List of languages
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Categories: Lists of languages
This list of languages is alphabetical by English name. More structured lists are also available:
- Language families and languages
- ISO 639
- List of languages by writing system
- List of languages by total speakers
Ethnologue lists about 6,800 main languages in its language name index (see the external link) and distinguishes about 41,000 alternate language names and dialects.
This list deals with particular languages, and includes only natural languages spoken or signed by humans. For other kinds of information about language see:
- language (for information about language in general)
- sign language and list of sign languages
- constructed language
- list of programming languages
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- Abanyom
- Abaza
- Abkhaz or Abkhazian
- Abujmaria
- Achehnese
- Adamorobe Sign Language
- Adele
- Adyghe
- Afrikaans
- Agul
- Aimaq, or Barbari
- Aini
- Ainu
- Akan
- Akawaio (Carib)
- Akkadian (Semitic) (extinct)
- Aklanon
- Albanian
- Aleut (Eskimo-Aleut)
- Algonquin
- Alemán Coloneiro (Germanic)
- Alsatian (Germanic)
- Altay
- Alutor
- American Sign Language
- Amharic
- Amorite
- Anglo-Saxon (Germanic)
- Amdang
- Ammonite
- Angaur
- Anlo
- Ao
- Southern Athabaskan languages
- Arabic (Semitic)
- Aragonese (Romance)
- Aramaic (Semitic)
- Arawakan languages
- Argobba
- Armenian
- Arpitan or Francoprovençal (Romance)
- Arvanitic
- Ashkenazi Hebrew (Semitic)
- Ashkun
- Assamese
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (Semitic)
- Athabaskan languages
- Asi
- Asturian (Romance)
- Auslan (Signing)
- Avar
- Avestan
- Awadhi
- Aymara
- Azerbaijani
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B
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- Badaga
- Badeshi
- Bahnar (Austroasiatic)
- Bajelan
- Balinese
- Balochi
- Balti
- Bambara
- Banjar
- Banyumasan
- Basaa
- Bashkir
- Basque
- Batak Dairi
- Batak Karo
- Batak Mandailing
- Batak Simalungun
- Batak Toba
- Bats
- Bavarian (Germanic)
- Beja
- Belarusian (Slavic)
- Berta
- Bemba
- Bengali
- Beothuk
- Berber
- Bété
- Bhili
- Bhojpuri
- Biafran or Igbo
- Bihari
- Bijil Neo-Aramaic (Semitic)
- Bikol
- Bikya (Furu)
- Blackfoot
- Boholano (Malayo-Polynesian)
- Bohtan Neo-Aramaic (Semitic)
- Bokmål
- Bolaang Mongondow
- Bolgar
- Bonan, also known as Paoan
- Bororo (Bororoan)
- Bosnian (Slavic)
- Brahui (Dravidian)
- Breton (Celtic)
- British Sign Language
- Bua
- Bugis
- Bulgarian (Slavic)
- Burmese
- Burushaski
- Buryat
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C
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- Caluyanon
- Camunic (extinct)
- Cantonese (Sinitic)
- Carib
- Catalan (Romance)
- Catawba
- Cayuga
- Cebuano (Malayo-Polynesian)
- Chabacano or Chavacano
- Chagatai
- Chaldean Neo-Aramaic (Semitic)
- Chamorro
- Chaouia
- Chechen
- Chemakum
- Chenchu
- Chenoua
- Cherokee
- Cheyenne
- Chiricahua Apache
- Chhattisgarhi
- Chichewa
- Chipewyan
- Chittagonian
- Choctaw
- Chorasmian
- Chukchi
- Chulym
- Church Slavonic (Slavic)
- Chuukese
- Chuvash
- Cocoma
- Cocopa
- Coeur d’Alene
