Bible Access in Sign Languages
Every person is worthy to have the Bible in their language — including every sign language.
So, we celebrate Bible translation progress that is reaching the hands and hearts of Deaf communities around the world. Below you can see the All Access Goals for 2033, reflecting the work of Deaf Bible Society with other organizations in an alliance called illumiNations.
Together, we can reach these sign languages and many more!
Country Language # of Signers All Access
Goal
All Access
Progress
All Access
% Completed
Translation
Status
ETA
Angola Angolan Sign Language 159,000 NTE
14.62% Active 2035
Argentina Argentine Sign Language 60,000 NTE
6.15% Active 2152
Armenia Armenian Sign Language 3,150 Portions
96.00% Active
Australia Auslan Sign Language 10,100 NTE
41.54% Active
Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Sign Language 30,000 NTE
51.15% Active 2033
Belarus Sign Language in Belarus 96,000 NTE
0.77% Active 2133
Brazil Brazilian Sign Language 630,000 Full Bible
0.32% Active 2417
Bulgaria Bulgarian Sign Language 21,000 NTE
42.58% Active 2034
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Sign Language 102,000 NTE
0.38% Active 2220
Burundi Burundian Sign Language 58,000 NTE
60.18% Active 2030
China--Hong Kong Hong Kong Sign Language 8,200 NTE
4.62% Active 2083
Colombia Colombian Sign Language 151,000 Full Bible
16.65% Active 2062
Costa Rica Costa Rican Sign Language 15,000 NTE
4.20% Active 2070
Cuba Cuba Sign Language 34,000 NTE
0.88% Active 2251
Cyprus Cyprus Sign Language 1,200 Portions
4.00% Active 2049
Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC Sign Language 150,000 NTE
16.15% Active 2034
Denmark Danish Sign Language 6,110 NTE
11.15% Active 2045
Dominican Republic Dominican Sign Language 32,000 NTE
25.38% Active 2030
Egypt Egyptian Sign Language 500,000 Full Bible
1.73% Active
El Salvador Salvadoran Sign Language 26,000 NTE
31.54% Active 2043
Estonia Estonian Sign Language 1,500 Portions
476.00% 2021
Ethiopia Ethiopian Sign Language 560,000 Full Bible
8.88% Active
Finland Finnish Sign Language 5,000 NTE
3.46% Active 2081
France French Sign Language 103,400 NTE
9.23% Inactive
Georgia Georgian Sign Language 19,000 NTE
28.85% Active 2029
Germany German Sign Language 80,600 NTE
72.31% Active
Ghana Ghanaian Sign Language 152,000 NTE
50.56% Active 2030
Greece Greek Sign Language 11,000 NTE
0.38% Inactive 2458
Guatemala Guatemalan Sign Language 50,000 NTE
1.92% Active
Honduras Honduras Sign Language 40,000 NTE
12.31% Active 2086
Hungary Hungarian Sign Language 11,200 NTE
0.38% Active
India Indian Sign Language 810,000 Full Bible
22.53% Active 2045
India Sign Language in Andhra Pradesh 423,000 NTE
37.87% Inactive
India Sign Language in Karnataka 306,000 NTE
37.87% Inactive
India Sign Language in Kerala 1,200,000 Full Bible
14.60% Inactive 2613
India Sign Language in Tamil Nadu 361,000 NTE
37.87% Inactive
India West Bengal Sign Language 450,000 NTE
13.60% Active 2061
Indonesia Indonesian Sign Language 810,000 Full Bible
0.00% Active
Japan Japanese Sign Language 126,000 NTE
100.00% 2023
Jordan Jordanian Sign Language 30,000 NTE
20.00% Active
Kenya Kenyan Sign Language 260,000 Full Bible
10.16% Active 2084
Latvia Latvian Sign Language 2,000 Portions
40.00% Active 2029
Macedonia Macedonian Sign Language 2,000 Portions
100.00%
Malawi Malawian Sign Language 93,000 NTE
1.54% Active 2062
Malaysia Malaysian Sign Language 58,700 NTE
11.02% Active 2091
Mexico Mexican Sign Language 130,000 NTE
67.31% Active
Mozambique Mozambican Sign Language 150,000 NTE
38.54% Active
Myanmar Myanmar Sign Language 270,000 NTE
11.02% Active 2100
Nepal Nepalese Sign Language 20,000 NTE
7.24% Active 2099
Nigeria Nigerian Sign Language 800,000 Full Bible
8.28% Active
Paraguay Paraguayan Sign Language 15,000 NTE
5.77% Active 2170
Peru Peruvian Sign Language 98,000 NTE
6.92% Active 2047
Philippines Filipino Sign Language 540,000 Full Bible
2.58% Active
Puerto Rico Puerto Rican Sign Language 10,000 NTE
0.00%
Romania Romanian Sign Language 24,600 NTE
22.93% Active 2055
Russian Federation Russian Sign Language 909,000 Full Bible
14.90% Active 2063
Rwanda Rwandan Sign Language 33,500 NTE
16.92% Active 2053
