Class Number 201B BAPTIST INTERNATIONAL Class Title School of the Scriptures ORIENTATION APPENDIX 1 – NATION POPULATIONS AND LANGUAGES A Curricula of Teaching Offered by Prepared by Rhode Island Baptist Seminary N. Sebastian Desent, Ph.D. Date October 10, 2019 Credits 1 (Appendix to Class 201) Level Associate Level This Syllabus is Approved for Baptist International School of the Scriptures Baptist International School of the Scriptures and Rhode Island Baptist Seminary are Ministries under the Authority of Historic Baptist Church Wickford, Rhode Island 02852 N. S. Desent, Ph.D., Th.D., D.D. www.HistoricBaptist.org CLASS 201B ORIENTATION APPENDIX 1 – NATION POPULATIONS AND LANGUAGES 1 CLASS 201B ORIENTATION APPENDIX 1 – NATION POPULATIONS AND LANGUAGES TABLE OF CONTENTS Scripture References……………………………………………………….. Page 4 Introduction …………………………………………………………………. Page 6 Nations of the World with Populations and Languages Used ……………… Page 8 Top Seven Official Languages by Number of Countries ………………….. Page 15 World’s Most Spoken Languages by Number of Native Speakers …………. Page 23 World’s Most Spoken Languages by Total Speakers ………………………. Page 23 World’s Publishing Languages …………………………………………….. Page 23 2 CLASS 201B ORIENTATION APPENDIX 1 – NATION POPULATIONS AND LANGUAGES 3 CLASS 201B ORIENTATION APPENDIX 1 – NATION POPULATIONS AND LANGUAGES SCRIPTURE REFERENCES Matt.24 knoweth that ye have need of 26 But now is made manifest, 9 Then shall they deliver you these things. and by the scriptures of the up to be afflicted, and shall prophets, according to the kill you: and ye shall be hated Luke.21 commandment of the of all nations for my name's 24 And they shall fall by the everlasting God, made known sake. edge of the sword, and shall to all nations for the 14 And this gospel of the be led away captive into all obedience of faith: kingdom shall be preached in nations: and Jerusalem shall all the world for a witness be trodden down of the Gal.3 unto all nations; and then shall Gentiles, until the times of the 8 And the scripture, the end come. Gentiles be fulfilled. foreseeing that God would 25 And there shall be signs in justify the heathen through Matt.25 the sun, and in the moon, and faith, preached before the 32 And before him shall be in the stars; and upon the earth gospel unto Abraham, saying, gathered all nations: and he distress of nations, with In thee shall all nations be shall separate them one from perplexity; the sea and the blessed. another, as a shepherd waves roaring; divideth his sheep from the Rev.2 goats: Luke.24 26 And he that overcometh, 47 And that repentance and and keepeth my works unto Matt.28 remission of sins should be the end, to him will I give 19 Go ye therefore, and teach preached in his name among power over the nations: all nations, baptizing them in all nations, beginning at the name of the Father, and of Jerusalem. Rev.7 the Son, and of the Holy 9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a Ghost: Acts.14 great multitude, which no man 16 Who in times past suffered could number, of all nations, Mark.11 all nations to walk in their and kindreds, and people, and 17 And he taught, saying unto own ways. tongues, stood before the them, Is it not written, My throne, and before the Lamb, house shall be called of all Acts.17 clothed with white robes, and nations the house of prayer? 26 And hath made of one palms in their hands; but ye have made it a den of blood all nations of men for to thieves. dwell on all the face of the Rev.10 earth, and hath determined the 11 And he said unto me, Thou Mark.13 times before appointed, and must prophesy again before 10 And the gospel must first the bounds of their habitation; many peoples, and nations, be published among all and tongues, and kings. nations. Rom.1 5 By whom we have received Rev.11 Luke.12 grace and apostleship, for 9 And they of the people and 30 For all these things do the obedience to the faith among kindreds and tongues and nations of the world seek all nations, for his name: nations shall see their dead after: and your Father bodies three days and an half, Rom.16 4 CLASS 201B ORIENTATION APPENDIX 1 – NATION POPULATIONS AND LANGUAGES and shall not suffer their dead worship before thee; for thy should smite the nations: and bodies to be put in graves. judgments are made manifest. he shall rule them with a rod 18 And the nations were of iron: and he treadeth the angry, and thy wrath is come, Rev.16 winepress of the fierceness and the time of the dead, that 19 And the great city was and