List of language names

This article is a resource of how to say the native name of most major languages in the world. These are endonymic glossonyms.

Languages

Abaza - Aбаза бызшва

Official Language in: the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russian Federation

Abenaki † - Alnôba, Wôbanakiôdwawôgan

Formerly Spoken by: the American/Canadian Abenaki Tribe

Abkhaz - Aҧсуа бызшәа, Aҧсшәа

Official Language in: the Republic of Abkhazia and the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia

Adangme - Adangbɛ

Official Language in: the Republic of Ghana

Adangbe - Adangbe

Official Language in: the Republic of Togo

Adyghe - Aдыгэбзэ

Official Language in: the Republic of Adygea, Russian Federation

Afar - ʿAfár af

Recognised Minority Language in: the State of Eritrea

Afrikaans – Afrikaans, "kitchen Dutch"

Official Language in: the Republic of South Africa
Recognised Minority Language in: the Republic of Namibia

Ainu - アイヌイタク, Aynu Itak

Recognised Minority Language in: Japan

Ajië - A’jie, Ajië, Houailou, Wai, Wailu

Official Language in: Houaïlou, New Caledonia, French Republic

Akan - Akan, Fante, Twi

Official Language in: Ghanaian/Ivoirian ethnic region of Akanland

Albanian - Shqip, Shqiptar

Official Language in: the Republic of Albania and Kosovo
Recognised Minority Language in: the Italian Republic , the Republic of Macedonia , Montenegro , Romania , and the Republic of Serbia

Aleut - Unangam Tunuu, Унáҥам Тунý

Spoken in: Alaska, United States of America and Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation

Amdang language - Sìmí Amdangtí

Spoken in: the Wadi Fira Region, Republic of Chad

Amharic - ኣማርኛ

Official Language in: the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Ancient Egyptian Language † -

Formerly Spoken in: Ancient Egypt

Angika - अंगिका

Spoken in: the Republic of India and the Democratic Republic of Nepal

Apache - Ndéé

Spoken in: The Southwestern United States of America

Arabic - اللغة العربية

Official Language in: 27 countries and 4 international organizations

Aragonese - l'Aragonés

Official Language in: the Autonomous Community of Aragón, Kingdom of Spain

Aramaic - ܐܪܡܝܐ

Spoken in: the Islamic Republic of Iran , the Republic of Iraq , the State of Israel , the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , the Lebanese Republic , the State of Palestine , the Syrian Arab Republic , and the Republic of Turkey

Arapaho - Hinono'eitiitt

Spoken by: the Native American tribe of the Arapaho

Armenian - Հայերեն

Official Language in: the Republic of Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Recognised Minority Language in: the Republic of Cyprus , the Republic of Poland , and Romania , Samtskhe-Javakheti Republic, Republic of Hungary , Republic of Iraq , Republic of Lebanon , Repyblic of Turkey , Republic of Ukraine and California, United States of America

Armenian (Eastern) - Արևելահայերեն

Spoken in: the Republic of Armenia ,

Armenian (Western) - Արեւմտահայերէն

Spoken by: the Armenian Diaspora

Arrernte - Arrernte Angkentye

Spoken in: the Northern Territory, Commonwealth of Australia

Assamese - অসমীয়া

Spoken in: the Kingdom of Bhutan , the People's Republic of Bangladesh , and the Republic of India .

Asturian - Asturianu

Spoken in: the Principality of Asturias, Kingdom of Spain

Avar - MагIарул MацI

Spoken in: the Republic of Azerbaijan , Georgia , the Republic of Kazakhstan , the Republic of Turkey , and the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation

Avestan - 𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥

Spoken on: the eastern Iranian Plateau

Aymara - Aymar Aru

Spoken by: the Bolivian/Chilean/Peruvian Aymara people

Azerbaijani - Azərbaycanca, آذربایجان دیلی

Official Language in: the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation
Spoken in: Iran , Turkey and Georgia

Baga † - Barka

Formerly Spoken in: the Republic of Guinea

Bai - 白语

Spoken in: the Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China

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, Kingdom of Spain and Navarre, Kingdom of Spain

Bassa - ɓasaá

Spoken by: Liberian/Sierra Leonean Bassa People

Batak -

Spoken by: the Batak people of the North Sumatra, Republic of Indonesia

Belarusian - Беларуская

Official Language in: the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Poland
Recognised Minority Language in: Ukraine

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

Bhojpuri - 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

Bislama - Bislama

Official Language in: Republic of Vanuatu

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 , Republic of Macedonia , and Republic of Serbia

