List of language names
This article is a resource of the native names of most of the major languages in the world. These are endonymic glossonyms.
Languages
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[edit]Aari – Aari
- Spoken in:
Ethiopia
Aasáx † – Aasá
- Spoken in:
Tanzania
Abaza – Aбаза бызшва
Abellen – Ayta Abellen
- Spoken in:
Tarlac, Philippines
Abenaki † – Alnôba, Wôbanakiôdwawôgan
- Formerly spoken by: the American/Canadian
Abenaki Tribe
Abkhaz – Aҧсуа бызшәа, Aҧсшәа
- Official language in:
Abkhazia and the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia,
Georgia
Abui – Abui
- Spoken in:
Indonesia
Abure – ɔbule ɔyʋɛ
- Spoken in:
Côte d’Ivoire
Acehnese – Aceh or Bahsa Acèh
- Spoken in:
Indonesia
Achang – Mönghsa, ŋa˨˩ʈʂhaŋ˨˩
Achi – achi'ТеЗя
Achumawi † – Achomawi or Ajúmmááwí
- Formerly spoken in:
California
Adai † – Tenánat Hadéyas
- Formerly spoken in:
Louisiana,
United States
Adangme – Adangbɛ
Adangbe – Adangbe
- Spoken in:
Togo
Adele – Gidire
Adioukrou – mɔjukru
- Spoken in:
Côte d’Ivoire
Adnyamathanha – Yura Ngawarla
- Spoken in:
Australia
Adyghe – Адыгабзэ
- Western Circassian language. Official language in:
Adygea,
Russia
- Spoken also in: Turkey, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Germany, United States, Netherlands etc.
Afade – afaë
Afar – Qafár af
Afrihili – El-Afrihili
- Proposed lingua franca of Africa
Afrikaans – Afrikaans
Aguacateco – awakateko
- Spoken in:
Guatemala
Aghem – aghím
- Spoken in:
Cameroon
Aghul – агъул чӀал
Ahtna – Atnakenaege
Ainu – アイヌ イタク, Aynu Itak
Ajië – A’jie, Ajië, Houailou, Wai, Wailu
Akan – Akan, Fante, Twi
- Official language in:
Ghanaian/Ivoirian ethnic region of Akanland
Akkadian † – akkadû or 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑
- Formerly an Official language in: Akkad or central Mesopotamia which is modern-day
Iraq
- Later it became a lingua franca in the Middle East and
Egypt
Akkala Sámi – äh'k'el'säm'la
- Formerly spoken in:
Russia
Aklanon – Akeanon, Binisaya nga Akeanon or Inakeanon
Akum – aakuem
Alabama – Albaamaha
- Spoken in:
Texas,
United States
- Now extinct in:
Oklahoma,
United States
Albanian – Shqip, Shqiptar
- Official language in:
Albania and
Kosovo
- Recognised Minority Language in:
Italy,
Montenegro,
North Macedonia,
Romania, and
Serbia
Algerian Saharan Arabic – dŷazāri' or جزائري
- Spoken in:
Algeria,
Libya,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Niger, and
Western Sahara
Aleut – Unangam Tunuu, Унáҥам Тунý
- Official language in:
Alaska,
United States
- Spoken in:
Kamchatka Krai,
Russia
Algonquin – ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ or anicinâbemowin
Altai – Алтай тили
- Spoken in:
Altai Republic,
Russia
Alyutor – nəməlʔu
- Spoken in:
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and
Kamchatka Krai,
Russia
Amdang – Sìmí Amdangtí
- Spoken in: the Wadi Fira Region,
Chad
Amharic – ኣማርኛ
Amo – Timap
- Spoken in:
Nigeria
Ancient Egyptian Language † – 𓂋𓏺𓈖 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖
- Formerly spoken in: Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greek † – Ἑλληνική
- Formerly spoken in: much of the Mediterranean Sea (until 1453)
Andalusian Arabic † – عربية أندلسية
- Formerly spoken in: Al-Andalus (modern-day
Spain and
Portugal)
Anfillo – Mao
- Spoken in:
Ethiopia
Angika – अंगिका
Angloromani – Romanichal
- Spoken in: the
United Kingdom
Apache – Ndéé
- Spoken in: Southwestern
United States
Apsaalooke – Apsaalooke
- Spoken in: Great Plains,
United States
Arabela – Tapweyokwaka
- Spoken in:
Peru
Arabic – العربية
Aragonese – l'Aragonés
- Official language in:
Aragon,
Spain
Aramaic – ܐܪܡܝܐ
Arapaho – Hinono'eitiit
- Spoken by: the
Arapaho people,
United States
Arbëreshë Albanian – Arbërisht
- Spoken in:
Italy
Archi – аршаттен
Arikara – Sáhniš
- Spoken in:
North Dakota,
United States
Arin † – bbˈirk
- Formerly spoken in:
Russia
Armenian – Հայերեն
- Official language in:
Armenia and
Artsakh
- Recognised Minority Language in:
Cyprus,
Poland,
Romania, Samtskhe-Javakheti (
Georgia),
Hungary,
Iraq,
Lebanon,
Turkey,
Ukraine, and
California (
United States)
Aromanian – Aromanian
Arpitan – arpetan or francoprovençâl
- Spoken in:
France and
Switzerland
- Recognised Minority Language in:
Italy
Arrernte – Arrernte Angkentye
- Spoken in:
Northern Territory,
Australia
Arvanitika – arbërisht or αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ
- Spoken in:
Greece
Assamese – অসমীয়া
- Spoken in:
Bhutan,
Bangladesh, and
India
Assiniboine – Nakhóda
- Spoken in:
Canada and the
United States
Asturian – Asturianu
Auslan – Sign Language
Atikamekw – Nēhinawēwin
Avar – МагIарул МацI
- Spoken in:
Azerbaijan,
Georgia,
Kazakhstan,
Turkey, and
Dagestan (
Russia)
Avestan – 𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥
- Spoken on: the eastern
Iranian Plateau
Awadhi – अवधी
- Spoken in:
India
Aweer – Boni
- Spoken in:
Kenya
Awijilah – Tawjilit, طاوجيليت or ⵟⴰⵡⵊⵉⵍⵉⵜ
- Spoken in:
Libya
Ayapaneco – Ayapaneco
Aymara – Aymar Aru
- Spoken by:
Aymara people in
Bolivia,
Chile, and
Peru
Äynu – ئەينۇ
- Spoken in: the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,
China
Azerbaijani – Azərbaycanca
- Official language in:
Azerbaijan and
Dagestan,
Russia
- Spoken in:
Iran,
Turkey and
Georgia
Azoyu Me'phaa – me̱'pha̱a̱ tsíndíí
- Spoken in:
Guerrero,
Mexicobhvh
B
[edit]Babine – Witsuwit’en, ᗔᙣᗔᗥᐣ
- Spoken in: British Columbia
in Canada
Baga † – Barka
- Formerly spoken in: the Republic of Guinea
Bai – 白语
- Spoken in: the Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China
Baki – Baki
- Spoken in: Vanuatu
Balinese – ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ
- Spoken in: Bali
, Republic of Indonesia
Balti – སྦལ་ཏིའི་སྐད་, بلتی
- Spoken in: Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
and Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Republic of India
Bambara – Bamanankan
- Spoken in: the Republic of Mali
Bantu † – Narrow Bantu
- Formerly spoken in: Subsaharan Africa
Basa-Gumna † – Basa-Kaduna, Basa Kuta
- Formerly spoken in: Chanchaga, Niger State, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Bashkir – башҡорт Теле, Başqort Tele
- Official language in: the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation
and the Republic of Kazakhstan
Basque – Euskara
- Official language in: Basque Country
and Navarre
, Kingdom of Spain
- Spoken in the French Basque Country, Atlantic Pyrenees
Republic of France
, but with no legal status.
