Following are a number of back-translations of Mark 5:9:
- Uma: «Yesus asked him: ‘What is your (sing.) name?’ He said: ‘My name is Legion, for there are many of us (excl.) in one group who have entered into this person.’ (This name Legion, it’s meaning is: thousands.)» (Source: Uma Back Translation)
- Yakan: «So-then Isa asked him, he said, ‘What is your name?’ He answered, he said, ‘My name is Thousands because we are many.'» (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
- Western Bukidnon Manobo: «Jesus asked that person, he said, ‘What is your name?’ And the demon answered, ‘My name is Thousands, because we who possess this person are very many.'» (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: «Then Jesus asked him, ‘What is your (sing.) name?’ ‘By-the-thousands,’ he said, ‘because we (excl.) are many.'» (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Tagbanwa: «Jesus questioned him, saying, ‘What is your name?’The evil spirit replied, ‘Multitude, for we are really many who are possessing this one.'» (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)