South Africa South African Sign Language 235,000 NTE
26.88% Active
South Korea Korean Sign Language 308,000 NTE
4.62% Active 2042
South Sudan South Sudan Sign Language 55,000 NTE
37.38% Active 2026
Spain Catalan Sign Language 12,000 NTE
64.62% Active 2030
Spain Spanish Sign Language 60,000 NTE
57.69% Active 2031
Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Sign Language 73,300 NTE
8.12% Active
Tajikistan Tajik Sign Language 40,000 NTE
6.15% Active
Tanzania Moshi Arusha Sign Langauge 16,000 NTE
3.41% Active 2096
United States of America American Sign Language 729,260 Full Bible
108.52% 2020
Sign Language in Kazakhstan 180,000 NTE
0.38% Unknown
Tanzania Tanzanian Sign Language 290,000 NTE
52.62% Active 2032
Thailand Thai Sign Language 200,000 NTE
26.22% Active 2049
Turkmenistan Sign Language in Turkmenistan 53,000 NTE
6.92% Future
Uganda Ugandan Sign Language 160,000 NTE
61.37% Active 2029
Ukraine Ukrainian Sign Language 54,500 NTE
38.85% Active 2033
Uruguay Uruguayan Sign Language 7,000 NTE
0.77% Active 2377
Venezuela Venezuelan Sign Language 86,000 NTE
0.77% Active
Vietnam Hanoi Sign Language 39,000 NTE
12.01% Active
Zambia Zambian Sign Language 14,400 NTE
11.15% Active 2035
Sign Language Bible Progress
Angola Angolan Sign Language
Total Signers: 159,000
All Access Goal: NTE
14.62%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2035
Argentina Argentine Sign Language
Total Signers: 60,000
All Access Goal: NTE
6.15%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2152
Armenia Armenian Sign Language
Total Signers: 3,150
All Access Goal: Portions
96.00%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Australia Auslan Sign Language
Total Signers: 10,100
All Access Goal: NTE
41.54%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Sign Language
Total Signers: 30,000
All Access Goal: NTE
51.15%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2033
Belarus Sign Language in Belarus
Total Signers: 96,000
All Access Goal: NTE
0.77%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2133
Brazil Brazilian Sign Language
Total Signers: 630,000
All Access Goal: Full Bible
0.32%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2417
Bulgaria Bulgarian Sign Language
Total Signers: 21,000
All Access Goal: NTE
42.58%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2034
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Sign Language
Total Signers: 102,000
All Access Goal: NTE
0.38%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2220
Burundi Burundian Sign Language
Total Signers: 58,000
All Access Goal: NTE
60.18%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2030
China--Hong Kong Hong Kong Sign Language
Total Signers: 8,200
All Access Goal: NTE
4.62%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2083
Colombia Colombian Sign Language
Partner Organization:
Total Signers: 151,000
All Access Goal: Full Bible
16.65%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2062
Costa Rica Costa Rican Sign Language
Total Signers: 15,000
All Access Goal: NTE
4.20%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2070
Cuba Cuba Sign Language
Total Signers: 34,000
All Access Goal: NTE
0.88%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2251
Cyprus Cyprus Sign Language
Total Signers: 1,200
All Access Goal: Portions
4.00%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2049
Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC Sign Language
Total Signers: 150,000
All Access Goal: NTE
16.15%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2034
Denmark Danish Sign Language
Total Signers: 6,110
All Access Goal: NTE
11.15%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2045
Dominican Republic Dominican Sign Language
Total Signers: 32,000
All Access Goal: NTE
25.38%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2030
Egypt Egyptian Sign Language
Total Signers: 500,000
All Access Goal: Full Bible
1.73%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
El Salvador Salvadoran Sign Language
Total Signers: 26,000
All Access Goal: NTE
31.54%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2043
Estonia Estonian Sign Language
Total Signers: 1,500
All Access Goal: Portions