Bassa – ɓasaá
- Spoken by: Liberian/Sierra Leonean Bassa People
Batak – ᯘᯮᯒᯖ᯲ ᯅᯖᯂ᯲
- Spoken by: the Batak people of the North Sumatra, Republic of Indonesia
Belarusian – Беларуская
Bemba – iciBemba
- Official language in: the Republic of Zambia
Bengali – বাংলা
- Official language in: the People's Republic of Bangladesh
and the Republic of India
Berber – Tamaziɣt, Tamazight, or ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ
- Spoken in: Northern Africa
Berta – Gebeto or Wetawit
- Spoken in: the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Betawi – Basè Betawi, Basa Betawi
- Spoken in: Jakarta
, Tangerang City, Tangerang Regency, South Tangerang City in Banten
, Bekasi City, Bekasi Regency, Bogor Regency, Depok City in West Java
, Indonesia
Bezhta – бежкьалас миц
Bhojpuri – 𑂦𑂷𑂔𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂲, भोजपुरी, بھوجپوري
- Spoken in: Bihar, Republic of India
; Jharkhand, Republic of India
; Uttar Pradesh, Republic of India
; Co-operative Republic of Guyana
; Republic of Suriname
; and Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Big Nambas – V'ənen Taut
- Spoken in: Malakula, Vanuatu
Bijago – Kangaki-Kagbaaga-Kajoko Bidyogo
- Spoken in: Guinea Bissau
Bikol – Bikol
- Spoken in Bicol Region, Philippines
Bislama – Bislama
Blackfoot – ᑯᖾᖹ, ᓱᖽᐧᖿ
- Spoken by: the American/Canadian Blackfoot Tribe
Bodo – बड़ो
- Spoken in: Republic of India
and Democratic Republic of Nepal
Bosnian – Босански, Bosanski
- Official language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina
and Montenegro
- Recognised Minority Language in: Republic of Albania
, Kosovo
, North Macedonia
, and Republic of Serbia
Breton – Brezhoneg
- Spoken in: Brittany, French Republic
Buginese – ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ
- Spoken in: South Sulawesi, Republic of Indonesia
Buhid – ᝊᝓᝑᝒᝇ
- Spoken in: Mindoro, Philippines
Bulgarian – български език
- Official language in: Republic of Bulgaria
, and Hellenic Republic
- Recognised Minority Language in: Romania
, Republic of Serbia
, and Ukraine
Burmese – မြန်မာစာ or မြန်မာစကား
Buryat – буряад хэлэн
- Official language in: Buryatia
, Russia
Bussa – Mossittaata, Mossiya, ሞስሲትቷታ or ሞስሲያ
- Spoken in: Ethiopia
C
[edit]Caddo – Hasí:nay
- Spoken in: Oklahoma
in the United States
Cahto – Katoiana
- Spoken in: California
in the United States
Cahuarano † – Cahuiawano
- Spoken in: Peru
Cahuilla – Ivia
- Spoken in: the southern area of the State of California, United States
Canichana † – ?
- Spoken in: Bolivia
Cantonese – 廣東話
- Official language in: Hong Kong Special Administration Region, People's Republic of China
, Macau Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
Carrier – ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Catalan – Català
- Official language in: Principality of Andorra
; the Balearic Islands, Kingdom of Spain
; Catalonia, Kingdom of Spain
; and the Valencian Community, Kingdom of Spain
- Recognised Minority Language in: Pyrénées-Orientales, French Republic
; Sardinia, Italian Republic
; and Aragón, Kingdom of Spain
Catawba – Katapa
- Spoken in: North Carolina
in the United States
Cayuga – Gayogo̱hó:nǫ’
- Spoken by: the Iroquois Cayuga people living in the Canadian First Nation reservation of the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation
Cebuano – Bisaya, Sinugboanon
- Spoken in: Central Visayas and Mindanao, Philippines
Chakma - 𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 𑄞𑄌𑄴
- Spoken in: Chittagong Hill Tracts, CADC, Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Bangladesh
and India
Chalcatongo Mixtec – Chalcatongo
Cham – ꨌꩌ
- Spoken in: Cambodia
Chamorro – Chamoru, Fino'Chamorro
Chechen – Нохчийн Mотт
- Official language in: the Chechen Republic, Russian Federation
and the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation
Cherokee – ᏣᎳᎩ, ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ
- Official language in: the Native American tribe of the Cherokee
, in Oklahoma
Chewa – Nyanja
Cheyenne – Tsėhesenėstsestotse, Tsisinstsistots
- Spoken in: Montana, United States
and Oklahoma, United States
Chhattisgarhi – छत्तीसगढ़ी
- Spoken in: Republic of India
Chickasaw – Chikasha
- Spoken in: Oklahoma, United States
Chinese – 汉语, 漢語, 华语, 華語, or 中文
- Official language in: the People's Republic of China
; Republic of Singapore
; Republic of China
; and the Wa State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
- Recognised Minority Language in: Malaysia
, the Philippines
, Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace
, and the United States
Chinese (Classical) – 古文 or 文言
- Spoken in: the People's Republic of China
, Japan
, the Korean Peninsula
, the Republic of China
, and Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Chipewyan – ᑌᓀᓲᒢᕄᓀ, Dene Suline, Dëne Sųłiné
- Spoken in: Canada
Chittagonian – চাটগাঁইয়া বুলি
- Spoken in: Bangladesh
Chocangaca – ཁྱོ་ཅ་ང་ཅ་ཁ་
- Spoken in: Bhutan
Choctaw – Chahta', Chahta Anumpa
- Spoken in: The United States of America
Chukchi – чаучу
- Spoken in: Russia in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chulym – Ось тили, тадар тили
- Spoken in: Krasnoyarsk Krai
and Tomsk Oblast, Russia
Chuvash – Чӑвашла, Çăvaşla
Cimbrian – Zimbrisch
- Spoken in: the Italian Republic
Cocos Islands Malay – Basa Pulu Cocos
- Spoken in Cocos (Keeling) Islands
, Australia
and Malaysia
Comanche – Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ
- Spoken in: Oklahoma, United States
Cook Islands Māori – ‘Airani
Coptic – ⲘⲉⲧⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ
- The Coptic language is a Coptic liturgical language
Cornish – Kernewek, Kernowek
- Recognised Minority Language in: Cornwall
, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Corsican – Corsu
Cree – ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ
- Official language in: the Northwest Territories, Canada
Croatian – Hrvatski
- Official language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina
; Republic of Croatia
; and Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Burgenland, Republic of Austria
; Baranya County, Southern Transdanubia, Hungary
; Molise, Italian Republic
; Montenegro
; Carașova, Caraș-Severin County Romania
; and Lupac, Caraș-Severin County, Romania
Cupeño † – Kupangaxwicham Pe'memelki
- Formerly spoken in: the southern area of the State of California, United States
Cypriot Arabic – Sanna
Czech – Český Jazyk, Čeština
- Official language in: the Czech Republic
