Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 1:63:

• Noongar: “Zechariah requested paper and he wrote, ‘His name is ‘John’.’ ‘Wow!’ they cried out. ” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
• Uma: “Zakharia asked for something to write on [lit., a writing-place] and he wrote: ‘His name is Yohanes.’ They were all surprised.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “Jakariya also made signs asking for something to write on and he wrote this: ‘His name is Yahiya.’ They all were very amazed.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And then Zechariah motioned that they give him something on which to write that which he wanted the name to be. And what he wrote there was, ‘John is the name of the child.’ And then they were very much surprised.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Zekarias had-someone-get something-to-write-on and what he wrote was, ‘His name, Juan.’ And all that were there were greatly amazed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Zacarias asked for something to write on and wrote saying, ‘Juan is his name.’ The crowd was amazed.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)