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.Hindi
Languages
Abaza - Aбаза бызшва
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
Afar - ʿAfár af
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
Ajië - A’jie, Ajië, Houailou, Wai, Wailu
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
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- 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
Aragonese - l'Aragonés
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
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
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 - ⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠑
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
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
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
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
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
Corsican - Corsu
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
Dari - فارسی, دری, دريلو, or Yazdi
- The Dari language is a Zoroastrian liturgical language
Dhivehi - ދިވެހި
Drehu - Dehu, Lifou, Lifu, Qene Drehu
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་
Egyptian Arabic † - اللغة المصرية العامية
- Formerly Spoken in: Lower Egypt
English - English
Erzya - Эрзянь Kель
Esperanto - Esperanto
Estonian - Eesti
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
Faroese - Føroyskt
Fijian – Na vosa vaka-Viti, Vakaviti
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
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
Galician - Galego
- Official Language in: the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia
Gan - 赣语, 贛語
Ge'ez - ግዕዝ
Georgian - ქართული
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
Godoberi - ГъибдилӀи Mицци, Ɣibdiƛi Micci
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
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
Hainanese - 海南話
Haitian Creole – Kreyòl Ayisyen
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
Himba - Omuhimba, Simba
- Spoken in: Gabon
Hindi - हिन्दी
Hindustani - ہندوستانی, हिन्दुस्तानी
Hiri Motu - Hiri Motu
Hmong - lol Hmongb, lus Hmoob, lug Moob
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
Ido - Ido
- The Ido language is a International auxiliary language.
- Flag:
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
Ingush - ГӀалгӀай мотт
- Official Language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Ingushetia
Interlingua - Interlingua
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
Irish - Gaeilge
Isthmus Nahuatl - Mela'tájtol
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
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
Karakalpak - Қарақалпақ тили, Qaraqalpaq tili
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
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
Kendeje - Kendeje
- Spoken in: Ouaddaï Region, Republic of Chad
Khakas - Хакас Tілі
Khmer - ភាសាខ្មែរ
Khoekhoe - Khoekhoegowab
Khowar - کھوار
Kinyarwanda - Ikinyarwanda or Runyarwanda
Kiribati - Taetae Ni 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།
Ladin - Ladin
- Spoken in: Italy
Lakota - Lakȟótiyapi
- Spoken by: the Lakota people
Lao - ພາສາລາວ
Latin language - Latina
- Official Language in: the Vatican City
Latvian - Latviešu
Laz - ლაზური ნენა
Leonese - Llïonés
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
Livonian - Līvõ Kēļ or Rāndakēļ
- Spoken in: Latvia
Low German - Plattdüütsch
- Spoken in: Denmark
, Germany
, and the Netherlands
Low Prussian Dialect - Niederpreußisch
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
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
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
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
Musgu - Mulwi
Muskum † - Muzuk
- Formerly Spoken in: Chad
Māori – te Reo Māori
Nagumi † - Gong or Ngong
- Formerly Spoken in: Cameroon
Nahuatl - Māsēwallahtōlli, Mexicano, or Nāhuatlahtōlli
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
Nuosu - ꆈꌠ꒿
- Spoken in: China
Nyangia - Nyang'i
- Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda
Occidental - Interlingue
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
Old Church Slavonic † - Словѣ́ньскъ Ѩзꙑ́къ or ⰔⰎⰀⰂⰑⰐⰊⰍ
- Formerly Spoken in: Eastern Europe
Old English † - Anglisc, Ænglisc, Englisc, or ᚫᛝᛚᛁᛋᚻ
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