D
[edit]Dair – Thaminyi or طهامينيي
- Spoken in: Sudan
Dakhini – دکنی
- Official language in: the Republic of India
and the United Arab Emirates
Dakota – Dakȟótiyapi
- Spoken in: Canada
and the United States
Dalecarlian – Dalmål
- Spoken in: Kingdom of Sweden
Danish – Dansk
- Official language in: Kingdom of Denmark
and the Faroe Islands
- Recognised Minority Language in: Federal Republic of Germany
, Greenland
, and Republic of Iceland
Dargwa – Дарган Mез
Dari – فارسی, دری, دريلو, or Yazdi
- The Dari language is a Zoroastrian liturgical language
Dhivehi – ދިވެހި
Dolgan – Дулҕан, Dulğan, Һака, Haka
- Spoken in: Krasnoyarsk Krai
, Russia
Domari – Dômarî
- Spoken in: Middle East
, North Africa
and the Caucasus
Drehu – Dehu, Lifou, Lifu, Qene Drehu
Dungan – 回族语言, Xуэйзў йүян
- Spoken by: the Central Asian Dungan people
Durkha – тyъһа тыл
- Spoken in: Mongolia
(Khövsgöl Province)
Dutch – Nederlands
- Official language in: Aruba
, Kingdom of Belgium
, Country of Curaçao,
, the Netherlands,
, Sint Maarten,
, and Republic of Suriname,
Dutton World Speedwords – rapmotz
Dzongkha – རྫོང་ཁ་
E
[edit]E – 誒
Egyptian Arabic † – اللغة المصرية العامية
- Formerly spoken in: Lower Egypt
English – English
Erzya – Эрзянь Kель
Esperanto – Esperanto
Estonian – Eesti
Even – эвэн то̄рэ̄нни or эвэды
- Spoken in: Siberia
Evenki – Эвэды̄ турэ̄н
- Spoken in: the Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia
, the Mongolian aimag of the Selenge Province
, and the Russian krai of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Ewe – Èʋe, Èʋegbe
- Spoken by: the Beninois/Togolese Ewe people
Extremaduran – Estremeñu
Eyak † – dAXhunhyuuga'
- Formerly an Official language in: the American state of Alaska
F
[edit]Fala – Fala
- Spoken in: Val de Xálima
, Extremadura
(Spain)
Faroese – Føroyskt
Fijian – Na vosa vaka-Viti, Vakaviti
Fiji Hindi – फिजी बात or Fiji Baat
- Spoken in: Fiji
Filipino – Wikang Filipino
- Official language in: the Philippines
Filipino Sign Language – Sign Language
- Official language in: the Philippines
Finnish – Suomi
- Official language in: Finland
and the Russian autonomous republic of Karelia
; recognised as a minority language in Sweden
Fon – Fon gbè, Fɔngbè
- Spoken by: the Beninois/Nigerian Fon people
French – Français
Frisian (North) – Noordfreesk
- Official language in: the German archipelago of Heligoland
and the German district of Nordfriesland
Frisian (Saterland) – Seeltersk
- Spoken in: the German municipality of Saterland
Frisian (West) – Frysk
- Official language in: the Dutch province of Friesland
Friulian – Furlan
- Spoken in: Italy
Fula – Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular
- Spoken in: Central Africa
Fur – For
- Spoken in: the Republic of Chad
and Darfur, Republic of the Sudan
G
[edit]Ga – Gã
Gagauz – Gagauz
- Official language in: in: Gagauzia
in Moldova
- Recognised Minority Language in: Ukraine
Galician – Galego
- Official language in: the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia
Gallo – Galo
- Recognised Minority Language in: France mainly: Brittany
, Normandy
Gan – 赣语, 贛語
Garre – ?
Ge'ez – ግዕዝ
Georgian – ქართული
German – Deutsch
- Official language in: Austria
, the Belgian German-Speaking Community
, Germany
, Liechtenstein
, Luxembourg
, the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol
, and Switzerland
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Brazilian city of Pomerode
, the Czech Republic
, Denmark
, Hungary
, the Italian autonomous province of Trentino
, Kazakhstan
, Namibia
, Poland
, Romania
, Russia
, the Slovak municipality of Krahule
, and the Vatican City
(Administrative and commanding language of the Swiss Guard)
Gikuyu – Gĩkũyũ
- Spoken in: the Kenyan Central Province
Gilbertese – Taetae ni Kiribati
Godoberi – ГъибдилӀи Mицци, Ɣibdiƛi Micci
Gothic † – 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺
- Formerly spoken in: pre-18th. Century Europe
Greek – Ελληνικά
- Official language in: Cyprus
and Greece
- Recognised Minority Language in: Albania
, Armenia
, Hungary
Italy
, Romania
, Turkey
, and Ukraine
Greenlandic – Kalaallisut
Grenadian French Creole – Patwa
- Spoken in: Grenada
Guaraní – Avañe'ẽ or Javy ju
- Official language in: the Argentinian province of Corrientes
, Bolivia
, and Paraguay
Gujarati – ગુજરાતી
- Official language in: the Indian union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and the Indian state of Gujarat
Gumuz – Bega
- Spoken in: the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Gurung – तमु क्यी
- Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
Gwich'in – Gwich'in
- Official language in: the Canadian federal territory of the Northwest Territories
H
[edit]Haida – Xaat Kíl
- Official language in: the Council of the Haida Nation
and the US
state of Alaska
Hainanese – 海南話
Haitian Creole – Kreyòl Ayisyen
Hakka – 客家話, 客家话
- Spoken by: the Hakka people
Harari – ሃራሪ
- Spoken in: the Ethiopian kilil of the Harari Region
Haryanvi – हरयाणवी
Hausa – حَوْسَ
- Spoken by: the Hausa people
Hawaiian – ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
- Official language in: the American state of Hawaii
Hebrew – עברית
- Official language in: Israel
- The Hebrew language is a Jewish liturgical language
Herero – Otjiherero
Hiligaynon – Ilonggo
- Spoken in the provinces of Iloilo and in Negros Occidental in the Philippines
Hill Mari – Мары йӹлмӹ
Himba – Omuhimba, Simba
- Spoken in: Gabon
Hindi – हिन्दी
Hindko – ہندکو
- Spoken in: Pakistan
Hindustani – ہندوستانی, हिन्दुस्तानी
Hinuq – гьинузас мец
Hiri Motu – Hiri Motu
Hmong – lol Hmongb, lus Hmoob, lug Moob, 𖬌𖬣𖬵
Hopi – Hopilàvayi or Hopílavayi
- Spoken in: the northeastern area of the State of Arizona, United States
Hungarian – Magyar
- Official language in: Hungary
- Recognised Minority Language in: Austria
, Croatia
, Romania
, Serbia
, Slovakia
, Slovenia
, and Ukraine
I
[edit]Icelandic – Íslenska
Ido – Ido
Igala – Igala
- Spoken in: Nigeria
Igbo – Asụsụ Igbo
Ik – Icetot
- Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda
Ili Turki – İlı turkeşi, И̇лı туркес̧и, ي̇لي تۋركەسي
- Spoken in: China
Ilocano – Iloko, Pagsasao nga Iloko
- Official language in: the Philippine province of La Union
Indonesian – Bahasa Indonesia
Ingush – ГӀалгӀай мотт
- Official language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Ingushetia
Interlingua – Interlingua
Interlingue (Occidental) – Interlingue
Interslavic – Medžuslovjansky, Меджусловјанскы
Inuinnaqtun – ?