wrath of Almighty God. they should be judged, and divided into three parts, and that thou shouldest give the cities of the nations fell: Rev.20 reward unto thy servants the and great Babylon came in 3 And cast him into the prophets, and to the saints, remembrance before God, to bottomless pit, and shut him and them that fear thy name, give unto her the cup of the up, and set a seal upon him, small and great; and shouldest wine of the fierceness of his that he should deceive the destroy them which destroy wrath. nations no more, till the the earth. thousand years should be Rev.17 fulfilled: and after that he Rev.12 15 And he saith unto me, The must be loosed a little season. 5 And she brought forth a man waters which thou sawest, 8 And shall go out to deceive child, who was to rule all where the whore sitteth, are the nations which are in the nations with a rod of iron: and peoples, and multitudes, and four quarters of the earth, Gog her child was caught up unto nations, and tongues. and Magog, to gather them God, and to his throne. together to battle: the number Rev.18 of whom is as the sand of the Rev.13 3 For all nations have drunk of sea. 7 And it was given unto him the wine of the wrath of her to make war with the saints, fornication, and the kings of Rev.21 and to overcome them: and the earth have committed 24 And the nations of them power was given him over all fornication with her, and the which are saved shall walk in kindreds, and tongues, and merchants of the earth are the light of it: and the kings of nations. waxed rich through the the earth do bring their glory abundance of her delicacies. and honour into it. Rev.14 23 And the light of a candle 2.[26] And they shall bring 8 And there followed another shall shine no more at all in the glory and honour of the angel, saying, Babylon is thee; and the voice of the nations into it. fallen, is fallen, that great city, bridegroom and of the bride because she made all nations shall be heard no more at all in Rev.22 drink of the wine of the wrath thee: for thy merchants were 2 In the midst of the street of of her fornication. the great men of the earth; for it, and on either side of the by thy sorceries were all river, was there the tree of life, Rev.15 nations deceived. which bare twelve manner of 4 Who shall not fear thee, O fruits, and yielded her fruit Lord, and glorify thy name? Rev.19 every month: and the leaves of for thou only art holy: for all 15 And out of his mouth goeth the tree were for the healing of nations shall come and a sharp sword, that with it he the nations. 5 CLASS 201B ORIENTATION APPENDIX 1 – NATION POPULATIONS AND LANGUAGES INTRODUCTION The following information was updated in 2019, showing the current world nations and their estimated populations. Also shown are their official languages, and other languages used in that nation. This information was shown in the original Orientation (SP-108), but that information is outdated. We left the original information in Section 58 Ethnology from 1976 and 1990 as there is value in comparing the changes over the decades The student perusing the information below should note the size of nations based on population. He should also note what are the official languages of the nations. Some are surprising. Botswana, for example, has 2% English speakers, but this is the official language. The second part of this appendix shows the top seven official languages by the number of countries that use the languages. The student will note English is the at the top as the universal language of the world – used in 82 countries (sovereign and non-sovereign). The third part of this appendix shows language popularity by number of speakers. For example, although Mandarin is number one when counting native speakers, it is number two (second to English) when counted by total speakers. According to nations, only 5 nations speak Mandarin (China, Malaysia, Singapore, Macau, and Taiwan). Only three nations (China, Singapore, and Taiwan) use Mandarin as an official language. The fourth part of this appendix shows nations ranked by number of books published per year. China is number one based on individual language, but combining the two English publishing countries, we see English books rank number one. With the above information we can make wise decisions as to what scriptures should be published and distributed depending on need. Furthermore, although many nations can be reached by their official language, we should also consider the more popular languages of that nation.