List of World Languages

CodeLanguageOriginal NotationMain Countries SpokenEstimated number of speakers (thousands)
aaAfarQafár afEthiopia, Eritrea1,500
abAbkhazаҧсуа бызшәаGeorgia, Turkey200
aceAcehneseBahasa AcehIndonesia3,500
achAcholiAcholiUganda, South Sudan800
afAfrikaansAfrikaansSouth Africa, Namibia10,000
amAmharicአማርኛEthiopia20,000
anAragonesearagonésSpain10
arArabicالعربيةMiddle East, Africa230,000
asAssameseঅসমীয়াIndia20,000
avAvarАвар мацӀRussia, Kazakhstan1,200
awaAwadhiअवधीIndia, Nepal20,000
ayAymaraAymar aruBolivia, Peru, Chile2,000
azAzerbaijaniAzərbaycan diliIran, Azerbaijan, Georgia30,000
baBashkirбашҡорт телеRussia (Republic of Bashkortostan)1,400
balBaluchiبلوچیIndia, Pakistan7,000
bbcBatak TobaBahasa TobaIndonesia2,000
bciBaouleBaouléCôte d’Ivoire2,000
beBelarusianбеларуская моваBelarus, Poland8,000
bemBembaChibembaZambia6,000
bewBetawiBasè BetawiIndonesia5,000
bgBulgarianбългарски езикBulgaria10,000
bhoBojpuriभोजपुरीIndia50,000
bikBikolBikolanoPhilippines4,600
bmBambarabamanankanRepublic of Mali, Côte d’Ivoire4,000
bnBengaliবাংলাBangladesh, India260,000
boTibetanབོད་ཡིགChina, India, Bhutan6,000
brBretonbrezhonegFrance200
bsBosnianbosanski jezikBosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia2,500
btsBatak SimalungunBahasa Batak SimalungunIndonesia1,200
btxBatak KaroBahasa Batak KaloIndonesia600
buaBuryatБуряадRussia, Mongolia400
caCatalancatalàSpain, France4,000
ceChechenнохчийн моттRussia1,500
cebCebuanoCebuanoPhilippines18,000
cggKigaOrukigaUganda, Rwanda1,500
chChamorroFino’ ChamoruMariana Islands100
chkChuukeseChuukeseMicronesia (Chuuk Islands)50
cnhHakha ChinLaiholhMyanmar, India300
coCorsicancorsuFrance, Italy300
crCreeᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣCanada50
csCzechčeštinaCzech Republic10,000
cvChuvashЧăвашлаRussia1,000
cyWelshCymraegUnited Kingdom, Argentina1,000
daDanishdanskDenmark5,000
deGermanDeutschGermany, Switzerland, Austria, etc.130,000
dinDinkaThuɔŋjäŋSouth Sudan3,000
doiDogriडोगरीIndia, Pakistan2,000
dvDivehiދިވެހިMaldives300
dyuDioulaJulakanBurkina Faso, Ivory Coast3,000
dzZonkaརྫོང་ཁKingdom of Bhutan200
eeEweEʋegbeGhana, Togo5,000
elGreekελληνικάGreece, Cyprus12,000
enEnglishEnglishUnited Kingdom, United States, etc.1,500,000
eoEsperantoEsperantoConstructed languages1,000
esSpanishespañolMexico, Colombia, Argentina, Spain480,000
etEstonianeesti keelEstonia1,100
euBasqueeuskaraSpain, France1,000
faPersianفارسیIran, Afghanistan70,000
ffFulaFulfuldeWest African countries16,000
fiFinnishsuomiFinland, Estonia5,000
fjFijianNa vosa vaka-VitiFiji500
foFaroeseføroysktFaroe Islands80
fonFonFon gbèBenin, Togo1,700
frFrenchfrançaisFrance, European and African countries350,000
furFriulianFurlanItaly600
fyFrisianFryskNetherlands, Germany400
gaIrishGaeilgeIreland350
gaaGaelicGhana600
gdScottish GaelicGàidhligScotland, Canada60
glGaliciangalegoSpain3,000
gnGuaraniavañe’ẽParaguay5,000
guGujaratiગુજરાતીIndia, Uganda, Pakistan55,000
gvManxGaelgUnited Kingdom2
haHausaHausaNigeria, Niger40,000
hawHawaiianʻōlelo HawaiʻiHawaii20
he,iwHebrewעבריתIsrael9,000
hiHindiहिन्दीIndia350,000
hilHiligaynonHiligaynonPhilippines7,000
hrCroatianhrvatskiCroatia, Serbia5,000