- Official language in: Nunavut
in Canada
Inuit Sign Language – Atgangmuurngniq, ᐊᑦᒐᖕᒨᕐᖕᓂᖅ or ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᓯᖏᑦ
Inuktitut – ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ
- Official language in: the Canadian provinces of the Northwest Territories
and Nunavut
; the Nunavik area of the Canadian province of Quebec
; and the Canada-administrated/Inuit-claimed autonomous area of Nunatsiavut
Inupiaq – Iñupiatun
- Official language in: the American state of Alaska
Irish – Gaeilge
Isthmus Nahuatl – Mela'tájtol
Istro Romanian – Istroromånă
- Recognised Minority Language in: Istria County
, Italy
, Sweden
, Germany
and North America and South America
Italian – Italiano
- Official language in: the Croatian Istria County
, Italy
, San Marino
, the Slovenian region of Slovenian Istria
, Switzerland
, and the Vatican City
Iu Mien - Iu Mienh
Ivatan – Chirin nu Ibatan
- Spoken in: Batanes, Philippines
J
[edit]Japanese – 日本語, 日本語
Jarawa – Aongəŋ
Javanese – ꦧꦱꦗꦮ
- Spoken in: the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Java, New Caledonia
, and Suriname
Judaeo-Spanish – גֿודֿיאו-איספאנייול, Ladino
- Spoken by: the Sephardim Jewish Diaspora
Jutish – Jydsk
- Spoken in: Denmark
Jèrriais – Jèrriais
- Spoken in: the British crown dependency of Jersey
and the British royal fief of Sark
K
[edit]Kabardian – Адыгэбзэ
- Eastern Circassian language. Official language in: the Russian autonomous republics of Kabardino-Balkaria
and Karachay-Cherkessia
- Spoken also in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Germany, United States, Netherlands etc.
Kabyle – شئعم
- Spoken in: Algeria
Kachin - ဈိာင်ဖေါစ်
- Spoken in: Official in Kachin State and Yingjiang County; Myanmar
, China
, India
Kaingang – Kanhgág
- Spoken in: Brazil
Kaixana – Too few people for it to be written/typed (1 Person as of 2020)
- Spoken in: Brazil
Kapampangan – Kapampangan
- Spoken in: Pampanga, Philippines
Kannada – ಕನ್ನಡ
- Official language in: the Indian state of Karnataka
Kanuri – Kanuri
Karakalpak – Қарақалпақ тили, Qaraqalpaq tili
- Official language in: the Uzbek autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan
Karamojong – ŋaKaramojoŋ or ŋaKarimojoŋ
- Spoken in: the Moroto District, Karamoja Sub-Region, Northern Region, Republic of Uganda
Karelian – Karjalan Kieli
- Recognised Minority Language in: Finland
and the Russian autonomous republic of Karelia
Karen - ကညီကျိာ်
- Spoken in: Karen State, Myanmar
, Thailand
, America
Karenni - ꤊꤢꤛꤢ꤭ ꤜꤟꤤ꤬
- Spoken in: Karenni State, Myanmar
, Thailand
, United States
Kashmiri – كٲشُر, कॉशुर, Kạ̄šur, Koshur
Kashubian – Kaszëbsczi Jãzëk
- Official language in: Some communes in the Polish voivodeship of Pomerania
Kazakh – Қазақ Tілі
- Official language in: Kazakhstan
and the Russian autonomous republic of the Altai Republic
Kelantanese Malay – بهاس ملايو كلنتن or Baso Kelate
Kendeje – Kendeje
- Spoken in: Ouaddaï Region, Republic of Chad
Ket – Остыганна ӄа'
- Spoken in: the middle Yenisei basin in Krasnoyarsk Krai
in Russia
Khakas – Хакас Tілі
Khanty – ханты
- Spoken in: Khanty-Mansi
, Yamalo-Nenets
and Tomsk Oblast
in Russia
Khmer – ភាសាខ្មែរ
Khoekhoe – Khoekhoegowab
Khowar – کھوار
Khmu - Kmhmu
Kimki – ?
- Spoken in: Indonesia
Kinyarwanda – Ikinyarwanda or Runyarwanda
Komi – Коми
- Official language in: Komi Republic
, Russia
Konkani – कोंकणी, Konknni, കൊങ്കണി, ಕೊಂಕಣಿ
- Official language in: the Indian state of Goa
Korean – 조선말, 한국어
- Official language in: North Korea
, South Korea
, and the Chinese autonomous prefecture of Yanbian
Koryak – нымылан
Kosraean – Kosrae
- Official language in: Kosrae
in Micronesia
Kuanua – Tinata Tuna
- Spoken in: East New Britain Province
in Papua New Guinea
Kunama – ?
Kuliak – Rub
- Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda
Kumyk – Къумукъ Tил
- Official language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Dagestan
Kurdish – Kurdí, کوردی, or K’öрди
Kurdish (Southern) – کوردی خوارین, Kurdîy Xwarîn
Kurmanji – Kurmancî, کورمانجی
Kutchi – کچھی or કચ્છી
- Spoken in: South Asia
Kwadi † – !Kwa/tse
- Formerly spoken in: Angola
- (Kwadi is a "click language").