476.00%
Translation Status:
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2021
Ethiopia Ethiopian Sign Language
Total Signers: 560,000
All Access Goal: Full Bible
8.88%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Finland Finnish Sign Language
Total Signers: 5,000
All Access Goal: NTE
3.46%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2081
France French Sign Language
Partner Organization:
Total Signers: 103,400
All Access Goal: NTE
9.23%
Translation Status: Inactive
AAG Pace Completion Year:
Georgia Georgian Sign Language
Total Signers: 19,000
All Access Goal: NTE
28.85%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2029
Germany German Sign Language
Total Signers: 80,600
All Access Goal: NTE
72.31%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Ghana Ghanaian Sign Language
Partner Organization:
Total Signers: 152,000
All Access Goal: NTE
50.56%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2030
Greece Greek Sign Language
Total Signers: 11,000
All Access Goal: NTE
0.38%
Translation Status: Inactive
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2458
Guatemala Guatemalan Sign Language
Total Signers: 50,000
All Access Goal: NTE
1.92%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Honduras Honduras Sign Language
Partner Organization:
Total Signers: 40,000
All Access Goal: NTE
12.31%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2086
Hungary Hungarian Sign Language
Total Signers: 11,200
All Access Goal: NTE
0.38%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
India Indian Sign Language
Total Signers: 810,000
All Access Goal: Full Bible
22.53%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2045
India Sign Language in Andhra Pradesh
Total Signers: 423,000
All Access Goal: NTE
37.87%
Translation Status: Inactive
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
India Sign Language in Karnataka
Total Signers: 306,000
All Access Goal: NTE
37.87%
Translation Status: Inactive
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
India Sign Language in Kerala
Total Signers: 1,200,000
All Access Goal: Full Bible
14.60%
Translation Status: Inactive
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2613
India Sign Language in Tamil Nadu
Total Signers: 361,000
All Access Goal: NTE
37.87%
Translation Status: Inactive
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
India West Bengal Sign Language
Total Signers: 450,000
All Access Goal: NTE
13.60%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2061
Indonesia Indonesian Sign Language
Partner Organization:
Total Signers: 810,000
All Access Goal: Full Bible
0.00%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Japan Japanese Sign Language
Partner Organization:
Total Signers: 126,000
All Access Goal: NTE
100.00%
Translation Status:
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2023
Jordan Jordanian Sign Language
Total Signers: 30,000
All Access Goal: NTE
20.00%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Kenya Kenyan Sign Language
Total Signers: 260,000
All Access Goal: Full Bible
10.16%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2084
Latvia Latvian Sign Language
Partner Organization:
Total Signers: 2,000
All Access Goal: Portions
40.00%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2029
Macedonia Macedonian Sign Language
Total Signers: 2,000
All Access Goal: Portions
100.00%
Translation Status:
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Malawi Malawian Sign Language
Total Signers: 93,000
All Access Goal: NTE
1.54%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2062
Malaysia Malaysian Sign Language
Partner Organization:
Total Signers: 58,700
All Access Goal: NTE
11.02%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2091
Mexico Mexican Sign Language
Partner Organization:
Total Signers: 130,000
All Access Goal: NTE
67.31%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Mozambique Mozambican Sign Language
Total Signers: 150,000
All Access Goal: NTE
38.54%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year:
Myanmar Myanmar Sign Language
Total Signers: 270,000
All Access Goal: NTE
11.02%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2100
