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)
• constructed language
• sign language (for information about sign language)
• list of programming languages

A

1. Abanyom
2. Abaza
3. Abkhaz or Abkhazian
4. Abujmaria
5. Adele
6. Adyghe
7. Afrikaans
8. Agul
9. Aimaq, or Barbari
10. Aini
11. Ainu
12. Akan
13. Akawaio (Carib)
14. Akkadian (Semitic) (extinct)
15. Aklanon
16. Albanian
17. Aleut
18. Algonquin
19. Alemán Coloneiro (Germanic)
20. Alsatian (Germanic)
21. Altay
22. Alutor
23. Amharic
24. Amorite
25. Anglo-Saxon
26. Amdang
27. Ammonite
28. Angaur
29. Anlo
30. Southern Athabaskan languages
31. Arabic (Semitic)
32. Aragonese (Romance)
33. Aramaic (Semitic)
34. Arawakan languages
35. Argobba
36. Armenian
37. Arvanitic
38. Ashkenazi Hebrew
39. Ashkun
40. Assamese
41. Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
42. Athabaskan
43. Asi
44. Asturian (Romance)
45. Auslan (Sign language)
46. Avar
47. Avestan
48. Awadhi
49. Aymara
50. Azerbaijani

B

1. Badaga
2. Badeshi
3. Bahnar (Austroasiatic)
4. Bajelan
5. Balochi
6. Balti
7. Bambara
8. Bashkir
9. Basque
10. Bavarian
11. Beja
12. Belarusian (Slavic)
13. Berta
14. Bemba
15. Bengali
16. Beothuk
17. Berber
18. Bété
19. Bhili
20. Bhojpuri
21. Biafran or Igbo
22. Bihari
23. Bijil Neo-Aramaic (Semitic)
24. Bikol
25. Bikya (Furu)
26. Blackfoot
27. Boholano (Malayo-Polynesian)
28. Bohtan Neo-Aramaic (Semitic)
29. Bokmål
30. Bolgar
31. Bonan, also known as Paoan
32. Bosnian (Slavic)
33. Brahui (Dravidian)
34. Breton (Celtic)
35. Bua
36. Bulgarian (Slavic)
37. Burmese
38. Burushaski
39. Buryat

C

1. Caluyanon
2. Camunic (extinct)
3. Cantonese (Sinitic)
4. Carib
5. Catalan (Romance)
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 (Celtic)
36. Corsican
37. Cree
38. Crimean Tatar or Crimean Turkish
39. Croatian (Slavic)
40. Cuman
41. Cumbric (Celtic) (extinct)
42. Curonian
43. Cuyonon
44. Czech (Slavic)

D

1. Dacian (extinct)
2. Dalecarlian
3. Dalmatian
4. Dameli
5. Danish (Germanic)
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 (Germanic)
25. Dzhidi
26. Dzongkha

E

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

F

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

G

1. Ga
2. Gadaba
3. Gafat
4. Gagauz
5. Galician (Romance)
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 (Germanic)
16. Ghomara
17. Gĩkũyũ (Gikuyu)
18. Gilaki
19. Gilbertese (= (I-)Kiribati)
20. Gondi (Dravidian)
21. Gorani
22. Gothic (extinct)
23. Gowari (also known as Gawarbati or Narsati)
24. Greek
25. Guanche
26. Guaraginga
27. Guaraní
28. Gujarati
29. Gula Iro (Kulaal)
30. 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. Hazaragi
14. Hebrew (Semitic)
15. Hertevin (Semitic)
16. Hiligaynon or Ilonggo
17. Hindi (Indo-Iranian)
18. Hittite (Anatolian)
19. Hixkaryana (Carib)
20. Hmong
21. Ho (Austroasiatic)
22. Hobyót
23. Hopi
24. Hulaula (Semitic)
25. Hungarian (Finno-Ugric)
26. Hurrian
27. Hutterite German

I

1. Ibibio
2. Icelandic (Germanic)
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) (Celtic)
17. Irkut
18. Irula
19. Isan
20. Ishkashimi
21. Istro-Romanian (Romance)
22. Italian / Italiano (Romance)
23. Izhorian (Finno-Ugric)

J

1. Jacaltec
2. Jalaa
3. Japanese / 日本語
4. Javanese
5. Jibbali
6. Jicarilla
7. Juang (Austroasiatic)
8. Judeo-Crimean Tatar
9. Jurchen