Kyrgyz – Кыргыз тили
- Official language in: Kyrgyzstan
and the Russian autonomous republic of the Altai Republic
L
[edit]Laal – yəw láà:l
- Spoken in: Chad
Ladakhi – ལ་དྭགས་སྐད།
Ladin – Ladin
- Spoken in: Italy
Lakha – ལ་ཁ་
- Spoken in: Wangdue Phodrang
and Trongsa
Lakota – Lakȟótiyapi
- Spoken by: the Lakota people
Lao – ພາສາລາວ
Latin – Lingua Latīna
- Official language in the Vatican City
- Formerly spoken in the Roman Republic, Roman Empire, and in legal court
Latvian – latviešu
Laz – ლაზური ნენა
Leonese – Llïonés
Lepcha – ᰛᰩᰵ་ᰛᰧᰶᰵ
- Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
Limbu – ᤕᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ
- Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
Limburgish – Lèmburgs
- Official language in: the Netherlands
Lingala – Lingála
- Official language in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
and the Republic of the Congo
Lisu – ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ or ꓡꓲꓢꓴ
- Official language in: the Chinese autonomous prefecture of Nujiang Lisu
and the Chinese autonomous county of Weixi Lisu
Lithuanian – Lietuvių
Livonian – Līvõ Kēļ or Rāndakēļ
- Spoken in: Latvia
Low German – Plattdüütsch
- Spoken in: Denmark
, Germany
, and the Netherlands
Low Prussian Dialect – Niederpreußisch
Luba-Kasai – Tshiluba
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Luganda – Luganda, LùGáànda, Oluganda
- Spoken in: Uganda
Luiseño – Cham'teela
- Spoken in: the southern area of the State of California, United States
Luo – Kavirondo or Dholuo
Luri – لری or Lori
- Spoken in: Iran
, Iraq
, Kuwait
, Oman
, and the United Arab Emirates
Luxembourgish – Lëtzebuergesch
- Official language in: Luxembourg
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Belgian community of the French Community of Belgium
M
[edit]Maasai – ɔl Maa
- Spoken by: the Kenyan/Tanzanian Maasai people
Macedonian – Mакедонски
- Official language in: North Macedonia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Albania
, Romania
, and Serbia
Madurese – Basa Mathura
- Official language in: East Java
in Indonesia
Magahi – मगही
Maguindanao – Maguindanao
- Spoken in: Maguindanao, Philippines
Magar – मगर भाषा
- Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
Maithili – मैथिली, মৈথিলী
- Official language in: the Indian state of Bihar
and Nepal
Makassarese – Basa Mangkasara', ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ
- Spoken in: the southern tip of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi
Malagasy – Malagasy
Malay – بهاس ملايو or Bahasa Melayu
- Official language in: Brunei
, Indonesia
, Malaysia
, and Singapore
Malayalam – മലയാളം
- Official language in: the Indian state of Kerala and the Indian territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry
Maltese – Malti
Manchu – ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ
- Spoken by: the Manchu people
Mandarin – 國語
- Spoken in: Most of China
Manx – Gaelg
- Official language in: the Isle of Man
Marathi – मराठी
- Official language in: the Indian state of Maharashtra and the Indian territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Marshallese – Ebon, Kajin M̧ajeļ, Kajin Majõl
- Official language in: the Marshall Islands
Marwari – मारवाड़ी, مارواڑی
Masalit – kana masara
- Spoken in: Dar Masalit, Darfur, Republic of the Sudan
Meadow Mari – олык марий
Meitei – মনিপুরি, মৈতৈলোল্, মৈতৈলোন্, মৈথৈ
- Official language in: the Indian state of Manipur
Miami-Illinois – Myaamia
- Spoken in: the Illinois Confederation
Michoacán Nahuatl – Pómaro Nahuatl
- Spoken in: Mexico
Min – 閩語 or 闽语
- Spoken in: the southeastern area of China
Min Bei – 闽北语
- Spoken in: the Chinese prefecture-level city of Nanping
Min Dong – 閩東語
- Spoken in: the Chinese prefecture-level cities of Fuzhou and Ningde
Min Nan – 閩南語 or 闽南语
- Spoken in: the southeastern area of China
Min Zhong – 闽中话
- Spoken in: the southeastern area of China
Mon – ဘာသာ မန်
- Spoken in: the Myanma delta of the Irrawaddy River
Mongolian – Монгол Хэл, ᠮᠣᠨᠭᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ
- Official language in: the Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia
and Mongolia
Montenegrin – crnogorski, црногорски
- Official language in: Montenegro
- Recognised Minority Language in: Albania
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
, and the Serbian municipality of Mali Iđoš in the autonomous region of Vojvodina
Mor – ?
- Spoken in: West Papua, Indonesia
Muscogee Creek – Mvskoke, Mvskokē
Musgu – Mulwi
Muskum † – Muzuk
- Formerly spoken in: Chad
Mussau-Emira – Mussau-Emira
- Spoken in: Mussau Island of St Matthias Islands
and Emira Island
part of Papua New Guinea
Māori – te Reo Māori
N
[edit]Nagumi † – Gong or Ngong
- Formerly spoken in: Cameroon
Nahuatl – Māsēwallahtōlli, Mexicano, or Nāhuatlahtōlli
Naukan Yupik – ?
- Spoken in: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
, Russia
Navajo – Diné bizaad
- Spoken on the Navajo Nation
Ndyuka –
- Spoken in: French Guiana
and Suriname
Nepal Bhasa – नेपाल भाषा
- Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
and Nepal
Nepali – नेपाली
- Official language in: the Indian district of the Darjeeling district
, the Indian state of Sikkim
, and Nepal
New Zealand Sign Language – Sign Language
Ngbee † – Lingbee
- Formerly spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nihali – ?
- Spoken in: Madhya Pradesh
and Maharashtra
in India
Northern Thai – ᨣᩴᩤᨾᩮᩥᩬᨦ
- Spoken in: the northern area of Thailand
, and some other parts of Southeast Asia
Norwegian – Norsk
Nottoway – Cheroenhaka
- Spoken in: Virginia
in the United States
Nuosu/Yi – ꆈꌠ꒿
- Spoken in: China
Nyangia – Nyang'i
- Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda
O
[edit]Occitan – Occitan
- Official language in: the Spanish comarca of Val d'Aran
Odia – ଓଡ଼ିଆ
- Official language in: the Indian states of Jharkhand and Odisha
Oirat – ᡆᡕᡅᠷᠠᡑ ᡘᡄᠯᡄᠨ
Oirata – ?
- Spoken in: Indonesia
Ojibwe – ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ
- Spoken by: the Ojibwe people
Okinawan Japanese – ウチナーヤマトゥグチ
Old Church Slavonic † – Словѣ́ньскъ Ѩзꙑ́къ, ⰔⰎⰀⰂⰑⰐⰊⰍ
- Formerly spoken in: Eastern Europe
Old English † – Anglisc, Ænglisc, Englisc, or ᚫᛝᛚᛁᛋᚻ
Omotik † – Laamoot
- Formerly spoken in: Great Rift Valley, Kenya
Onge – Öñge
- Spoken in: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Ontong Java – Luangiua
- Spoken in: Ontong Java Atoll, Solomon Islands
Oroch – Орочи кэсэни
- Spoken in: Khabarovsk Krai
, Russia
Orok – ульта
- Spoken in: Sakhalin Oblast
, Russia
Oromo – Afaan Oromoo
- Official language in: Oromia
in Ethiopia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Kenya
Ossetian – иронау, ирон ӕвзаг
- Spoken in North Ossetia
and South Ossetia
Note: Georgia but there is a dispute with Russia and Georgia with North Ossetia and South Ossetia is wanting independence.
