{"id":1149,"date":"2014-03-03T19:12:32","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T19:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordproject.org\/news\/?page_id=1149"},"modified":"2014-03-04T03:14:53","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T03:14:53","slug":"february-seed-sown","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?page_id=1149","title":{"rendered":"February Seed Sown"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Jorge<\/em><\/p>\n

At Bibles download page:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.wordproject.org\/bibles\/resources\/download\/index.htm<\/a> we\u00a0have the option of downloading Bibles in 55 different languages, which are able to be read on any computer (Apple, PC or Linux), without the need to be connected to the internet. This is part of our vision for countries, like in Africa, where internet is expensive and sometimes difficult to get. \u00a0We can see from our logs the frequency and the number of Bibles that are being downloaded. Here is a synthesis of last months activity:<\/p>\n

Swahili: 4.8 GB [that is 4,800 MB] [divided by 4.5 MB, which is the average for each language Zip file] = 1,066. That is a full Swahili Bible – as here: http:\/\/www.wordproject.org\/bibles\/sw\/index.htm<\/a>, .
\nAs we all know, Swahili, or Kiswahili, is spoken by over 100 million people in East Africa. This is very important as many people have limited access to the internet, and it is costly and not always reliable. From what we have seen, even those who may not have a computer can eventually use of it at community centers, church centers, schools, libraries, work, etc.<\/p>\n

Now a breakdown of other languages:<\/p>\n

Hindi: 4900 MB \/ 4.5 MB= 1.088 full Hindi Bibles.
\nAmharic [Ethiopia] : 3300 MB \/ 4.5MB = 733 full Amharic Bibles
\nAfrikaans: 1661 MB \/ 4.5 MB = 369 Afrikaans Bibles
\nEnglish : 1500 MB \/ 4.5 = 333 English Bibles
\nZulu (South Africa) : 1400 MB \/ 4.5 MB = 311 Zulu Bibles
\nXhosa (South Africa) : 401 MB \/ 4.5 MB = 89 Xhosa Bibles
\nFrench : 1100 MB \/ 4.5 MB = 244 French Bibles
\nSpanish: 765 \/ 4.5 MB = 170 Spanish Bibles
\nMarathi (India): 516 MB \/ 4.5 Mb = 114 Marathi Bibles
\nGujarathi (India): 527 MB \/ 4.5 MB = 117 Gujarathi Bibles
\nMalayalam (India) 126 MB \/ 4.5 MB = 28 Malayalam Bibles
\nChinese : 525 MB \/ 4.5 MB = 116 Chinese Bibles
\nPortuguese: 451 MB \/ 4.5 MB = 100 Portuguese Bibles
\nChinese (traditional characters) : 341 MB \/ 4.5 MB = 75 Chinese Traditional Bibles
\nFarsi (Persian – Iran) : 414 MB \/ 4.5 MB = 92 Persian Bibles
\nTamil (India, Sri Lanka) : 224 MB \/ 4.5 MB = 49 Tamil Bibles
\nArabic : 216 MB \/ 4.5 MB = 48 Arabic Bibles
\nGreek : 224 MB \/ 4.5 MB = 49 Greek Bibles
\nRussian : 336 MB \/ 4.5 MB = 74 Russian Bibles \u2026. \u2026..<\/p>\n

[Total full Bibles in all 55 languages = 31000 MB \/ 4.5 = 6,888 Full Bibles<\/strong>]<\/p>\n

Wordproject Android Application<\/strong> :\u00a0http:\/\/www.wordproject.org\/bibles\/app\/index.htm<\/a>:<\/p>\n

We also offer a downloadable application for Android devices.
\nWe recorded 1000 applications downloaded just in the past 2 weeks. That makes at least 1000 English Bibles – the default language. Besides, other full Bibles may be downloaded from our servers to be used offline with an Android application
\nEach zip file for one language averages 2 MB. Thus the volume is divided by 2 MB to figure the number of Bibles downloaded.
\nFrench – 276 MB – [divided by 2 MB] = 138 full French Bibles downloaded into application. Spanish – 277 MB \/ 2 = 138 Bibles
\nPortuguese – 239 \/ 2 = 119 Bibles
\nIndonesian – 210 \/ 2 = 105 Bibles
\nTamil – 202 \/ 2 = 101 Bibles
\nChinese – 154 \/ 2 = 77 Bibles
\nRussian – 140 \/ 2 = 70 Bibles
\nGerman – 90 \/ 2 = 45 Bibles
\nKorean – 80 \/ 2 = 40 Bibles
\nSwahili – 59 \/ 2 = 29 Bibles
\nJapanese 94 \/ 2 = 47 Bibles
\nKannada (India) 65 \/ 2 = 33 Bibles
\nMarathi (India) 43 \/2 = 21 Bibles
\nUrdu (Pakistan) 38 \/2 = 19 Bibles
\nHindi _tr – 38 \/2 = 19 Bibles
\nFarsi (Iran) – 35 \/2 = 17 Bibles
\nRomanian – 37 \/2 = 18 Bibles
\nPunjabi (India) – 37 \/2 = 18 Bibles
\nBengali – (India) 31 \/ 2 = 15\u00a0Bibles<\/p>\n

Therefore, 1069 text Bibles were downloaded into Wordproject Application.<\/p>\n

We hope this encourages you as it has encouraged us. Thank you for being part of this.<\/p>\n

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD<\/em>: (Amos 8:11<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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