- Coptic
- Cornish (Celtic)
- Corsican
- Cree
- Crimean Tatar or Crimean Turkish
- Croatian (Slavic)
- Cuman
- Cumbric (Celtic) (extinct)
- Curonian
- Cuyonon
- Czech (Slavic)
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D
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- Dacian (extinct)
- Dalecarlian
- Dalmatian
- Dameli
- Danish (Germanic)
- Dargestani
- Dari (Zoroastrian)
- Dari-Persian
- Darkhat
- Daur, also known as Dagur
- Dena'ina
- Dhatki
- Dida
- Dioula or Jula
- Dirwali (also known as Gawri or Kalami)
- Divehi
- Dogri
- Dogrib or Tli Cho
- Dolgan
- Dongxiang
- Duala
- Dumaki
- Dungan
- Dutch (Germanic)
- Dzhidi
- Dzongkha
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E
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- East Yurghur
- Edomite
- Egyptian
- Elamite (extinct)
- Enets (Yenisey Samoyed) (Samoyedic)
- English (Germanic)
- Erzya (Finno-Ugric)
- Esperanto
- Estonian (Finno-Ugric)
- Etruscan
- Even
- Evenk
- Ewe
- Eyak
- Extremenian
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F
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- Faeroese (Germanic)
- Fars
- Fijian
- Filipino
- Finnish (Finno-Ugric)
- Finnish Sign Language
- Fon
- French Créole
- French (Romance)
- French Sign Language
- Frisian (Germanic)
- Friulian (Romance)
- Fulani
- Fur
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G
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- Ga
- Gadaba
- Gafat
- Gagauz
- Galician (Romance)
- Gangte
- Garhwali
- Gaulish
- Gayo
- Gazi
- Ge’ez
- Gelangali
- Gen / Gen-Gbe, Mina
- Georgian
- German / Deutsch (Germanic)
- German Sign Language
- Ghomara
- Gĩkũyũ (Gikuyu)
- Gilaki
- Gilbertese (= (I-)Kiribati)
- Goaria
- Gondi (Dravidian)
- Gorani
- Gothic (extinct) (Germanic)
- Gowari (also known as Gawarbati or Narsati)
- Greek
- Guanche
- Guaraginga
- Guaraní
- Gujarati
- Gula Iro (Kulaal)
- Gurkhali
- Gwich’in
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- Hadza / Hatsa
- Haitian creole
- Hakka
- Han
- Harari
- Harauti
- Harsusi
- Haryani
- Harzani
- Hattic
- Hausa
- Hawaiian
- Hawaii Pidgin Sign Language
- Hazaragi
- Hebrew (Semitic)
- Hertevin (Semitic)
- Hiligaynon or Ilonggo
- Hindi (Indo-Iranian)
- Hittite (Anatolian)
- Hixkaryana (Carib)
- Hmong
- Ho (Austroasiatic)
- Hobyót
- Hopi
- Hulaula (Semitic)
- Hungarian (Finno-Ugric)
- Hurrian
- Hutterite German
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I
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- Ibibio
- Icelandic (Germanic)
- Ibanag
- Igbo
- Illinois
- Illyrian
- Ilokano or Ilocano (Malayo-Polynesian)
- Ilonggo (Malayo-Polynesian)
- Inari Sami
- Indonesian (Malayo-Polynesian)
- Ingrian
- Ingush
- Inuktitut (Eskimo-Aleut)
- Inupiaq (Eskimo-Aleut)
- Inuvialuktun (Eskimo-Aleut)
- Iraqw (Cushitic)
- Irish (Irish Gaelic) (Celtic)
- Irish Sign Language
- Irkut
- Irula
- Isan
- Ishkashimi
- Istro-Romanian (Romance)
- Italian / Italiano (Romance)
- Izhorian (Finno-Ugric)
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J
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- Jacaltec
- Jalaa
- Japanese (日本語)
- Javanese
- Jibbali
- Jicarilla
- Juang (Austroasiatic)