P
[edit]Pahari – पहाड़ी
- Spoken in: the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir
, Punjab, Sikkim
, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal; Nepal
, the Pakistani state of Azad Kashmir
, and Greater Tibet
Palula – پالولہ
- Spoken in: the Pakistani district of the Chitral District
Pandan Bikol – Pandanon
- Spoken in: Catanduanes, Philippines
Pangasinan – Pangasinan
- Spoken in: Pangasinan, Philippines
Paratio † – ?
- Spoken in: Brazil
Parya – Парья
- Spoken in: Afghanistan
, Tajikistan
and Uzbekistan
Pashto – پښتو
Pattani Malay – بهاس جاوي, Bahasa Jawi, or ภาษายาวี
Persian – فارسی
- Official language in: Afghanistan
, Iran
, and Tajikistan
Phoenician † – 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍𐤉𐤌
- Formerly spoken in: the Near East
Pidgin – ?
- Spoken in: Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Piman – Tepiman
- Spoken in: the State of Arizona, United States
and the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, United Mexican States
Pipil – Náhuat or Nawat
- Spoken in: the Salvadoran cities of San Salvador
and Sonsonate; and the Salvadoran department of La Libertad
Pirahã – xapaitíiso
Pitjantjatjara – Pitjantjatjara
- Spoken in: the northwestern area of the Australian state of South Australia
Plautdietsch – Plautdietsch
- Spoken in: Eastern Europe, with some scattered speakers in the Americas
Polish – Język polski, polski, or polszczyzna
- Official language in: Poland
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Czech Republic
, Romania
, Slovakia
, and Ukraine
Portuguese – Português
- Official language in: Angola
, Brazil
, Cape Verde
, East Timor
, Equatorial Guinea
, Guinea-Bissau
, Macau
, Mozambique
, Portugal
, and São Tomé and Príncipe
Punjabi – पंजाबी, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, or پنجابی
- Official language in: the Indian federal district of Delhi
; and the Indian states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and West Bengal
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Pakistani province of Punjab
Pu-Xian Min – 興化話 or 莆仙話
- Spoken in: the Chinese county of Xianyou
and the Chinese prefecture-level cities of Fuzhou, Putian, and Quanzhou
Q
[edit]Quechuan – Runasimi
- Spoken in: Spain
R
[edit]Raga – Hano
- Spoken in: the Pentecost Island, Republic of Vanuatu
Rajasthani – राजस्थानी
Rinconada – Rinconada
- Spoken in: Camarines Sur, Philippines
Rohingya – 𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝
- Official language in: the Rakhine State, and southeastern Chittagong Division (Bangladesh)
Romani – Romani Ćhib
- Spoken by: the Romani people
; recognised as a minority language in Sweden
Romanian – Română
- Official language in: Moldova
, Romania
, Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
, and the Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina
- Recognised Minority Language in: Hungary
, Italy
, Serbia
, Spain
, and Ukraine
Ramanos † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Bolivia
Romansh – Rumantsch
Russian – Русский
Rusyn – Русиньский Язык, Русиньска Бесїда
- Official language in: The Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina
- Recognised Minority Language in: Croatia
, Poland
, Romania
, Serbia
, and Slovakia
Ruthenian † – Руский Языкъ
- Formerly spoken in: the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Rotokas – Rotokas
- Spoken in: Bougainville
part of Papua New Guinea
S
[edit]Sadri – सादरी (नागपुरी), ସାଦ୍ରୀ, সাদরি
Sámi (Inari) – anarâškielâ
- Recognised as a minority language in Finland
Sámi (Kildin) – Кӣллт са̄мь кӣлл
- Recognised as a minority language in Russia
Sámi (Lule) – julevsámegiella
- Recognised as a minority language in Norway, Sweden
Sámi (Northern) – davvisámegiella
- Recognised as a minority language in Finland, Norway, Sweden
Sámi (Pite) – bidumsámegiella
- Recognised as a minority language in Norway, Sweden
Sámi (Skolt) – sääʹmǩiõll, nuõrttsääʹmǩiõll
- Recognised as a minority language in Russia, and formerly spoken in Norway
Sámi (Southern) – åarjelsaemien gïele
- Recognised as a minority language in Norway
Sámi (Ter) – Са̄мькӣлл, saa´mekiil
Sámi (Ume) – ubmejensámien giella
- Recognised as a minority language in Sweden, and formerly in Norway
Samoan – Gagana Sāmoa
- Official language in: American Samoa
and Samoa
Sanskrit – संस्कृतम्, संस्कृता वाक्
Sardinian – Sardu
- Official language in: the Italian autonomous region of Sardinia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Italy
Sasak – ᬪᬵᬲᬵᬲᬓ᭄ᬱᬓ᭄
- Spoken in: West Nusa Tenggara
, Indonesia
Saurashtra – ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬꢵ
- Spoken in: the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu
Scots – Scots, Scottis, Scots leid, Lallans
Scottish Gaelic – Gàidhlig
Serbian – Српски, Srpski
- Official language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina
and Serbia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Croatia
, the Czech Republic
, Hungary
, Montenegro
, North Macedonia
, Romania
and Slovakia
Serbo-Croatian – srpskohrvatski/српскохрватски, also hrvatskosrpski/хрватскосрпски
- Official language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina
, Croatia
, Montenegro
Serbia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Austria
, Czech Republic
, Hungary
, Italy
, North Macedonia
, Romania
and Slovakia
Serer – Seereer, Seereer-Siin
- Spoken in: the Republic of the Gambia
and the Republic of Senegal
Shan – လိၵ်ႈတႆး
- Spoken in: the Myanmar states of the Kachin State
and the Shan State
and by the Shan people
Shanghainese – 上海闲话
- Spoken in: the Chinese municipality of Shanghai
Sherpa language – शेर्पा, ཤེར་པཱ།
- Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
Shona – Shona
Sicilian – Sicilianu
- Spoken in: the Italian region of Apulia
, Calabria
, Campania
; the Italian comune of Leece
; Malta
; and the Italian autonomous region of Sicily
Sikkimese – འབྲས་ལྗོངས་
- Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
Silesian – Ślōnski, Ślůnski
- Spoken in:
Poland and
Czech Republic
Sindhi – سنڌي
- Official language in: India
and the Pakistani province of Sindh
Sinhala – සිංහල
Slovak – Slovenčina
- Official language in: Slovakia
, and the Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Czech Republic
, Hungary
and Ukraine
Slovene – Slovenščina
- Official language in: Slovenia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Austria
, Hungary
, and Italy
Somali – اللغة الصومالية, Af-Soomaali
Sorani – سۆرانی, Soranî
Sotho – Sesotho
- Official language in: Lesotho
and South Africa
Spanish – Español
Stellingwarfs – Stellingwerfs
- Spoken in: the Netherlands
Sundanese – ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ
- Official language in: the Indonesian province of West Java
Sumerian † – 𒅴𒂠 (EME.G̃IR15)
- Was spoken in: Southern Iraq
and Southeastern Iran
- Official language in: the India
Surajpuri – सुरजापुरी, সুরজাপুরী
Susuami – ?
