List 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

A

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5. Adamorobe Sign Language
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8. Afrikaans
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24. American Sign Language
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27. Anglo-Saxon
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32. Southern Athabaskan languages
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43. Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
44. Athabaskan
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47. Auslan (#redirect )
48. Avar
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22. Biafran or Igbo
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36. British Sign Language
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C

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1. Caluyanon
2. Camunic (extinct)
3. Cantonese (Sinitic)
4. Carib
5. Catalan (#redirect )
6. Catawba
7. Cayuga
8. Cebuano (Malayo-Polynesian)
9. Chabacano or Chavacano
10. Chagatai
11. Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
12. Chamorro
13. Chaouia
14. Chechen
15. Chemakum
16. Chenchu
17. Chenoua
18. Cherokee
19. Cheyenne
20. Chiricahua Apache
21. Chhattisgarhi
22. Chichewa
23. Chipewyan
24. Chittagonian
25. Choctaw
26. Chorasmian
27. Chukchi
28. Chulym
29. Church Slavonic
30. Chuvash
31. Cocoma
32. Cocopa
33. Coeur d'Alene
34. Coptic
35. Cornish ()
36. Corsican
37. Cree
38. Crimean Tatar or Crimean Turkish
39. Croatian ()
40. Cuman
41. Cumbric () (extinct)
42. Curonian
43. Cuyonon
44. Czech ()

D

1. Dacian (extinct)
2. Dalecarlian
3. Dalmatian
4. Dameli
5. Danish ()
6. Dargestani
7. Dari (Zoroastrian)
8. Dari-Persian
9. Darkhat
10. Daur, also known as Dagur
11. Dena'ina
12. Dhatki
13. Dida
14. Dioula or Jula
15. Dirwali (also known as Gawri or Kalami)
16. Divehi
17. Dogri
18. Dogrib or Tli Cho
19. Dolgan
20. Dongxiang
21. Duala
22. Dumaki
23. Dungan
24. Dutch ()
25. Dzhidi
26. Dzongkha

E

1. East Yurghur
2. Edomite
3. Egyptian
4. Elamite (extinct)
5. Enets (Yenisey Samoyed) (Samoyedic)
6. English ()
7. Erzya (Finno-Ugric)
8. Esperanto
9. Estonian (Finno-Ugric)
10. Etruscan
11. Even
12. Evenk
13. Ewe
14. Eyak
15. Extremenian

F

1. Faeroese
2. Fars
3. Fijian
4. Filipino
5. Finnish (Finno-Ugric)
6. Finnish Sign Language
7. Fon
8. French Créole
9. French ()
10. French Sign Language
11. Frisian
12. Friulian ()
13. Fulani
14. Fur

G

1. Ga
2. Gadaba
3. Gafat
4. Gagauz
5. Galician ()
6. Gangte
7. Garhwali
8. Gaulish
9. Gayo
10. Gazi
11. Ge'ez
12. Gelangali
13. Gen / Gen-Gbe, Mina
14. Georgian
15. German / Deutsch ()
16. German Sign Language
17. Ghomara
18. Gĩkũyũ (Gikuyu)
19. Gilaki
20. Gilbertese (= (I-)Kiribati)
21. Gondi ()
22. Gorani
23. Gothic (extinct)
24. Gowari (also known as Gawarbati or Narsati)
25. Greek
26. Guanche
27. Guaraginga
28. Guaraní
29. Gujarati
30. Gula Iro (Kulaal)
31. Gurkhali
32. Gwich'in

H

1. Hadza / Hatsa
2. Haitian creole
3. Hakka
4. Han
5. Harari
6. Harauti
7. Harsusi
8. Haryani
9. Harzani
10. Hattic
11. Hausa
12. Hawaiian
13. Hawaii Pidgin Sign Language
14. Hazaragi
15. Hebrew ()
16. Hertevin ()
17. Hiligaynon or Ilonggo
18. Hindi (Indo-Iranian)
19. Hittite (Anatolian)
20. Hixkaryana (Carib)
21. Hmong
22. Ho (Austroasiatic)
23. Hobyót;
24. Hopi
25. Hulaula ()
26. Hungarian (Finno-Ugric)
27. Hurrian
28. Hutterite German

