Into which Indian languages did Carey translate the Bible?
Bengali, Punjabi, Oriya, Assamese, Marathi, Hindi and Sanskrit
Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Guajarati, Telugu, Sindhi
Urdu, Pashto, Balochi, Siraiki, Sindhi, Punjabi, Kashmiri
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam
Answer
William Carey, an English missionary and linguist, translated the Bible into Bengali, Punjabi, Oriya, Assamese, Marathi, Hindi and Sanskrit. He was the first person to translate the Bible into a number of Indian languages. His translations were important in spreading Christianity in India and helped to make the Bible more accessible to the people of India.
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