- Spoken in: Morobe Province
, Papua New Guinea
Swahili – Kiswahili
- Official language in: Kenya
, Tanzania
, and Uganda
Swedish – Svenska
- Official language in: Finland
and Sweden
Swiss German – Schwyzerdütsch
- Spoken in: the Austrian state of Vorarlberg
, the Italian regions of the Aosta Valley
and Piedmont
, Liechtenstein
, and Switzerland
Sylheti – ছিলটী, সিলেটী
- Spoken in: the Bangladeshi division of Greater Sylhet
; the Indian state of Assam's Barak Valley
; and the Indian state of Tripura
T
[edit]Taa – ǃXóõ
- Spoken in: Ghanzi
, Kgalagadi
, Kweneng
, Southern Districts
and Hardap
Tagalog – ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔, Wikang Tagalog
- Official language in: the Philippines
Tahitian – Reo Mā'ohi, Reo Tahiti
- Spoken in: the French Polynesian area of the Society Islands
Tai Dam – ꪺꪕꪒꪾ
- Spoken in: the Chinese county of the Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County
Tai Khün – ไทเขิน
- Spoken in: Shan State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
and the Kingdom of Thailand
Tai Lü – ᦑᦺᦟᦹᧉ
- Spoken in: Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China
Tai Nüa – ᥖᥭᥰᥖᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ
Tajik – Тоҷикӣ
- Official language in: the Tajikistan
Tamang – तामाङ
Tamil – தமிழ்
- Official language in: the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, union territories of Pondicherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands
, Sri Lanka
, Republic of Singapore
- Recognised Minority Language in: Malaysia
Tangut † – 𗼇𗟲
- Formerly the Official language in: the Tangut Empire (Western Xia)
Tatar – تاتارچا, Tatarça, Tатарча
Tausug – Bahasa Sūg
- Spoken in: Sulu, Philippines
Telugu – తెలుగు
- Official language in: the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and town of Yanam
Tepes – Soo
- Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda
Teribe – Naso, Norteño, Quequexque, Teribe, Tiribi, or Térraba
- Spoken in: the Costa Rican provinces of Limón
and Puntarenas
, and the Panamanian provinces of Bocas del Toro
and Chiriquí
Tetum – Lia-Tetun
- Official language in: the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
- Recognised Minority Language in: East Nusa Tenggara, Republic of Indonesia
Terengganu – Ccakak Tranung
- Spoken in: Terengganu
Thai – ภาษาไทย
- Official language in: the Kingdom of Thailand
Tibetan – དབུས་སྐད་
- Official language in: the Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
and Upper Mustang, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Tigrinya – ትግርኛ
- Official language in: the State of Eritrea
and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Spoken in: Tobago
part of Trinidad and Tobago
Tofa – Тоъфа дыл
- Spoken in: Irkutsk Oblast
, Russia
Tok Pisin – Tok Pisin
Tongan – Lea faka-Tonga
- Official language in: the Kingdom of Tonga
Tongva † – Gabrielino
- Formerly spoken in: the City of Los Angeles
, United States
- Spoken in: Trinidad
in Trinidad and Tobago
Tsez – Цез Мец, Цезяс Мец
- Spoken in: the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation
Tswana – Setswana
- Official language in: the Republic of Botswana
, the Republic of South Africa
, and the Republic of Zimbabwe
Tuareg – Tamahaq, Tamajaq, Tamasheq, or ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵌⴰⵆ
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Republic of Mali
and the Republic of Niger
Tunica – Luhchi Yoroni
- Spoken in: the Louisiana, United States of America
Tunisian Arabic – تونسي
- Spoken in: Tunisia
Turkish – Türkçe
- Official language in: Turkey
, Northern Cyprus
and Cyprus
- Spoken in: the Bosnia and Herzegovina
, Greece
, Iraq
, Kosovo
, North Macedonia
, Romania
, Bulgaria
, Syria
, the Netherlands
, Belgium
and Germany
Turkmen – Türkmençe or Türkmen dili
Tulu – ತುಳು ಬಾಸೆ, തുളു ബാസെ, or
- Spoken in: the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Maharashtra
Tumpoon – ?
- Spoken in: Cambodia
Tübatulabal – Pakaːnil
- Spoken in: California
Tuvan – тыва дыл
- Spoken in: Tuva
Tzeltal– Bats'il k'op
- Spoken in: Chiapas, Mexico
Tzotzil– Batsʼi kʼop
- Spoken in: Chiapas, Mexico
U
[edit]Ubykh † – twaxəbza
- Formerly spoken in: Turkey
Uduk – Tw'ampa or T'wampa
- Spoken in: the Federal Democratic Republic of South Sudan
and the Republic of the Sudan
Ukrainian – Українська
- Official language in: the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
and Ukraine
- Recognised Minority Language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina
, the Republic of Croatia
, the Czech Republic
, Hungary
, the Republic of Moldova
, the Republic of Poland
, Romania
, the Republic of Serbia
, and the Slovak Republic
Upper Sorbian – Hornjoserbsce
Urdu – اُردُو
- Official language in: the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
and the Indian states of Bihar, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir
, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Telangana
Uspanteco – uspantek
- Spoken in: Guatemala
Uyghur – ئۇيغۇر تىلى
- Official language in: the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang
and Recognised Minority Language of Kazakhstan
Uzbek – اوزبیک, Ўзбек, Oʻzbek
V
[edit]Vaagri Booli – ஃஅக்கிபிக்கி
- Spoken in: Tamil Nadu
, Andhra Pradesh
, Puducherry
, Karnataka,
, Maharashtra
, and all in India
Vai – ꕙꔤ
- Spoken in: Liberia
and Sierra Leone
Valencian – Valencià
- Official language in: the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia
Vedda – ?
