Adja is spoken by over 740,000 people in Benin and Togo, West Africa. This program is being broadcast on shortwave and on a local station in Benin.

Over 200 million people speak Bangla (Bengali) in Bangladesh and India including people from several unreached people groups. Bangladesh is primarily a Muslim and Hindu country with less than 1 percent Christian. Programs are now being recorded in cooperation with our partner ministry in Nepal, Voice for Salvation Radio Ministries..

More than 60 million Chinese in southern China speak Cantonese. This is the language of Hong Kong. There are also over 2 million Chinese outside of China who speak Cantonese. About 2 percent of the Cantonese speakers in China are Christian. That leaves 98 percent without Christ many of whom have never heard the gospel at all. We have two Cantonese programs broadcasting to China on shortwave.

This is one of the major languages of the Philippines with over 7 million speakers. We are presently targeting the mountain people on Negros Island with gospel broadcasts on local radio in Cebuano and will soon begin broadcasting on shortwave.

The official language of Bhutan is Dzongkha. Bhutan is primarily a Buddhist and Hindu country of over 2 million people located next to Nepal and Bangladesh. Christians in Bhutan number less than one half of one percent. Bhutan is one of the world's least evangelized nations. Programs are now being recorded by a faithful servant of the Lord in Asia.

It is estimated that there are 1.5 billion speakers of English worldwide. This includes those who speak English as their mother tongue, as a second language, or as a foreign language. We have English broadcasts on shortwave and on local stations in Africa. Our English programs are targeted toward an international audience.

French is the first language of 120 million people worldwide. We have French broadcasts in Africa on both local AM-FM and short wave radio where many Africans speak the French language especially in West Africa. We also have French programs on shortwave to Europe.

Hindi is spoken by over 180 million people in India. It is a major language of India and is understood and spoken by several unreached people groups. We have three programs in Hindi on shortwave to India.

Korean is spoken in both North and South Korea. We have a weekly Korean program on shortwave reaching out to the people of both North and South Korea.

Luganda is spoken by over 3 million people in Uganda. This program is being broadcast on both local and shortwave radio and is available on the internet at www.biblevoice.org.

More than one billion people speak Mandarin as their mother tongue or first language. It is the official language of China where over 1.3 billion people live. The vast majority of Mandarin speakers do not know Christ. We currently have four weekly and one daily Mandarin radio programs being broadcast to China on shortwave. We also have Mandarin broadcasts available on the internet at www.biblevoice.org.

Over 16 million people speak Nepali as their language. These people live in Nepal, Bhutan, Brunei, and India. Nepal is a largely Hindu country with about 1.9 percent Christian. The official language of Nepal is Nepali. Nepali programs are being produced in Nepal by our partner ministry, Voice for Salvation Radio Ministries.

About 30 million people in India speak Punjabi including people from several unreached people groups. Programs are being recorded in cooperation with our partner ministry in Nepal, Voice for Salvation Radio Ministries.

Over 336 million people speak Spanish as their mother tongue. It is the second language of many others. Spanish is the language of Latin America. We have Spanish programs on both shortwave, internet, and local radio reaching out to Latin America.

This is a major trade language in central and eastern Africa with over 5 million first language users and over 30 million second language users. We are broadcasting in Swahili on shortwave to central and eastern Africa.

In India, 62 million people speak Tamil including those from unreached people groups. Our Tamil program is being produced in India and is being broadcast on shortwave.

Telugu is one of the major languages of India being spoken by over 70 million people in India and another 5 million outside of India. Several unreached people groups can understand and speak Telugu. Programs are being produced by our International Partner in Evangelism in India, Rev. Samson Roberts.

Over 60 million people speak Urdu worldwide with over 10 million speakers in Pakistan. Our Urdu program is being produced in Pakistan and is aired on shortwave radio.

(Most of the above programs can be heard on the internet at www.biblevoice.org.)