htHaitianKreyòl ayisyenHaiti12,000
huHungarianmagyarHungary, Romania15,000
hyArmenianՀայերենArmenia7,000
ibaIbanIbanMalaysia, Brunei700
id,inIndonesianBahasa IndonesiaIndonesia160,000
igIboasụsụ IgboNigeria30,000
iloIlokanoIlokanoPhilippines7,000
isIcelandicíslenskaIceland300
itItalianItalianoItaly, San Marino61,000
iuInuktitutᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦCanada36
jaJapanese日本語Japan130,000
jvJavaneseBasa JawaIndonesia, Malaysia75,000
kaGeorgianქართულიGeorgia, Armenia4,000
kacJinghpawJinghpawMyanmar1,000
kekKekchiQʼeqchiʼGuatemala, Belize800
kgKikongoKikongoRepublic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo7,000
khaKhasiKhasiIndia1,000
kkKazakhҚазақ тіліKazakhstan, Afghanistan8,000
klKalalithkalaallisutDenmark (Greenland)60
kmKhmerភាសាខ្មែរCambodia, Vietnam16,000
knKannadaಕನ್ನಡIndia50,000
koKorean한국어South Korea, North Korea80,000
kokKonkaniकोंकणी भासIndia6,000
krKanuriKanuriNiger, Nigeria4,000
kriKrioKrioSierra Leone6,000
ktuKitubaKitubaRepublic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo10,000
kuKurdishKurdîTurkey, Iraq, Iran20,000
kvKomiКомиRussia500
kyKyrgyzКыргызчаKyrgyzstan5,000
laLatinlatinaNone0
lbLuxembourgishLëtzebuergeschLuxembourg, Belgium300
lgLugandaLugandaUganda10,000
liLimburgishLimburgsNetherlands, Germany, Belgium1,600
lijLigurianLéngoaItaly, Monaco500
lmoLombardlombardoSwitzerland, Italy4,000
lnLingalaLingálaCongo10,000
loLaoພາສາລາວLaos3,300
ltLithuanianlietuviųLithuania, Poland3,000
ltgLatgalianlatgaļu volūdaLatvia200
hrxHunsrückHunsrückischBrazil (Rio Grande do Sul)1,000
luaLubaTshilubaDemocratic Republic of the Congo6,300
luoLuoDholuoKenya, Tanzania3,000
lusLushaiMizo ṭawngIndia, Bangladesh700
lvLatvianlatviešuLatvia1,400
madMadhuraBasa MathuraIndonesia, Singapore13,000
makMakassarBahasa MakassarIndonesia2,000
mamMamqyoolGuatemala, Mexico500
mgMalagasyMalagasyMadagascar20,000
mhMarshalleseKajin M̧ajeļMarshall Islands, Nauru50
mhrMeadow Mariолык марий йылмеRussia500
miMaorireo MāoriNew Zealand150
minMinangBahaso MinangkabauIndonesia, Malaysia6,500
mioMaithiliमैथिलीIndia, Nepal30,000
mkMacedonianмакедонски јазикNorth Macedonia, Bulgaria2,000
mlMalayalamമലയാളംIndia36,000
mnMongolianМонгол хэлMongolia, Russia5,000
mnwMonဘာသာမန်Myanmar, Thailand800
mrMarathiमराठीIndia90,000
msMalaybahasa MelayuMalaysia, Singapore, Brunei25,000
mtMalteseMaltiRepublic of Malta600
mniManipuriমৈতৈIndia2,500
mwrMarwadiमारवाड़ीIndia, Pakistan13,000
myMyanmarမြန်မာဘာသာMyanmar, Thailand50,000
nahNahuatlnāwatlMexico1,500
nd, nrNdebeleisiNdebeleZimbabwe (Northern Ndebele), South Africa (Southern Ndebele)2,500
ndcNdauchiNdauZimbabwe2,000
neNepaliनेपाली भाषाNepal, India16,000
newNepala bhasaनेपाल भाषाNepal, India850
nlDutchNederlandsNetherlands, Belgium23,000
noNorwegiannorskNorway4,600
nqoN’koKangbeGuinea, Mali1,000
nsoSepediSesotho sa LeboaSouth Africa4,000
nusNuerNaadhSouth Sudan, Ethiopia900
nyTswanaChicheŵa,Zambia, Malawi10,000
ocOccitanoccitanFrance, Spain800
omOromoAfaan OromooEthiopia, Kenya36,000
orOriyaଓଡ଼ିଆIndia32,000
osOssetianирон æвзагRussia, Georgia500
paPunjabiਪੰਜਾਬੀIndia, Pakistan120,000
pagPangasinanPangasinanPhilippines1,500