- Judeo-Crimean Tatar
- Jurchen
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K
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- Kabardian
- Kabyle
- Kachin
- Kafiri
- Kalaallisut or Greenlandic (Eskimo-Aleut)
- Kalash
- Kalasha-ala, also known as Waigali
- Kalmyk
- Kalto, also known as Nahali
- Kamas (Samoyedic)
- Kamchadal, also known as Itelmen
- Kamvari
- Kankonian
- Kannada (Dravidian)
- Kaonde
- Kapampangan
- Karachay-Balkar
- Karagas
- Karaim
- Karakalpak
- Karelian (Finno-Ugric)
- Kashmiri
- Kashubian (Slavic)
- Kawi
- Kazakh
- Kelen
- Kemi Sami
- Kensiu (Austroasiatic)
- Kerek
- Ket
- Khakas
- Khalaj
- Kham
- Khandeshi
- Khanty (Ostyak) (Finno-Ugric)
- Khasian (Austroasiatic)
- Khazar
- Khirwar
- Khmer (Austroasiatic)
- Khmu (Austroasiatic)
- Khowari
- Khunsari
- Kildin Sami
- Kimatuumbi
- Kinaray-a
- Kinyarwanda
- Kiribati (= Kiribatese = Kiribatian)
- Kirundi
- Kiswahili
- Klallam
- Kodagu (Dravidian)
- Kodava Thakk
- Kohistani (also known as Khili)
- Kolami (Dravidian)
- Komi (Finno-Ugric)
- Konda
- Konkani
- Koraga
- Korandje
- Korasani
- Korean / 한국어
- Korku (Austroasiatic)
- Korowai
- Korwa (Austroasiatic)
- Koryak
- Kosraean
- Kota (Dravidian)
- Koyra Chiini
- Koy Sanjaq Surat (Semitic)
- Koya
- Krimchak (Judeo-Crimean Tatar)
- Kujarge
- Kui (Dravidian)
- Kumauni
- Kumyk
- Kumzari
- Kurdish
- Kurukh (Dravidian)
- Kurumba
- Kuvi
- Kyrgyz
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L
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- Laal
- Ladakhi
- Ladin (Romance)
- Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) (Romance)
- Lahnda
- Lakota (Lakhota)
- Lamani, also known as Banjari
- Lao
- Lappish
- Latin / Latina (Romance)
- Latvian (Baltic)
- Laz
- Lenni Lenape
- Lepontic
- Lezgi
- Ligbi (also known as Ligby)
- Limburgish (Germanic)
- Lingala
- Lipan
- Lishana Deni
- Lishan Didan
- Lishanid Noshan
- Lithuanian (Baltic)
- Livonian (Finno-Ugric)
- Lotha
- Low Saxon (Germanic)
- Lozi
- Lude
- Luganda
- Lummi
- Lunda
- Luri
- Lushootseed
- Lusoga
- Luvale
- Luwati
- Luxembourgish (Germanic)
- Lydian (Anatolian)
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M
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- Ancient Macedonian (Greek)
- Macedonian (Slavic)
- Macedoromanian (Romance)
- Magadhi
- Mahican
- Maithili
- Makasar
- Malagasy
- Malay
- Malayalam (Dravidian)
- Malaysian Sign Language
- Maldivian
- Maltese
- Malto (Dravidian)
- Malvi
- Manchurian
- Manda
- Mandaic
- Mandarin (Chinese)
- Mandinka
- Manipuri
- Mansi (Vogul) (Finno-Ugric)
- Manx (Manx Gaelic)
- Maori
- Mapudungun (Mapuche)
- Marathi
- Mari (Cheremis) (Finno-Ugric)
- Maria
- Marquesan
- Marshallese
- Masbatenyo
- Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
- Mator
- Maya
- Mayang
- Mazandarani
- Meänkieli
- Megleno-Romanian
- Megrelian
- Mehri
- Menominee
- Meroitic
- Merya
- Mescalero
- Mesmes
- Messapian
- Miami
- Michif
- Mi’kmaq
- Minaean
- Minangkabau
- Mlahsö
- Moabite
- Mobilian
- Moghol
- Mohawk
- Mohegan
- Moksha (Finno-Ugric)
- Mon (Austroasiatic)
- Mongolian
- Montagnais
- Mpre
- Muher
- Mundari (Austroasiatic)
- Munji
- Muria
- Muromian
- Murut