I

1. Ibibio
2. Icelandic ()
3. Ibanag
4. Igbo
5. Illinois
6. Illyrian
7. Ilokano or Ilocano (Malayo-Polynesian)
8. Ilonggo (Malayo-Polynesian)
9. Inari Sami
10. Indonesian (Malayo-Polynesian)
11. Ingrian
12. Inuktitut
13. Inupiaq
14. Inuvialuktun
15. Iraqw
16. Irish (Irish Gaelic) ()
17. Irish Sign Language
18. Irkut
19. Irula
20. Isan
21. Ishkashimi
22. Istro-Romanian ()
23. Italian / Italiano ()
24. Izhorian (Finno-Ugric)

J

1. Jacaltec
3. (日本語)
7. ()

K

1. Kabardian
2. Kabyle
3. Kafiri
4. Kalaallisut or Greenlandic
5. Kalash
6. Kalasha-ala, also known as Waigali
7. Kalmyk
8. Kalto, also known as Nahali
9. Kamas (Samoyedic)
10. Kamchadal, also known as Itelmen
11. Kamvari
12. Kankonian
13. Kannada ()
14. Kaonde
15. Kapampangan
16. Karachay-Balkar
17. Karagas
18. Karaim
19. Karakalpak
20. Karelian (Finno-Ugric)
21. Kashmiri
22. Kashubian
23. Kawi
24. Kazakh
25. Kelen
26. Kemi Sami
27. Kensiu (Austroasiatic)
28. Kerek
29. Ket
30. Khakas
31. Khalaj
32. Kham
33. Khandeshi
34. Khanty (Ostyak) (Finno-Ugric)
35. Khasian (Austroasiatic)
36. Khazar
37. Khirwar
38. Khmer (Austroasiatic)
39. Khmu (Austroasiatic)
40. Khowari
41. Khunsari
42. Kildin Sami
43. Kimatuumbi
44. Kinaray-a
45. Kinyarwanda
46. Kiribati (= Kiribatese = Kiribatian)
47. Kirundi
48. Kiswahili
49. Klallam
50. Kodagu ()
51. Kodava Thakk
52. Kohistani (also known as Khili)
53. Kolami ()
54. Komi (Finno-Ugric)
55. Konda
56. Konkani
57. Koraga
58. Korandje
59. Korasani
60. Korean / 한국어
61. Korku (Austroasiatic)
62. Korowai
63. Korwa (Austroasiatic)
64. Koryak
65. Kota ()
66. Koyra Chiini
67. Koy Sanjaq Surat ()
68. Koya
69. Krimchak (Judeo-Crimean Tatar)
70. Kujarge
71. Kui ()
72. Kumauni
73. Kumyk
74. Kumzari
75. Kurdish
76. Kurukh ()
77. Kurumba
78. Kuvi
79. Kyrgyz

L

1. Laal
2. Ladakhi
3. Ladin
4. Ladino
5. Lahnda
6. Lakota (Lakhota)
7. Lamani, also known as Banjari
8. Lao
9. Lappish
10. Latin / Latina ()
11. Latvian (Baltic)
12. Lenni Lenape
13. Lepontic
14. Ligbi (also known as Ligby)
15. Lingala
16. Lipan
17. Lishana Deni
18. Lishan Didan
19. Lishanid Noshan
20. Lithuanian (Baltic)
21. Livonian (Finno-Ugric)
22. Low Saxon (Germanic)
23. Lozi
24. Lude
25. Luganda
26. Lummi
27. Lunda
28. Luri
29. Lushootseed
30. Lusoga
31. Luvale
32. Luwati
33. Luxembourgish
34. Lydian (Anatolian)

M

1. Macedonian ()
2. Macedoromanian ()
3. Magadhi
4. Mahican
5. Maithili
6. Makasar
7. Malagasy
8. Malay
9. Malayalam ()
10. Malaysian Sign Language
11. Maldivian
12. Maltese
13. Malto ()
14. Malvi
15. Manchurian
16. Manda
17. Mandaic
18. Mandarin (Chinese)
19. Mandinka
20. Manipuri
21. Mansi (Vogul) (Finno-Ugric)
22. Manx (Manx Gaelic)
23. Maori
24. Mapudungun (Mapuche)
25. Marathi
26. Mari (Cheremis) (Finno-Ugric)
27. Maria
28. Marquesan
29. Marshallese
30. Masbatenyo
31. Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
32. Mator
33. Maya
34. Mayang
35. Mazandarani
36. Meänkieli
37. Megleno-Romanian
38. Mehri
39. Menominee
40. Meroitic
41. Merya
42. Mescalero
43. Mesmes
44. Messapian
45. Miami
46. Michif
47. Mi'kmaq
48. Minaean
49. Minangkabau
50. Mlahsö
51. Moabite
52. Mobilian
53. Moghol
54. Mohawk
55. Mohegan
56. Moksha (Finno-Ugric)
57. Mon (Austroasiatic)
58. Mongolian
59. Mpre
60. Muher
61. Mundari (Austroasiatic)
62. Munji
63. Muria
64. Muromian