Nepal Nepalese Sign Language
Total Signers: 20,000
All Access Goal: NTE
7.24%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2099
Nigeria Nigerian Sign Language
Total Signers: 800,000
All Access Goal: Full Bible
8.28%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Paraguay Paraguayan Sign Language
Total Signers: 15,000
All Access Goal: NTE
5.77%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2170
Peru Peruvian Sign Language
Total Signers: 98,000
All Access Goal: NTE
6.92%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2047
Philippines Filipino Sign Language
Total Signers: 540,000
All Access Goal: Full Bible
2.58%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year:
Puerto Rico Puerto Rican Sign Language
Total Signers: 10,000
All Access Goal: NTE
0.00%
Translation Status:
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Romania Romanian Sign Language
Partner Organization:
Total Signers: 24,600
All Access Goal: NTE
22.93%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2055
Russian Federation Russian Sign Language
Total Signers: 909,000
All Access Goal: Full Bible
14.90%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2063
Rwanda Rwandan Sign Language
Total Signers: 33,500
All Access Goal: NTE
16.92%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2053
South Africa South African Sign Language
Total Signers: 235,000
All Access Goal: NTE
26.88%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
South Korea Korean Sign Language
Total Signers: 308,000
All Access Goal: NTE
4.62%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2042
South Sudan South Sudan Sign Language
Total Signers: 55,000
All Access Goal: NTE
37.38%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2026
Spain Catalan Sign Language
Partner Organization:
Total Signers: 12,000
All Access Goal: NTE
64.62%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2030
Spain Spanish Sign Language
Partner Organization:
Total Signers: 60,000
All Access Goal: NTE
57.69%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2031
Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Sign Language
Total Signers: 73,300
All Access Goal: NTE
8.12%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Tajikistan Tajik Sign Language
Total Signers: 40,000
All Access Goal: NTE
6.15%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Tanzania Moshi Arusha Sign Langauge
Total Signers: 16,000
All Access Goal: NTE
3.41%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2096
United States of America American Sign Language
Partner Organization:
Total Signers: 729,260
All Access Goal: Full Bible
108.52%
Translation Status:
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2020
Sign Language in Kazakhstan
Total Signers: 180,000
All Access Goal: NTE
0.38%
Translation Status: Unknown
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Tanzania Tanzanian Sign Language
Total Signers: 290,000
All Access Goal: NTE
52.62%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2032
Thailand Thai Sign Language
Partner Organization:
Total Signers: 200,000
All Access Goal: NTE
26.22%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2049
Turkmenistan Sign Language in Turkmenistan
Total Signers: 53,000
All Access Goal: NTE
6.92%
Translation Status: Future
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Uganda Ugandan Sign Language
Total Signers: 160,000
All Access Goal: NTE
61.37%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2029
Ukraine Ukrainian Sign Language
Partner Organization:
Total Signers: 54,500
All Access Goal: NTE
38.85%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2033
Uruguay Uruguayan Sign Language
Total Signers: 7,000
All Access Goal: NTE
0.77%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2377
Venezuela Venezuelan Sign Language
Total Signers: 86,000
All Access Goal: NTE
0.77%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Vietnam Hanoi Sign Language
Total Signers: 39,000
All Access Goal: NTE
12.01%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: Unknown
Zambia Zambian Sign Language
Total Signers: 14,400
All Access Goal: NTE
11.15%
Translation Status: Active
AAG Pace Completion Year: 2035