Braille - ⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠑

Braille is a Universal Language

Breton – Ar 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 Mount Athos, the Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain, Hellenic Republic
Recognised Minority Language in: Romania , Republic of Serbia , and Ukraine

Burmese - မြန်မာစာ or မြန်မာစကား

Official Language in: Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Cahuilla - Ivia

Spoken in: the southern area of the State of California, United States of America

Cantonese - 廣東話

Official Language in: Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, 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

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, Philippines and Mindoro, Philippines

Chamorro - Chamoru, Fino'Chamorro

Official Language in: Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

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

Official Language in: Republic of Malawi and Republic of Zambia

Cheyenne - Tsėhesenėstsestotse, Tsisinstsistots

Spoken in: Montana, United States of America and Oklahoma, United States of America

Chhattisgarhi - छत्तीसगढ़ी

Spoken in: Republic of India

Chickasaw - Chikasha

Spoken in: Oklahoma, United States of America

Chinese - 汉语, 漢語, 华语, 華語, or 中文

Official Language in: the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace ; the People's Republic of China ; Republic of Singapore ; Republic of China ; and the Wa State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar File:Flag of Wa.svg
Recognised Minority Language in: Malaysia , the Philippines , and the United States of America

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: the Canada

Choctaw - Chahta', Chahta Anumpa

Spoken in: The United States of America

Chuvash - Чӑвашла, Çăvaşla

Official Language in: the Chuvash Republic, Russian Federation

Cimbrian - Zimbrisch

Spoken in: the Italian Republic

Comanche - Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ

Spoken in: Oklahoma, United States of America

Coptic - ⲘⲉⲧⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ

The Coptic language is a Coptic liturgical language

Cornish – Kernewek, Kernowek

Recognised Minority Language in: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Corsican - Corsu

Recognised Minority Language in: the French Republic

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 of America

Czech - Český Jazyk, Čeština

Official Language in: the Czech Republic

Dakhini - دکنی

Official Language in: the Republic of India and the United Arab Emirates

Dakota - Dakȟótiyapi

Spoken in: Canada and the United States of America

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

Official Language in: the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation

Dari - فارسی, دری, دريلو, or Yazdi

The Dari language is a Zoroastrian liturgical language

Dhivehi - ދިވެހި

Official Language in: the Republic of the Maldives

Drehu - Dehu, Lifou, Lifu, Qene Drehu

Official Language in: Lifou, New Caledonia

Dungan - 回族语言, Xуэйзў йүян

Spoken by: the Central Asian Dungan people

Dutch - Nederlands

Official Language in: Aruba , Kingdom of Belgium , Country of Curaçao, , the Netherlands, , Sint Maarten, , and Republic of Suriname,

Dzongkha - རྫོང་ཁ་

Official Language in: Kingdom of Bhutan

Egyptian Arabic † - اللغة المصرية العامية

Formerly Spoken in: Lower Egypt

English - English

Official Language in: 54 countries and 27 non-sovereign entities

Erzya - Эрзянь Kель

Official Language in: the Republic of Mordovia, Russian Federation

Esperanto - Esperanto

Esperanto is a International auxiliary language

Estonian - Eesti

Official Language in: Republic of Estonia

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

Eyak - I•ya•q

Spoken in: the American state of Alaska

Faroese - Føroyskt

Official Language in: the Faroe Islands
Recognised Minority Language in: Denmark

Fijian – Na vosa vaka-Viti, Vakaviti

Official Language in Fiji

Fiji Hindi - फिजी बात or Fiji Baat

Spoken in: Fiji

Filipino - Wikang Filipino

Official Language in: the Philippines

Finnish - Suomi

Official Language in: Finland and the Russian administrative republic of Karelia ; recognised as a minority language in Sweden

Fon - Fon gbè, Fɔngbè

Spoken by: the Beninois/Nigerian Fon people

French - Français

Official Language in: 38 countries, 14 dependant entities, and 119 international organisations

Frisian (North) - Noordfreesk

Official Langugae 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 - Fulani, Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular'Fulaare

Spoken in: Central Africa

Fur - For

Spoken in: the Republic of Chad and Darfur, Republic of the Sudan

Ga - Gã

Official Language in: Ghana

Galician - Galego

Official Language in: the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia

Gan - 赣语, 贛語

Spoken in: the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangxi

Ge'ez - ግዕዝ

Spoken in: Eritrea , Ethiopia , and Israel

Georgian - ქართული

Official Language in: Georgia

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 Brizilian 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