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- Nafaanra
- Nagarchal
- Nahuatl
- Naiki (Dravidian)
- Nama
- Nanai
- Nangalami
- Natanzi
- Nauruan
- Navajo or Navaho
- Nayini
- Ndebele
- Neapolitan (Romance)
- Negidal
- Nenets (Yurak) (Samoyedic)
- Nepali
- New Kypchak
- New Zealand Sign Language
- Nganasan (Tavgi) (Samoyedic)
- Ngumba
- Nhengatu
- Nicaraguan Sign Language
- Nicobarese
- Niellim
- Nigerian pidgin
- Niuean
- Nivkh (Gilyak)
- Nogai
- Norfuk
- Norn
- Northern Sami
- Northern Sotho
- North Yukaghir
- Norwegian (Germanic)
- N/u
- Nuer
- Nuka, or Nuka-Dora
- Nuristani
- Nuxalk
- Nyabwa
- Nyahkur (Austroasiatic)
- Nyangumarta language
- Nyanja
- Nynorsk (Germanic)
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- Occitan (Romance)
- Oirat
- Ojibwe
- Olcha
- Old Church Slavonic (Slavic)
- Old English
- Old French (Romance)
- Old French Sign Language
- Old Norse (Germanic)
- Old Nubian language
- Old Prussian (Baltic)
- Old South Arabian
- Olonetsian (also known as Olonets or Livvi) (Finno-Ugric)
- Omagua
- Ongota
- Oriya
- Ormuri
- Oroch
- Orochen
- Orok
- Oromifa
- Oropom
- Ossetic
- Ottoman Turkish
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- Pahari
- Pahlavi
- Palauan
- Pali
- Pangasinan
- Papiamento
- Parachi
- Parauk (Austroasiatic)
- Parji, also known as Duruwa (Dravidian)
- Parya
- Pashayi
- Pashto
- Passamaquoddy
- Pecheneg
- Pemon (Carib)
- Pengo
- Pennsylvania German (Germanic)
- Persian
- Phalura
- Phoenician languages
- Phrygian (extinct)
- Pictish
- Piraha (Mura)
- Plautdietsch, Mennonite Low German (Germanic)
- Polish (Slavic)
- Portuguese (Romance)
- Potiguara
- Pradhan, also known as Pardhan
- Prasuni, also known as Wasi-weri
- Provençal (Romance)
- Pucikwar
- Puelche
- Punjabi
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Q
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R
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- Rajasthani
- Rappahanock
- Ratagnon
- Romanian (Romance)
- Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance) (Romance)
- Romany (Indo-Iranian)
- Romblomanon
- Rotokas (East Papuan)
- Russenorsk (Slavic)
- Russian (Slavic)
- Russian Sign Language
- Ruthenian (Slavic)
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- Sabaean
- Salar
- Salishan languages
- Samaritan Hebrew (Semitic)
- Sami (Lappish) (Finno-Ugric)
- Samoan
- Sandawe
- Sangisari
- Sanglechi
- Sango
- Sanskrit (Indo-Iranian)
- Santali (Austroasiatic)
- Saramaccan
- Sardinian (Romance)
- Sarikoli
- Savara
- Savi
- Scanian (Germanic)
- Scots (Lallans) (includes Ulster Scots (Ullans))
- Scots Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic or Gaelic)
- Selangor Sign Language
- Selchuk = Salchuq
- Selkup (Ostyak Samoyed) (Samoyedic)
- Selonian
- Seminole
- Semnani
- Senaya
- Sened
- Senhaja de Srair
- Sepedi
- Sephardi Hebrew
- Serbian (Slavic)
- Serbo-Croatian (Slavic)
- Sesotho
- Shahrudi
- Shina
- Shona
- Shor
- Shughni
- Shumashti
- Sicilian (Romance)
- Sidamo
- Sindhi
- Sindarin
- Sinhalese
- Sioux
- Siraiki
- Sivandi
- Skolt Sami
- Slavey
- Slovak (Slavic)
- Slovenian (Slavic)
- Soddo
- Soi
- Somali
- Sonsorolese (or Sonsorol, or Sonsoral)
