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=== Current services<span class="anchor" id="Current language list"></span> === {|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left:0.5em;" |- ! Language ! data-sort-type="date"| Start date ! data-sort-type="date"| Close date ! Website/notes ! Radio ! TV ! Online |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Oromo language|Afaan Oromoo]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 18 September 2017 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.com/afaanoromoo BBC Afaan Oromoo] | {{Yes}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.short-wave.info/index.php?language=Oromo&station=BBC|title=Short-Wave Radio Frequency Schedule for BBC in OROMO|accessdate=10 January 2025|publisher=Short-Wave.Info}}</ref> | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Amharic language|Amharic]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 18 September 2017 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.com/amharic BBC Amharic] | {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/amharic/bbc_amharic_radio/liveradio|accessdate=29 December 2024|publisher=BBC|language=am|title=ያድምጡ}}</ref> | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[BBC Arabic|Arabic]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 3 January 1938 | style="vertical-align: top;" | 27 January 2023 (Radio Service) | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.com/arabic BBC Arabic] | {{no}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 30 November 1994 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/azeri BBC Azeri] | {{Yes}}{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Bengali language|Bengali]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 11 October 1941 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/bengali BBC Bangla] | {{no}} | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Burmese language|Burmese]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 2 September 1940 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/burmese BBC Burmese] | {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/burmese/bbc_burmese_radio/liveradio|accessdate=29 December 2024|publisher=BBC|language=my|title=ဘီဘီစီ မြန်မာပိုင်း ရေဒီယို}}</ref> | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Cantonese Chinese]] | 5 May 1941 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen BBC Chinese] | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin Chinese]] | 19 May 1941 | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen BBC Chinese] | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[English language|English]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 25 December 1936 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice BBC World Service] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[African French|French for Africa]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 20 June 1960 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/french BBC French] | {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/afrique/bbc_afrique_radio/liveradio|accessdate=29 December 2024|publisher=BBC|language=fr|title=BBC Afrique Radio}}</ref> | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 1 March 1942<br />2 October 2017 | style="vertical-align: top;" | 3 September 1944 | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.com/gujarati BBC Gujarati] | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Hausa language|Hausa]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 13 March 1957 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/hausa BBC Hausa] | {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/hausa/bbc_hausa_radio/liveradio|accessdate=29 December 2024|publisher=BBC|language=ha|title=BBC Hausa Rediyo}}</ref> | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Hindi]] | 11 May 1940 | | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi BBC Hindi] | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Igbo language|Igbo]] | style="vertical-align: top;" |19 February 2018<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43076923 |title=BBC Igbo and Yoruba launched in Nigeria |date=19 February 2018 |work=[[BBC News Online]] |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=24 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624230538/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43076923 |url-status=live }}</ref> | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" |[https://www.bbc.com/igbo BBC Igbo] | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 30 October 1949 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/indonesian BBC Indonesian] | {{no}} | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Japanese language|Japanese]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 4 July 1943<br />17 October 2015 (relaunch)<ref>{{cite news | last = Russell | first = Jon | date = 17 October 2015 | title = BBC Launches Japanese Language News Site To Extend Its Global Advertising Reach | url = https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/16/bbc-launches-japanese-language-news-site-to-extend-its-global-advertising-reach/ | work = [[TechCrunch]] | access-date = 29 July 2020 | archive-date = 29 July 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200729063513/https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/16/bbc-launches-japanese-language-news-site-to-extend-its-global-advertising-reach/ | url-status = live }}</ref> | style="vertical-align: top;" | 31 March 1991 | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.com/japanese BBC Japanese] | {{Yes}}{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} | {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite news | date = 19 July 2018 | title = BBC News launches new streaming service on Yahoo! JAPAN | url = https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/bbc-news-launches-new-streaming-service-on-yahoo!-japan | work = [[Japan Today]] | access-date = 29 July 2020 | archive-date = 29 July 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200729064051/https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/bbc-news-launches-new-streaming-service-on-yahoo!