N

1. Nafaanra
2. Nagarchal
3. Náhuatl
4. Naiki ()
5. Nama
6. Nanai
7. Nangalami
8. Natanzi
9. Nauruan
10. Navajo or Navaho
11. Nayini
12. Ndebele
13. Neapolitan ()
14. Negidal
15. Nenets (Yurak) (Samoyedic)
16. Nepali
17. New Kypchak
18. New Zealand Sign Language
19. Nganasan (Tavgi) (Samoyedic)
20. Ngumba
21. Nhengatu
22. Nicaraguan Sign Language
23. Nicobarese
24. Niellim
25. Nigerian pidgin
26. Niuean
27. Nivkh (Gilyak)
28. Nogai
29. Norfuk
30. Norn
31. Northern Sami
32. Northern Sotho
33. North Yukaghir
34. Norwegian
35. N/u
36. Nuka, or Nuka-Dora
37. Nuristani
38. Nuxalk
39. Nyabwa
40. Nyahkur (Austroasiatic)
41. Nyanja
42. Nynorsk

O

1. Occitan ()
2. Oirat
3. Ojibwe
4. Olcha
5. Old Nubian language
6. Old Church Slavonic ()
7. Old French ()
8. Old French Sign Language
9. Old Norse
10. Old Prussian (Baltic)
11. Old South Arabian
12. Olonetsian (also known as Olonets or Livvi) (Finno-Ugric)
13. Omagua
14. Ongota
15. Oriya
16. Ormuri
17. Oroch
18. Orochen
19. Orok
20. Oromifa
21. Oropom
22. Ossetic
23. Ottoman Turkish

P

1. Pahari
2. Pahlavi
3. Palauan
4. Pali
5. Pangasinan
6. Papiamento
7. Parachi
8. Parauk (Austroasiatic)
9. Parji, also known as Duruwa ()
10. Parya
11. Pashayi
12. Pashto
13. Passamaquoddy
14. Pecheneg
15. Pemon (Carib)
16. Pengo
17. Pennsylvania German
18. Persian
19. Phalura
20. Phoenician languages
21. Phrygian (extinct)
22. Pictish
23. Piraha (Mura)
24. Plautdietsch, Mennonite Low German
25. Polish ()
26. Portuguese ()
27. Potiguara
28. Pradhan, also known as Pardhan
29. Prasuni, also known as Wasi-weri
30. Provençal ()
31. Pucikwar
32. Puelche
33. Punjabi

Q

1. Qashqai
2. Qatabanian
3. Quebec Sign Language
4. Quechua

R

1. Rajasthani
2. Rappahanock
3. Ratagnon
4. Romanian ()
5. Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance) ()
6. Romany (Indo-Iranian)
7. Romblomanon
8. Rotokas
9. Russenorsk
10. Russian ()
11. Russian Sign Language
12. Ruthenian

S

1. Sabaean
2. Salar
3. Salishan languages
4. Samaritan Hebrew
5. Sami (Lappish) (Finno-Ugric)
6. Samoan
7. Sandawe
8. Sangisari
9. Sanglechi
10. Sango
11. Sanskrit (Indo-Iranian)
12. Santali (Austroasiatic)
13. Saramaccan
14. Sardinian ()
15. Sarikoli
16. Savara
17. Savi
18. Scanian ()
19. Scots (Lallans) (Includes Ulster Scots (Ullans))
20. Scots Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic or Gaelic)
21. Selangor Sign Language
22. Selchuk = Salchuq
23. Selkup (Ostyak Samoyed) (Samoyedic)
24. Selonian
25. Seminole
26. Semnani
27. Senaya
28. Sened
29. Senhaja de Srair
30. Sepedi
31. Sephardi Hebrew
32. Serbian ()
33. Serbo-Croatian ()
34. Sesotho
35. Shahrudi
36. Shina
37. Shona
38. Shor
39. Shughni
40. Shumashti
41. Sicilian ()
42. Sidamo
43. Sindhi
44. Sinhalese
45. Sioux
46. Siraiki
47. Sivandi
48. Skolt Sami
49. Slavey
50. Slovak ()
51. Slovenian ()
52. Soddo
53. Soi
54. Somali
55. Sonsorolese (or Sonsorol, or Sonsoral)
56. Soqotri
57. Sora (Austroasiatic)
58. Sorbian (Slavic)
59. Southern Sami
60. South Yukaghir
61. Spanish ()
62. Sranan
63. Sucite
64. Sudovian
65. Sumerian (extinct)
66. Sundanese
67. Supyire
68. Surigaonon
69. Swabian ()
70. Swahili (Bantu)
71. Swati or Siswati
72. Swedish ()
73. Swiss German ()
74. Syriac ()