Official Language in: Kiribati

Godoberi - ГъибдилӀи Mицци, Ɣibdiƛi Micci

Spoken in: the southwest area of the Russian autonomous republic of Dagestan

Gothic † - 𐌲𐍉𐍄𐌷𐌹𐌺

Formerly Spoken in: pre-18th. Century Europe

Greek - Ελληνικά

Official Language in: Cyprus and Greece
Recognised Minority Language in: Albania , Armenia , Italy , Romania , Turkey , and Ukraine

Greenlandic - Kalaallisut

Official Language in: Greenland

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

Haida - Xaat Kíl

Official Language in: the Council of the Haida Nation

Hainanese - 海南話

Spoken in: the Chinese province of Hainan

Haitian Creole – Kreyòl Ayisyen

Official Language in: Haiti

Hakka - 客家話, 客家话

Spoken by: the Hakka people

Harari - ሃራሪ

Spoken in: the Ethiopian kilil of the Harari Region

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

Spoken in: Botswana and Namibia

Himba - Omuhimba, Simba

Spoken in: Gabon

Hindi - हिन्दी

Official Language in: India

Hindustani - ہندوستانی, हिन्दुस्तानी

Spoken in: India and Pakistan

Hiri Motu - Hiri Motu

Official Language in: Papua New Guinea

Hmong - lol Hmongb, lus Hmoob, lug Moob

Spoken in: China , French Guiana , Laos , Thailand , America , and Vietnam

Hopi - Hopilàvayi or Hopílavayi

Spoken in: the northeastern area of the State of Arizona, United States of America

Hungarian - Magyar

Official Language in: Hungary
Recognised Minority Language in: Austria , Croatia , Romania , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Ukraine

Icelandic - Íslenska

Official Language in: Iceland

Ido - Ido

The Ido language is a International auxiliary language.
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Igbo - Asụsụ Igbo

Ik - Icetot

Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda

Ilocano - Iloko

Official Language in: the Philippine province of La Union

Indonesian - Bahasa Indonesia

Official Language in: Indonesia

Ingush - ГӀалгӀай мотт

Official Language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Ingushetia

Interlingua - Interlingua

The Interlingua language is a International auxiliary language.

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

Inupiat - Iñupiatun

Spoken in: the American state of Alaska

Irish - Gaeilge

Isthmus Nahuatl - Mela'tájtol

Spoken in: the Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz

Italian - Italiano

Official Language in: the Croatian Istria County , Italy , San Marino , the Slovenian region of Slovenian Istria , Switzerland , and the Vatican City

Japanese - 日本語, 日本語

National Language in: Japan

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

Kabardian - Kъэбэрдеибзэ

Official Language in: the Russian administrative republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia

Kabyle - شئعم

Spoken in: Algeria

Kaingang - Kanhgág

Spoken in: Brazil

Kannada - ಕನ್ನಡ

Official Language in: the Indian state of Karnataka

Kanuri - Kanuri

Spoken in: Cameroon , Chad , Niger , and Nigeria

Karakalpak - Қарақалпақ тили, Qaraqalpaq tili

Official Language in: the Uzbek administrative 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 administrative republic of Karelia

Kashmiri - كٲشُر, कॉशुर, Kạ̄šur, Koshur

Official Language in: India

Kashubian - Kaszëbsczi Jãzëk

Official Language in: Some communes in the Polish voivodeship of Pomerania

Kazakh - Қазақ Tілі

Official Language in: Kazakhstan and the Russian administrative republic of the Altai Republic

Kelantanese Malay - بهاس ملايو كلنتن or Baso Kelate

Spoken in: the Malaysian state of Kelantan

Kendeje - Kendeje

Spoken in: Ouaddaï Region, Republic of Chad

Khakas - Хакас Tілі

Spoken in: the Russian administrative republic of Khakassia

Khmer - ភាសាខ្មែរ

Official Language in: Cambodia

Khoekhoe - Khoekhoegowab

National Language in: Namibia

Khowar - کھوار

Official Language in: Pakistan

Kinyarwanda - Ikinyarwanda or Runyarwanda

Official Language in: Rwanda

Kiribati - Taetae Ni Kiribati

Official Language in: Kiribati

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

Kuliak - Rub

Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda

Kumyk - Къумукъ Tил

Official Language in: the Russian administrative republic of Dagestan

Kurdish - Kurdí, کوردی, or K’öрди

Official Language in: Iraq
Recognised Minority Language in: Armenia and Iran

Kutchi - کچھی or કચ્છી

Spoken in: South Asia

Kwadi † - !Kwa/tse

Formerly Spoken in: Angola
(Kwadi is a "click language".)