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
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
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
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
Scottish Gaelic - Gàidhlig
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
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
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
Sotho - Sesotho
- Official Language in: Lesotho
and South Africa
Spanish - Español
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
- Recognised as a minority language in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Ukraine
Yoruba - Yorùbá Yue - 粵語, 粤语, 廣東話, or 广东话 Zhuang - Vahcuengh Zulu – Zulu Äynu - Aini
† = Extinct Language
Alphabets and Scripts
'Phags-pa † - ꡖꡍꡂꡛ ꡌ
- Formerly Used in: the People's Republic of China
, the Republic of India
, Mongolia
, and Greater Tibet
Abkhaz - Aҧсшәа
- Used in: the Republic of Abkhazia
and the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia
Anglo-Saxon - ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ
- Formerly Used in: Anglo-Saxon England
Armenian Alphabet - Հայկական Այբուբեն
- Used in: the Republic of Armenia
, the Republic of Cyprus
, the Islamic Republic of Iran
, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
, the Republic of Poland
, Romania
, and the United States of America
Avestan - 𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥
- Spoken on: the Eastern Iranian Plateau
Bopomofo - ㄓㄨˋ ㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄠˋ
- Used in: the People's Republic of China
Borama - 𐒄𐒋𐒦𐒩𐒗𐒓
- Used in: the Federal Republic of Somalia
Carian - 𐊴𐊠𐊥𐊹𐊠𐊵
- Formerly Uesd in: Western Anatolia
Deseret - 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻
- The Deseret alphabet is a Mormon liturgical script
Glagolitic † - ⰍⱛⰓⰊⰎⰎⰑⰂⱄⰜⰀ or Кѷрїлловица
- Formerly Used by: the Middle Age-Slavic People
Hanunó'o - ᜱᜨᜳᜨᜳᜢ
- Used in: Mindoro, Philippines
Kayah Li - ꤊꤢꤛꤢꤟ ꤜꤤ
- Used in: the Kayah, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Kulitan -
- Used in: Central Luzon, Philippines
N'Ko - ߒߞߏ
- Used in: Western Africa
Osmanya - 𐒋𐒘𐒈𐒑𐒛𐒒𐒕𐒀
- Used in: the Federal Republic of Somalia
Runic † - ᚱᚢᚾᛁᚲ
- Formerly Used by: 2nd Century Germanics
Shavian - 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯
- Invented by Ronald Kingsley Read
as an alternative phoenetic alphabet to the English language.
Siddhaṃ -
- Used in: Southern Asia
Tagbanwa - ᝦᝪᝨᝯ
- Used in: Palawan, Philippines
Tai Tham - ᨲ᩠ᩅᩫᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ
- Used in: Southeast Asia
† = Extinct Alphabet or Script
Dialects
ǂAkhoe - ǂAkhoe Haiǁom
- Spoken in: Angola
, Botswana
, Namibia
, and South Africa
Amoy - 廈門話 or 厦门话
Fuzhou - 平話 or 福州話
- Spoken in: East Asia
Hazāragī - هزارگی
- Spoken in: Afghanistan
, Iran
, and Pakistan
Kwanyama - Oshikwanyama
Hokkien - 福佬話
- Spoken in: the southern area of the Chinese province of Fujian
, Taiwan
, and in Southeast Asia
Monégasque - Munegascu
- Spoken in: Monaco
Ningbo - 寧波閒話
- Spoken in: the Chinese sub-provincial division of Ningbo
Pothohari - پوٹھوهاری or پوٹھواری
- Spoken in: the Pakistani state of Azad Kashmir
Quanzhou - 泉州話
Saraiki - سرائیکی, ਸਰਾਇਕੀ, सराइकी
- Spoken in: the Pakistani province of Bahawalpur South Punjab
Seroa † - ǃGãǃne, ǁKuǁe
- Formerly Spoken in: Lesotho
and South Africa
- (Seroa is a "click language".)
Teochew - 潮州話
- Spoken by: the Chinese Teochew people
† = Extinct Dialect
Required Fonts
The following fonts must be downloaded to view all the languages:
- To view Avestan - Ahuramzda
- To view Balinese - Aksara Bali
- To view Buhid - Code2000
- To view Burmese Script - Padauk
- To view Carian - http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/Aegean.ttf
- To view Coptic - MPH 2B Damase
- To view Deseret - Code2001
- To view Glagolitic - FreeSerif
- To view Hanunó'o - FreeSerif
- To view Kayah Li - Code2000
- To view Limbu - Namdhinggo SIL
- To view Lisu - Quivira
- To view Lontara - MPH 2B Damase
- To view Northern Thai - Lanna Alif
- To view Saurashtra - Sourashtra
- To view Shan - Padauk
- To view Sundanese - Sundanese Unicode
- To vew Tagalog (in the Baybayin script) - Tagalog Doctrina 1593
- To view Tagbanwa - Tagbanwa
- To view Tai Lü - Dai Banna SIL Book
- To view Tai Tham - Lanna Alif
If you want to see all languages then you have to download these which is required (if you want to see all languages)