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 (Dravidian)
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 (Dravidian)
51. Kodava Thakk
52. Kohistani (also known as Khili)
53. Kolami (Dravidian)
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 (Dravidian)
66. Koyra Chiini
67. Koy Sanjaq Surat (Semitic)
68. Koya
69. Krimchak (Judeo-Crimean Tatar)
70. Kujarge
71. Kui (Dravidian)
72. Kumauni
73. Kumyk
74. Kumzari
75. Kurdish
76. Kurukh (Dravidian)
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 (Romance)
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 (Slavic)
2. Macedoromanian (Romance)
3. Magadhi
4. Mahican
5. Maithili
6. Makasar
7. Malagasy
8. Malay
9. Malayalam (Dravidian)
10. Maldivian
11. Maltese
12. Malto (Dravidian)
13. Malvi
14. Manchurian
15. Manda
16. Mandaic
17. Mandarin (Chinese)
18. Mandinka
19. Manipuri
20. Mansi (Vogul) (Finno-Ugric)
21. Manx (Manx Gaelic)
22. Maori
23. Mapudungun (Mapuche)
24. Marathi
25. Mari (Cheremis) (Finno-Ugric)
26. Maria
27. Marquesan
28. Marshallese
29. Masbatenyo
30. Mator
31. Maya
32. Mayang
33. Mazandarani
34. Meänkieli
35. Megleno-Romanian
36. Mehri
37. Menominee
38. Meroitic
39. Merya
40. Mescalero
41. Mesmes
42. Messapian
43. Miami
44. Michif
45. Mi'kmaq
46. Minaean
47. Minangkabau
48. Mlahsö
49. Moabite
50. Mobilian
51. Moghol
52. Mohawk
53. Mohegan
54. Moksha (Finno-Ugric)
55. Mon (Austroasiatic)
56. Mongolian
57. Mpre
58. Muher
59. Mundari (Austroasiatic)
60. Munji
61. Muria
62. Muromian

N

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

O

1. Occitan (Romance)
2. Oirat
3. Ojibwe
4. Olcha
5. Old Nubian language
6. Old Church Slavonic (Slavic)
7. Old French (Romance)
8. Old Norse
9. Old Prussian (Baltic)
10. Old South Arabian
11. Olonetsian (also known as Olonets or Livvi) (Finno-Ugric)
12. Omagua
13. Ongota
14. Oriya
15. Ormuri
16. Oroch
17. Orochen
18. Orok
19. Oromifa
20. Oropom
21. Ossetic
22. 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 (Dravidian)
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 (Slavic)
26. Portuguese (Romance)
27. Potiguara
28. Pradhan, also known as Pardhan
29. Prasuni, also known as Wasi-weri
30. Provençal (Romance)
31. Pucikwar
32. Puelche
33. Punjabi

Q

1. Qashqai
2. Qatabanian
3. Quechua

R

1. Rajasthani
2. Rappahanock
3. Ratagnon
4. Romanian (Romance)
5. Romansh (Rhaeto-Romance) (Romance)
6. Romany (Indo-Iranian)
7. Romblomanon
8. Rotokas
9. Russenorsk
10. Russian (Slavic)
11. 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 (Romance)
15. Sarikoli
16. Sasxsek
17. Savara
18. Savi
19. Scanian (Germanic)
20. Scots (Lallans) (Includes Ulster Scots (Ullans))
21. Scots Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic or Gaelic)
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 (Slavic)
33. Serbo-Croatian (Slavic)
34. Sesotho
35. Shahrudi
36. Shina
37. Shona
38. Shor
39. Shughni
40. Shumashti
41. Sidamo
42. Sindhi
43. Sinhalese
44. Sioux
45. Siraiki
46. Sivandi
47. Skolt Sami
48. Slavey
49. Slovak (Slavic)
50. Slovenian (Slavic)
51. Soddo
52. Soi
53. Somali
54. Sonsorolese (or Sonsorol, or Sonsoral)
55. Soqotri
56. Sora (Austroasiatic)
57. Sorbian (Slavic)
58. Southern Sami
59. South Yukaghir
60. Spanish (Romance)
61. Sranan
62. Sucite
63. Sudovian
64. Sumerian (extinct)
65. Sundanese
66. Supyire
67. Surigaonon
68. Swabian (Germanic)
69. Swahili (Bantu)
70. Swati or Siswati
71. Swedish (Germanic)
72. Swiss German (Germanic)
73. Syriac (Semitic)

T

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

X

1. /Xam
2. Xhosa
3. Xibe
4. !Xóõ
5. !Xu (!Kung) (Khoisan)

Y

Only some major languages are listed here. See List of spoken and sign languages beginning with the letter Y for more.

1. Yaghnobi
2. Yakut
3. Yapese
4. Yazdi
5. Yazgulami
6. Yemenite Hebrew
7. Yiddish
8. Yidgha
9. Yorùbá
10. Yugh
11. Yukaghir
12. Yurats

Z

Only some major languages are listed here. See List of spoken and sign languages beginning with the letter Z for about 50 more.

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

External links

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