Ladakhi - ལ་དྭགས་སྐད།

Spoken in: China , India , and Pakistan

Ladin - Ladin

Spoken in: Italy

Lakota - Lakȟótiyapi

Spoken by: the Lakota people

Lao - ພາສາລາວ

Official Language in: Laos

Latin language - Latina

Official Language in: the Vatican City

Latvian - Latviešu

Official Language in: Latvia

Laz - ლაზური ნენა

Spoken in: Georgia and Turkey

Leonese - Llïonés

Official Language in: the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León

Lepcha -

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

Official Language in: Lithuania
Recognised Minority Language in: Poland

Livonian - Līvõ Kēļ or Rāndakēļ

Spoken in: Latvia

Low German - Plattdüütsch

Spoken in: Denmark , Germany , and the Netherlands

Low Prussian Dialect - Niederpreußisch

Formerly Spoken in: Prussia , now some scattered speakers in the Americas

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 of America

Luo - Kavirondo or Dholuo

Spoken in: Kenya and Tanzania

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

Maasai - ɔl Maa

Spoken by: the Kenyan/Tanzanian Maasai people

Macedonian - Mакедонски

Official Language in: Republic of Macedonia
Recognised Minority Language in: Albania , Romania , and Serbia

Magahi - मगही

Spoken in: India and Nepal

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' or ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ

Spoken in: the southern tip of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi

Malay - بهاس ملايو or Bahasa Melayu

Official Language in: Brunei , Malaysia , and Singapore

Malayalam - മലയാളം

Official Language in: the Indian state of Kerala and the Indian territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry

Maltese - Malti

Official Language in: Malta

Manchu - ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ

Spoken by: the Manchu people
(There are only 18 speakers left; none under the age of 80)

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

Masalit - kana masara

Spoken in: Dar Masalit, Darfur, Republic of the Sudan

Meänkieli dialects – meänkieli

Recognised as a minority language in Sweden

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

Muscogee Creek - Mvskoke, Mvskokē

Spoken in: the American states of Alabama , Florida , Georgia , and Oklahoma

Musgu - Mulwi

Spoken in: Cameroon and Chad

Muskum † - Muzuk

Formerly Spoken in: Chad

Māori – Te Reo Māori

Official Language in: New Zealand

Nagumi † - Gong or Ngong

Formerly Spoken in: Cameroon

Nahuatl - Māsēwallahtōlli, Mexicano, or Nāhuatlahtōlli

Official Language in: Mexico

Navajo – Diné bizaad

Spoken by: 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

Ngbee † - Lingbee

Formerly Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Northern Thai - ᨣᩴᩤᨾᩮᩥᩬᨦ

Spoken in: the northern area of Thailand , and some other parts of Southeast Asia

Norwegian - Norsk

Official Language in: Norway

Nuosu - ꆈꌠ꒿

Spoken in: China

Nyangia - Nyang'i

Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda

Occidental - Interlingue

Occidental is a International auxiliary language

Occitan - Occitan

Official Language in: the Spanish comarca of Val d'Aran

Ojibwe - ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ

Spoken by: the Ojibwe people

Okinawan Japanese - ウチナーヤマトゥグチ

Recognised Regional Language in: Japan

Old Church Slavonic † - Словѣ́ньскъ Ѩзꙑ́къ or ⰔⰎⰀⰂⰑⰐⰊⰍ

Formerly Spoken in: Eastern Europe

Old English † - Anglisc, Ænglisc, Englisc, or ᚫᛝᛚᛁᛋᚻ

Formerly Spoken in: Scotland and Wales

Omotik † - Laamoot

Formerly Spoken in: Great Rift Valley, Kenya

Odia - ଓଡ଼ିଆ

Official Language in: the Indian states of Jharkhand and Odisha

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

Pattani Malay - بهاس جاوي, Bahasa Jawi, or ภาษายาวี

Spoken in: the Thai provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, Songkhla, and Yala

Persian - فارسی

Official Language in: Afghanistan , Iran , and Tajikistan

Phoenician † - 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍𐤉𐤌‎

Formerly Spoken in: the Near East

Piman - Tepiman

Spoken in: the State of Arizona, United States of America 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

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 language - पंजाबी, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, or پنجابی

Official Language in: the Inidan 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

