Editing BBC World Service (section)

=== Current services<span class="anchor" id="Current language list"></span> ===
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! Language
! data-sort-type="date"| Start date
! data-sort-type="date"| Close date
! Website/notes
! Radio
! TV
! Online
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| 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}}
|}