- Soqotri
- Sora (Austroasiatic)
- Sorbian (Slavic)
- Southern Sami
- South Yukaghir
- Spanish (Romance)
- Sranan
- Sucite
- Sudovian
- Sumerian (extinct)
- Sundanese
- Supyire
- Surigaonon
- Svan
- Swabian (Germanic)
- Swahili (Bantu)
- Swati or Siswati
- Swedish (Germanic)
- Swiss German (Germanic)
- Syriac (Semitic)
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- Tabasaran
- Tachelhit (Berber)
- Tagalog (Malayo-Polynesian)
- Tahitian
- Taiwanese Sign Language
- Tajik (Indo-Iranian)
- Takestani
- Talossan
- Talysh (Indo-Iranian)
- Tamil (Dravidian)
- Tanacross
- Tangut (extinct)
- Tarifit (Berber)
- Tat
- Tatar, Kazan Tatar
- Tausug
- Tehuelche
- Telugu (Dravidian)
- Temiar, Northern Sakai (Austroasiatic)
- Teonaht
- Tetum
- Thai (ภาษาไทย)
- Tharu
- Thracian (extinct)
- Tibetan
- Ticonderoga
- Tigre
- Tigrinya
- Tirahi
- Tlingit
- Tobian
- Tocharian A and B
- Toda (Dravidian)
- Tok Pisin
- Tongan
- Tokelauan
- Trasianka | Трасянка
- Tregami
- Tshivenda
- Tsimshian
- Tswana (Setswana)
- Tu, also known as Monguor
- Tuareg languages (Berber)
- Tulu (Dravidian)
- Tupinamba
- Tupinkin
- Turkish
- Turkmen
- Turoyo (Semitic)
- Turvali, also known as Torwali (Indo-Iranian)
- Tuvaluan
- Tuvan (also known as Tuvin)
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- Uatakassí
- Ubykh (Northwest Caucasian)
- Udihe
- Udmurt (Votyak) (Finno-Ugric)
- Ugaritic
- Uighur
- Ukrainian (Slavic)
- Urdu
- Uripiv
- Urum
- Ute
- Uzbek
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V
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- Vafsi
- Veps (Finno-Ugric)
- Vietnamese (Austroasiatic)
- Visayan or (Bisaya)
- Vote (Finno-Ugric)
- Võro (Finno-Ugric)
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W
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- Waddar
- Wakhi
- Walloon (Romance)
- Waneci
- Wapishana
- Waray-Waray
- Washo
- Welsh (Celtic)
- West Yurghur
- Western Neo-Aramaic (Semitic)
- Weyto
- Wolof
- Wotapuri-katarqalai
- Wu (Chinese)
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X
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Y
Only languages with Wikipedia pages are listed here. See List of languages by name: Y for more.
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- Yaaku language
- Yaeyama language
- Yakut
- Yankunytjatjara language
- Yanomami
- Yanyuwa language
- Yapese
- Yaqui language
- Yauma language
- Yazdi
- Yemenite Hebrew language (Semitic)
- Yeni language
- Yevanic language
- Yi language
- Yiddish (Germanic)
- Yokutsan languages
- Yonaguni language
- Yorùbá language
- Yucatec Maya language
- Yucatec Maya Sign Language
- Yuchi language
- Yugh language
- Yukaghir languages
- Yupik language (Eskimo-Aleut)
- Yurats language
- Yurok language
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Z
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Only some major languages are listed here. See List of languages by name: Z for about 50 more.
- Záparo (Saparoan)
- Zapotec (Oto-Manguean)
- Zazaki
- Zenzontepec (Oto-Manguean)
- Zhuang
- Zoque (Mixe-Zoquean)
- Zulu (Niger-Congo)
- Zuni
- Zway
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