- Spoken in: Uva Province
of Sri Lanka
Venda – Tshivenḓa
- Official language in: the Republic of South Africa
and the Republic of Zimbabwe
Venetian – Vèneto
- Official language in: the Italian region of Veneto
Vietnamese – Tiếng Việt Nam
- Official language in: the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Czech Republic
Vlax Romani – řomani čhib
- Generally spoken in: Southeastern Europe
Volapük – Volapük
- International language invented by Johann Martin Schleyer
Votic – Vaddja
Võro – Võro Kiil
- Spoken in: Southern Estonia
W
[edit]Wa - Va
Walloon – Walon
Warlpiri – Warlpiri
- Spoken in: the Australian Northern Territory
Welsh – Cymraeg
- Official language in: the British country of Wales
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Argentine Republic
and the United Kingdom
Western Itelmen – итэнмэн
- Spoken in: Kamchatka Krai
in Russia
West Frisian – Frysk
- Official language in: the Dutch province of Friesland
Wintu – wintʰuːh
- Spoken in: California
Wolof – Wolof
- Spoken in: the Republic of the Gambia
, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
, and the Republic of Senegal
Wu – 吴方言
- Spoken in: the southern region of the Chinese province of Jiangsu, the entire province of Zhejiang, and the municipality of Shanghai
X
[edit]Xaracuu – Kanala, Xârâcùù
- Spoken in: the French special collectivity of New Caledonia
Xhosa – isiXhosa
- Official language in: the Republic of South Africa
and the Republic of Zimbabwe
Xiang – 湘语
- Spoken in: the northern region of the Chinese province of Guangxi and the central and southwestern regions of the province of Hunan
Xibe – ᠰᡞᠪᡝᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ
- Spoken in: the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang
Xucuru † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Brazil
Xiriâna † – Bahwana
- Formerly spoken in: Brazil
Y
[edit]Yapese – Yapese
- Spoken in: the Micronesian island of Yap
Yakut – Саха тыла
Yanesha' – Yanešač̣
- Spoken in: the Peruvian department of Pasco
Yiddish – ייִדיש ייִדיש
- Official language in: the Russian Jewish Autonomous Oblast
- Recognised as a minority language in Bosnia and Herzegovina
, the State of Israel
, the Netherlands
, the Republic of Poland
, Romania
, the Kingdom of Sweden
, and Ukraine
Yoruba – Èdè Yorùbá
Yuchi – Tsoyaha
- Spoken in: Oklahoma
Yue – 粵語, 粤语, 廣東話, or 广东话
- Spoken in: the Chinese province of Guangdong and the autonomous region of Guangxi
Z
[edit]Zaghawa – Beria
Zaza – Zazaki
- Spoken in: Tunceli
, Bingöl
and parts of Elazığ
, Erzincan
and Diyarbakır
Zulu – isiZulu
Zuni – Shiwi’ma
- Spoken in: New Mexico
and Arizona
in the United States
Zuojiang Zhuang – 話僮
- Spoken in: the Chinese autonomous region of Guangxi
Zyphe Chin – ?
- Spoken in: Chin State
and India
Alphabets and scripts
[edit]† = Extinct dialect
'
[edit]'Phags-pa † – ꡖꡍꡂꡛ ꡌ
- Formerly Used in: the People's Republic of China
, the Republic of India
, Mongolia
, and Greater Tibet
A–M
[edit]Abkhaz – Aҧсшәа
- Used in: the Republic of Abkhazia
and the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia
Anglo-Saxon † – ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ
- Formerly Used in: Anglo-Saxon England
Armenian Alphabet – Հայկական Այբուբեն
- Used in: Armenia
, the Republic of Cyprus
, the Islamic Republic of Iran
, Artsakh
, the Republic of Poland
, Romania
, and the United States
Avestan – 𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥
- Spoken on: the Eastern Iranian Plateau
Basahan † – Guhit
- Used in: Bicol Region, Philippines
Baybayin † – ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔
- Used in: the Philippines
Bopomofo – ㄓㄨˋ ㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄠˋ
- Used in: the People's Republic of China
Borama – 𐒄𐒋𐒦𐒩𐒗𐒓
- Used in: the Federal Republic of Somalia
Braille – ⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠑
- Braille is a tactile writing system, versions of which are used for many different languages and also used for the blind.
Carian – 𐊴𐊠𐊥𐊹𐊠𐊵
- Formerly used in: Western Anatolia
Deseret – 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻
- The Deseret alphabet is a Mormon liturgical script
Glagolitic † – Кѷрїлловица, ⰍⱛⰓⰊⰎⰎⰑⰂⱄⰜⰀ
- Formerly used by: the Middle Age Slavic people
Hanunó'o – ᜱᜨᜳᜨᜳᜢ
- Used in: Mindoro, Philippines
Kayah Li – ꤊꤢꤛꤢꤟ ꤜꤤ
- Used in: the Kayah, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Kulitan –
- Used in: Pampanga, Philippines
Mandombe – Mandombe
- Used in: Western Africa
N–T
[edit]N'Ko – ߒߞߏ
- Used in: Guinea and Ivory Coast
Osmanya – 𐒋𐒘𐒈𐒑𐒛𐒒𐒕𐒀
- Used in: the Federal Republic of Somalia
Runic † – ᚱᚢᚾᛟ
- Formerly Used by: 2nd Century Germanics
Shavian – 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯
- Invented by Ronald Kingsley Read
as an alternative phonetic alphabet to the English language.
Siddhaṃ – 𑖭𑖰𑖟𑖿𑖠𑖽
- Used in: Central Asia, Japan
Tagbanwa – ᝦᝪᝨᝯ
- Used in: Palawan, Philippines
Tai Tham – ᨲ᩠ᩅᩫᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ
- Used in: Southeast Asia
† = Extinct alphabet or Script
Dialects
[edit]ǂ
[edit]ǂAkhoe – ǂAkhoe Haiǁom
- Spoken in: Angola
, Botswana
, Namibia
, and South Africa
A–K
[edit]Albanian (Gheg) – gegnisht
- Spoken in: Albania
Albanian (Tosk) – toskërisht
- Spoken in: Albania
Amoy – 廈門話 or 厦门话
Armenian (Eastern) – Արևելահայերեն
- Spoken in: Armenia
Armenian (Western) – Արեւմտահայերէն
- Spoken by: the Armenian Diaspora
Fuzhou – 平話 or 福州話
- Spoken in: East Asia
Hazāragī – هزارگی
- Spoken in: Afghanistan
, Iran
, and Pakistan
Hokkien – 福佬話
- Spoken in: the southern area of the Chinese province of Fujian
, Taiwan
, and in Southeast Asia
Kwanyama – Oshikwanyama
M–T
[edit]Meänkieli – Meänkieli
Monégasque – Munegascu
- Spoken in: Monaco
Māori English – Māori English
- Spoken in: New Zealand
Ningbo – 寧波閒話
- Spoken in: the Chinese sub-provincial division of Ningbo
Pothohari – پوٹھوهاری or پوٹھواری
- Spoken in: the Pakistani state of Azad Kashmir
Quanzhou – 泉州話
Sapudi – Bhâsa Sapudi
- Spoken in: Sapudi Island, Indonesia
Saraiki – سرائیکی, ਸਰਾਇਕੀ, सराइकी
- Spoken in: the Pakistani province of Bahawalpur South Punjab
Seroa † – ǃGãǃne, ǁKuǁe
- Formerly spoken in: Lesotho
and South Africa
- (Seroa is a "click language".)
Teochew – 潮州話
- Spoken by: the Chinese Teochew people
Required fonts
[edit]Many languages require special fonts in order to display correctly. Most use fonts from the font family Noto, created by Google. They can be downloaded here.
See also
[edit]- Language
- Lists of extinct languages
- Lists of languages
- Official languages of the UN (United Nations)
External links
[edit]- Language names — A similar list of "autoglottonyms" on omniglot.com. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- Languages in their own writing systems — Another such list on geonames.de. Retrieved 2017-01-07.