pamPambangaKapampanganPhilippines2,300
papPapiamentoPapiamentoCuraçao, Aruba250
plPolishjęzyk polskiPoland, Lithuania50,000
prsDariدریAfghanistan7,600
psPashtoپښتوAfghanistan, Pakistan50,000
ptPortugueseportuguêsBrazil, Portugal250,000
quQuechuaQhichwa simiSouth America (Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile)13,000
rnRundiIkirundiBurundi10,000
roRomanianlimba românăRomania, Moldova26,000
romRomaniromani ćhibEastern Europe, Poland5,000
ruRussianрусский языкRussia, Ukraine180,000
rwKinyarwandaKinyarwandaRwanda, Uganda7,000
saSanskritसंस्कृतम्India25
sahYakutсаха тылаRussia500
satSantaliᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤIndia, Bangladesh, Nepal6,000
scnSiciliansicilianuItaly4,800
sdSindhiसिन्धीPakistan, India20,000
sgSangosängöCentral Africa, Chad5,500
shSerbianсрпски језикSerbia, Montenegro11,000
shnShanလိၵ်ႈတႆMyanmar, Thailand3,500
siSinhaleseසිංහලSri Lanka15,000
skSlovakslovenčinaSlovakia5,200
slSlovenianslovenščinaSlovenia2,200
smiSamiSaamiFinland, Norway30
smSamoanGagana fa’a SāmoaSamoa400
snShonachiShonaZimbabwe, Mozambique10,000
soSomaliaf SoomaaliSomalia, Somaliland20,000
sqAlbanianGjuha shqipeAlbania, Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro7,000
ssaAruLurDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda1,400
suSundaBasa SundaIndonesia30,000
susSusuSosoxuiGuinea, Sierra Leone1,000
svSwedishsvenskaSweden10,000
swSwahiliKiswahiliTanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Congo100,000
sxSothoSesothoLesotho, South Africa5,000
szlSilesianŚlōnskiPoland800
taTamilதமிழ்India, Sri Lanka80,000
taqTamasheqTafaghistRepublic of Mali, Burkina Faso300
tcyTuluತುಳು ಬಾಸೆIndia2,000
teTeluguతెలుగుIndia80,000
tetTetunTetunEast Timor800
tgTajikтоҷикӣTajikistan, Uzbekistan9,000
thThaiภาษาไทยThailand70,000
tiTigrinyaትግርኛEritrea, Ethiopia7,000
tivTivTivNigeria6,000
tkTurkmenTürkmençeTurkmenistan7,500
tl,filTagalogWikang TagalogPhilippines, United States70,000
tnTswanaSetswanaBotswana, South Africa4,400
toTonganlea faka-TongaKingdom of Tonga100
toiDombeChi TongaZambia (alternative name in Tongan)1,500
tpiTok PisinTok PisinPapua New Guinea3,000
trTurkishTürkçeTurkey95,000
trpKok BorokKók BorokIndia, Bangladesh1,000
trwTorwalتوروالیPakistan100
tsTsongaXitsongaSouth Africa, Mozambique3,000
ttTatarтатар телеRussia (Republic of Tatarstan)5,000
tumTumbukaChitumbukaMalawi, Zambia2,000
twTwiTwiGhana4,000
tyTahitianreo TahitiFrench Polynesia130
tyvTuvanтыва дылRussia, Mongolia300
udmUdmurtудмурт кылRussia, Kazakhstan500
ugUyghurUyghur tiliChina, Kazakhstan10,000
ukUkrainianукраїнська моваUkraine45,000
urUrduاردوPakistan, India230,000
uzUzbekOʻzbek tiliUzbekistan18,000
veVendaTshiVenḓaSouth Africa800
vecVenetianvènetoItaly, Croatia4,000
viVietnameseTiếng ViệtVietnam, Cambodia97,000
warWarayWinarayPhilippines2,500
woWolofWolofSenegal, Gambia, Mauritania6,000
xhXhosaisiXhosaSouth Africa, Zimbabwe8,000
yiYiddishייִדישMainly Jewish500
yoYorubaèdè YorùbáNigeria, Benin, Togo45,000
yuaYucatec MayaMàaya T’àanMexico, Belize800
zapZapotecDiidzajMexico500
zh-HansChinese中文(简体中文)China, etc.1,400,000
zh-HantTaiwanese臺灣話(繁體中文)Taiwan20,000
zuZuluisiZuluSouth Africa12,000