Following are a number of back-translations of Revelation 21:12:

• Uma: “That village was surrounded by a high and strong fort. In that fort, there were twelve doors, each door guarded by an angel. And on those doors were written the names of the twelve children of Israel long ago, who had-as-their-descendants the twelve tribes [lit., mother-units/families] of the Yahudi people.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
• Yakan: “There was a wall surrounding it, thick and high. It had twelve doors and each door had an angel guarding it. Those doors had the names of the twelve tribes of Isra’il written on them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: “The wall of the city is very high. There are twelve gates and there is an angel of God who guards each gate. Written on the gates are the names of the twelve ancestors of the descendants of Israel.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “The stonewall which was the enclosing-fence of the town, it was high and sturdy. It had twelve entrances which were guarded by twelve angels, and those entrances were written-on with the names of the twelve children of Israel.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Tagbanwa: “Its wall was thick and high and it had twelve gates. Each gate had a guard who was an angel, and also there was written on each of the gates one of the names of the twelve sons of Jacob, they being the forefathers of the Israelita.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
• Tenango Otomi: “This city had walls at all the edges. At the gates were written the names of the twelve sons of Israel.” (Source: Tenango Otomi Back Translation)