Raga - Hano

Spoken in: the Pentecost Island, Republic of Vanuatu

Rajasthani - राजस्थानी

Spoken in: the Indian state of Rajasthan

Romani - Romani Ćhib

Spoken by: the Romani people ; recognised as a minority language in Sweden

Romanian - Română

Official Language in: Moldova , Romania , Transnistria , and the Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina
Recognised Minority Language in: Hungary , Italy , Serbia , Spain , and Ukraine

Romansh - Rumantsch

Official Language in: Switzerland

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

Sami –

Recognised as a minority language in Finland, Norway, Sweden

Samoan – Gagana Sāmoa

Official Language in: American Samoa and Samoa

Sanskrit - संस्कृतम्, संस्कृता वाक्

Official Language in: India

Sardinian - Sardu

Official Language in: the Italian autonomous region of Sardinia
Recognised Minority Language in: Italy

Saurashtra - ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬꢵ

Spoken in: the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu

Scots - Scots, Scottis, Scots leid, Lallans

Recognised Minority Language in: Northern Ireland and Scotland

Scottish Gaelic - Gàidhlig

Official Language in: Scotland

Serbian - Српски, Srpski

Official Language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia
Recognised Minority Language in: Croatia , the Czech Republic , Hungary , Macedonia , Montenegro , Romania , and Slovakia

Shan - လိၵ်ႈတႆး

Spoken in: the Myanma states of the Kachin State and the Shan State and by the Shan people

Shanghaiese - 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

Official Language in: Zimbabwe

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

Sindhi - سنڌي

Official Language in: India and the Pakistani province of Sindh

Sinhala - සිංහල

Official Language in: Sri Lanka

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

Official Language in: Somalia
Recognised Minority Language in: Djibouti and Ethiopia

Sotho - Sesotho

Official Language in: Lesotho and South Africa

Spanish - Español

Official Language in: 21 countries, 6 dependant entities, and 23 international organisations

Stellingwarfs - Stellingwerfs

Spoken in: the Netherlands

Sundanese - ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ

Official Language in: the Indonesian province of West Java

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 region of the Barak Valley ; the Indian state of Assam's districts of Cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj ; and the Indian state of Tripura

Tagalog - ᜊᜊᜌᜒ, ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔, Wikang Tagalog

Official Language in: the Philippines

Tahitian - Reo Mā'ohi, Reo Tahiti

Spoken in: the French Polynesian area of the Society Islands

Turkish - Türkçe

Official Language in: Turkey , Northern Cyprus And Cyprus
Spoken in: the Bosnia And Herzegovina . Greece . Iraq . Kosovo . Macedonia . Romania . Bulgaria . Syria . Netherlands . Belgium . Germany

Tai Dam - ꪺꪕꪒꪾ

Spoken in: the Chinese county of the Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County

Tai Khün - ไทเขิน Tai Lü - ᦑᦺᦟᦹᧉ Tai Nüa - ᥖᥭᥰᥖᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ 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 - 西夏文 Tatar - تاتارچا, Tatarça, Tатарча

Telugu - తెలుగు

Official Language in: the Indian states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Yanam district of Pondicherry, some parts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,

Tepes - Soo Teribe - Quequexque Tetum - Lia-Tetun Thai - ภาษาไทย Tibetan - དབུས་སྐད་ Tifinagh - تيفيناغ, Tifinaɣ, or ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵏⴰⵖ Tigrinya - ትግርኛ Tok Pisin – Tok Pisin Tongan - Faka-Tonga Tongva - Gabrielino Tsez - Цезяс мец Tswana - Setswana Tuareg - Tamahaq, Tamajaq, Tamasheq, or ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵌⴰⵆ Turkish - Türkçe Tulu language ತುಳು ಬಾಸೆ, തുളു ബാസെ, Uduk - Tw'ampa or T'wampa Ukrainian - Українська Urdu - ہندوستانی Uyghur - ئۇيغۇر تىلى Uzbek - اوزبیک, Ўзбек, Oʻzbek Valencian - Valencià Venda - Tshivenḓa Venetian - Vèneto Vietnamese - Tiếng Việtnam Volapük - Volapük Võro - Võro Kiil Walloon – Walloon Warlpiri - Warlpiri Welsh - Cymraeg West Frisian – Frysk Wolof - Wolof Wu - 吴方言 Xaracuu - Kanala, Xârâcùù Xhosa – Xhosa Xiang - 湘语 Xibe - ᠰᡞᠪᡝ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ Yapese - Yapese Yiddish - ייִדיש ייִדיש‎