2]
33	1981	Icelandic	Mormónsbók	Iceland	[2]
34	1981	Polish	Księga Mormona	Poland	[2][10]
35	1981	Russian	Книга Мормона	Russia, Post-Soviet states, Eastern Europe,	[2] New translation completed in 2011[11]
36	1982	Hindi	मॉर्मन धर्मशस्त्र	India	[2]
37	1982	Vietnamese	Sách Mặc Môn	Vietnam	[2]
38	1983	Q'eqchi' (Kekchi)	Lix Hu Laj Mormon	Belize, Guatemala	[2] First in a language native to the Americas.
39	1986	Arabic	كتاب مورمون	North Africa, Middle East, with substantial minorities elsewhere.	[2]
40	1986	Aymara	Mormonan Kellkatapa	Peru, Bolivia	[2]
41	1987	Greek	Το Βιβλίο του Μόρμον	Greece	[2]
42	1988	Hebrew	ספר מורמון	Israel	RLDS Church translation;[12] selections published by LDS Church in 1982[10]
43	1991	Hungarian	Mormon Könyve	Hungary, indigenous minorities elsewhere in Europe.	[2]
44	1995	Braille (Spanish)			[2]
45	1995	Ilokano	Ti Libro ni Mormon	Philippines	[2]
46	1997	Ukrainian	Книга Мормона	Ukraine, also minorities elsewhere in former USSR.	[13]
47	1998	Cebuano	Ang Basahon ni Mormon	Philippines	[14] Selections published in 1992
48	1998	Pangasinan	Say Libro nen Mormon	Philippines
49	1998	Romanian	Cartea lui Mormon	Romania, Moldova	[15]
50	1998	Tagalog	Ang Aklat ni Mormon	Philippines	[14]
51	1999	Bulgarian	Книгата на Мормон	Bulgaria	[16] selections published in 1980
52	1999	Albanian	Libri i Mormonit	Albania, minorities in Greece and Italy.	[16]
53	1999	Fante	Mormon Nwoma No	Ghana	[17]
54	1999	Haitian Creole	Liv Mòmon An	Haiti	[18] selections published in 1983
55	1999	Shona	Bhuku Ramormoni	Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana	Selections published in 1988
56	2000	Estonian	Mormoni Raamat	Estonia	[19]
57	2000	Hmong	Phau Ntawv Maumoos	Southeast Asia	[20] selections published in 1983
58	2000	Malagasy	Ny Bokin'i Môrmôna	Madagascar	[21] selections published in 1983
59	2000	Swahili	Kitabu cha Mormoni	East sub-Saharan Africa	[21]
60	2000	Amharic	መፅሐፈ ሞርሞን	North Central Ethiopia by the Amhara, Eritrea	[19][21][22]
61	2000	Latvian	Mormona Grāmata	Latvia	[19][21]
62	2000	Lithuanian	Mormono Knyga	Lithuania	[21]
63	2000	Ibo (Igbo)	Akwụkwọ nke Momọn	Nigeria	[19][23]
64	2000	Xhosa	Incwadi Kamormoni	South Africa	[19][21]
65	2000	Telugu	మోర్మాన్ యొక్క గ్రంధము	India	Selections published in 1982
66	2000	Armenian, Eastern	Մորմոնի Գիրքը	Eastern Armenian is spoken in the Caucasus Mountains (particularly in the Republic of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh as well as Georgia) and by the Armenian community in Iran. Due to migrations of speakers from Armenia and Iran to the Armenian Diaspora, the dialect is now very prominent in countries and regions where only Western Armenian was used. It was developed in the early 19th century and is based on the dialect of the Ararat district (of Eastern Armenia).	[19][24]
67	2000	American Sign Language		United States, Canada	[19][25] on DVD; selections produced on VHS in 1995
68	2001	Khmer (Cambodian)	ព្រះគម្ពីរមរមន	Cambodia	[26] Selections published in 1982
69	2001	Chinese (Simplified characters)	摩尔门经	China, Southeast Asia	[7] Selections published in 1982
70	2001	Mongolian	Мормоны Ном	Mongolia, minority in China and Siberia.	[27] most recent edition 2008
71	2001	Kiribati (Gilbertese)	Ana Boki Moomon	Kiribati	[28] Selections published in 1988
72	2002	Slovene	Mormonova Knjiga	Slovenia	[8]
73	2002	Neomelanesian (Tok Pisin)	Buk Momon	Papua New Guinea	[28]
74	2003	Tswana	Buka ya ga Momone	Botswana	[23]
75	2003	Zulu	Incwadi Kamormoni	South Africa, Zimbabwe	[23] selections published in 1987
76	2003	Marshallese	Bok in Mormon	Marshall Islands	[28] Selections published in 1984; originally translated by William Swain.
77	2004	Bislama	Buk Blong Momon	Vanuatu	[28] Selections published in 1985
78	2004	Lingala	Buku ya Molomoni	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo	[23] selections published in 1998
79	2004	Yapese	Fare Babyor ku Mormon	Yap, Federated States of Micronesia	[28]
80	2005	Twi	Mormon Woma no	Ghana	[23]
81	2005	Tamil	மார்மன் புத்தகம்	Southern India, Sri Lanka	Selections published in 1982
82	2005	Hiligaynon (Ilonggo)	Ang Libro ni Mormon	Philippines	[29] selections published in 1994
83	2007	Urdu	مورمن کی کتاب	Pakistan, India	Selections published in 1988
84	2007	Serbian	Мормонова Књига	Serbia
85	2007	Yoruba	Ìwé Ti Mọ́mọ́nì	Nigeria, Benin, Togo
86	2008	Sinhala	මෝමන්වරුන්ගේ පොත	Sri Lanka	[30] Selections published in 1983
87	2009	Guaraní	Mormon Kuatiañe'ẽ	Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil	[31] selections published in 1982
88	2011	Quichua–Ecuador[32]	Mormónpaj Quilcashca	Ecuador	[33] Selections published in 1980 as Mormon Killkashkamanta
89	2012	Lao	ພຣະຄຳພີ ມໍມອນ	Laos	[34] selections published in 1982
90	2013	Slovak	Kniha Mormonova	Slovakia	[35]
91	2013	Malay	Kitab Mormon	Malaysia	[36][37]
92	2015	Kosraean	Puk Luhn Mormon	Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia	[1]
93	2015	Chuukese	Ewe Puken Mormon	Federated States of Micronesia	[38]
94	2015	Persian	كتاب مورمون	Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan

Selections only

See also

• LDS edition of the Bible
• Standard works

References