-japan | url-status = live }}</ref> | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Kinyarwanda language|Kinyarwanda]] and [[Kirundi]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 8 September 1994 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.com/gahuza BBC Gahuza] | {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/gahuza/bbc_gahuza_radio/liveradio|accessdate=29 December 2024|publisher=BBC|language=rw|title=Radio BBC Gahuza}}</ref> | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Korean language|Korean]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 26 September 2017 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.com/korean BBC Korean] | {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/korean/bbc_korean_radio/liveradio|accessdate=29 December 2024|publisher=BBC|language=ko|title=BBC 코리아 라디오}}</ref> | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Kyrgyz language|Kyrgyz]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 1 April 1995 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/kyrgyz BBC Kyrgyz] | {{no}} | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Marathi language|Marathi]] | style="vertical-align: top;" data-sort-value="1 March 1942" | 1 March 1942<br />31 December 1944<br />2 October 2017 | style="vertical-align: top;" data-sort-value="25 December 1958" | 3 September 1944<br />25 December 1958 | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.com/marathi BBC Marathi] | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Nepali language|Nepali]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 7 June 1969 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/nepali BBC Nepali] | {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/nepali/bbc_nepali_radio/liveradio|accessdate=29 December 2024|publisher=BBC|language=ne|title=बीबीसी नेपाली रेडियो}}</ref> | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Nigerian Pidgin]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 21 August 2017 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.com/pidgin BBC Pidgin] | {{Yes}}{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Pashto language|Pashto]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 15 August 1981 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[BBC Pashto]] | {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/pashto/bbc_pashto_radio/liveradio|accessdate=29 December 2024|publisher=BBC|language=ps|title=بي بي سي افغانستان (پښتو خپرونه)}}</ref> | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Persian language|Persian]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 28 December 1940 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/ BBC Persian] | {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/bbc_dari_radio/liveradio|title=بی بی سی افغانستان (برنامه های دری)|language=prs|publisher=BBC|accessdate=18 January 2025}}</ref> | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Brazilian Portuguese|Portuguese for Brazil]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 14 March 1938 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/ BBC Brasil] | {{Yes}}{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 2 October 2017 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.com/punjabi/ BBC Punjabi] | {{Yes}}{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Russian language|Russian]] | style="vertical-align: top;" data-sort-value="7 October 1942" | 7 October 1942<br />24 March 1946 | style="vertical-align: top;" data-sort-value="" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/russian BBC Russian] | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Serbian language|Serbian]] | style="vertical-align: top;" data-sort-value="29 September 1991" |29 September 1991<br />26 March 2018 | style="vertical-align: top;" data-sort-value="" |25 February 2011 | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.com/serbian/lat BBC Serbian] | {{Yes}}{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]] | style="vertical-align: top;" data-sort-value="10 March 1942" | 10 March 1942<br />11 March 1990 | style="vertical-align: top;" data-sort-value="" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala BBC Sinhala] | {{No}} | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Somali language|Somali]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 18 July 1957 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/somali BBC Somali] | {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/somali/bbc_somali_radio/liveradio|accessdate=29 December 2024|publisher=BBC|language=so|title=Raadiyaha BBC Soomaali}}</ref> | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Spanish language in the Americas|Spanish for Latin America]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 14 March 1938 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/ BBC Mundo] | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Swahili language|Swahili]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 27 June 1957 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/swahili BBC Swahili] | {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/swahili/bbc_swahili_radio/liveradio|accessdate=29 December 2024|publisher=BBC|language=sw|title=BBC Swahili Radio}}</ref> | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Tamil language|Tamil]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 3 May 1941 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/tamil BBC Tamil] | {{no}} | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Telugu language|Telugu]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 2 October 2017 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.com/telugu BBC Telugu] | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Thai language|Thai]] | style="vertical-align: top;" data-sort-value="27 April 1941" | 27 April 1941<br />3 June 1962 <br />10 July 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/blogcollegeofjournalism/posts/BBC-launches-first-social-media-only-news-service-for-Thailand |title=BBC launches first social media-only news service – for Thailand |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=13 October 2014 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006010032/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/blogcollegeofjournalism/posts/BBC-launches-first-social-media-only-news-service-for-Thailand |url-status=live }}</ref> 16 November 2016 | style="vertical-align: top;" data-sort-value="" | 5 March 1960<br />13 January 2006 | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.facebook.com/BBCThai BBC Thai Facebook page]<br />[https://www.bbc.com/thai BBC Thai] | {{Yes}}{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 18 September 2017 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.com/tigrinya BBC Tigrinya] | {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/tigrinya/bbc_tigrinya_radio/liveradio|accessdate=29 December 2024|publisher=BBC|language=ti|title=ስምዑ}}</ref> | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Turkish language|Turkish]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 20 November 1939 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/turkish BBC Turkish] | {{Yes}}{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 1 June 1992 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/ukrainian BBC Ukrainian] | {{Yes}}{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Urdu language|Urdu]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 3 April 1949 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/ BBC Urdu] | {{no}} | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Uzbek language|Uzbek]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 30 November 1994 | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.co.uk/uzbek BBC Uzbek] | {{no}} | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 6 February 1952 | style="vertical-align: top;" | 26 March 2011 (Radio Service) | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese BBC Vietnamese] | {{no}} | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]] | style="vertical-align: top;" | 19 February 2018<ref name=":0" /> | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | [https://www.bbc.com/yoruba BBC Yoruba] | style="vertical-align: top;" | | style="vertical-align: top;" | | {{Yes}} |}
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