T

1. Tachelhit (Berber)
2. Tagalog (Malayo-Polynesian)
3. Tahitian
4. Taiwanese Sign Language
5. Tajik (Indo-Iranian)
6. Takestani
7. Talossan
8. Talysh (Indo-Iranian)
9. Tamil ()
10. Tanacross
11. Tangut (extinct)
12. Tarifit (Berber)
13. Tat
14. Tatar, Kazan Tatar
15. Tausug
16. Tehuelche
17. Telugu ()
18. Temiar, Northern Sakai (Austroasiatic)
19. Teonaht
20. Tetum
21. Thai
22. Tharu
23. Thracian (extinct)
24. Tibetan
25. Ticonderoga
26. Tigre
27. Tigrinya
28. Tigrignan
29. Tirahi
30. Tlingit
31. Tobian
32. Tocharian A and B
33. Toda ()
34. Tok Pisin
35. Tongan
36. Tokelauan
37. Trasianka | Трасянка
38. Tregami
39. Tshivenda
40. Tsimshian
41. Tswana (Setswana)
42. Tu, also known as Monguor
43. Tuareg languages (Berber)
44. Tulu ()
45. Tupinamba
46. Tupinkin
47. Turkish
48. Turkmen
49. Turoyo ()
50. Turvali, also known as Torwali (Indo-Iranian)
51. Tuvaluan
52. Tuvan (also known as Tuvin)

U

1. Uatakassí
2. Ubykh (Northwest Caucasian)
3. Udihe
4. Udmurt (Votyak) (Finno-Ugric)
5. Ugaritic
6. Uighur
7. Ukrainian ()
8. Urdu
9. Uripiv
10. Urum
11. Ute
12. Uzbek

V

1. Vafsi
2. Veps (Finno-Ugric)
3. Vietnamese (Austroasiatic)
4. Visayan or (Bisaya)
5. Vote (Finno-Ugric)

W

1. Waddar
2. Wakhi
3. Walloon ()
4. Waneci
5. Wapishana
6. Waray-Waray
7. Washo
8. Welsh ()
9. West Yurghur
10. Western Neo-Aramaic ()
11. Weyto
12. Wolof
13. Wotapuri-katarqalai
14. Wu (Chinese)

X

1. /Xam;
2. Xhosa
3. Xiang, (Hunanese) or (Hsiang)
4. Xibe
5. !Xóõ
6. !Xu (!Kung) (Khoisan)

Y

Only languages with Wikipedia pages are listed here. See for more.

1. Yaaku language
2. Yaeyama language
3. Yakut
4. Yankunytjatjara language
5. Yanomami
6. Yanyuwa language
7. Yapese
8. Yaqui language
9. Yauma language
10. Yazdi
11. Yemenite Hebrew language
12. Yeni language
13. Yevanic language
14. Yi language
15. Yiddish
16. Yokuts language
17. Yonaguni language
18. Yorùbá language
19. Yucatec Maya language
20. Yucatec Maya Sign Language
21. Yuchi language
22. Yugh language
23. Yukaghir languages
24. Yupik language
25. Yurats language
26. Yurok language

Z

Only some major languages are listed here. See for about 50 more.

1. Zapotec
2. Zazaki
3. Zhuang
4. Zulu
5. Zuni
6. Zway

See also

• Language
• Languages on the Internet

External links

• Ethnologue language name index
• Rosetta project
• Language Museum
• Groves of Academe Come learn Italian here.

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