List of language names
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This article is a resource of the native names of most of the major languages in the world. These are endonymic glossonyms.
Languages
[edit source]† = Extinct language
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[edit source]ꞌAreꞌare – Areare
- Spoken in: southern Malaita, Solomon Islands
ʼAuhelawa – Kurada
- Spoken in: Nuakata Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
ʼOle – ʼOlekha
- Spoken in: Bhutan
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[edit source]Aari – አፋን፡ኣሪ፡
- Spoken in: Ethiopia
Aasáx † – Aasá
- Formerly spoken in: Tanzania
Abadi – Abadi
- Spoken in: Central Province, Papua New Guinea
Abau – Abau
- Spoken in: Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Abaza – Aбаза бызшва
Abellen – Ayta Abellen
- Spoken in: Tarlac, Philippines
Abenaki † – Alnôba, Wôbanakiôdwawôgan
- Formerly spoken by: the American/Canadian Abenaki Tribe
Abidji – Enyembe lɛɛ Ogbru
- Spoken in: Ivory Coast
Abinomn – Avinomen, Foya, Foja
- Spoken in: Mamberamo Raya Regency, Papua, Indonesia
Abkhaz – Aҧсуа бызшәа, Aҧсшәа
- Official language in: Abkhazia and the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia
Aborlan Tagbanwa – tabanawa
- Spoken in: Palawan, Philippines
Abua – Abuan
- Spoken in: Rivers State, Nigeria
Abui – Abui
- Spoken in: Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Abun – Abun
- Spoken in: Southwest Papua, Indonesia
Abure – ɔbule ɔyʋɛ
- Spoken in: Ivory Coast
Abureni – Mini
- Spoken in: Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Acatepec Me’phaa – Meꞌpa̱a̱ Wíꞌi̱i̱n
Acehnese – Aceh or Bahsa Acèh
Achagua – Achawa
- Spoken in: Meta Department, Colombia
Achang – Mönghsa, ŋa˨˩ʈʂhaŋ˨˩
Achi – achi'
Acholi – Leb Acholi
- Spoken in: Uganda and South Sudan
Achuar-Shiwiar – Achuár chícham
Achumawi † – Achomawi or Ajúmmááwí
- Formerly spoken in: California, United States
Adai † – Tenánat Hadéyas
- Formerly spoken in: Louisiana, United States
Adang – Adang, Alor
- Spoken in: Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Adangbe – Adangbe
- Spoken in: Togo
Adangme – Adangbɛ
Adara – Ànda
- Spoken in: Nigeria
Adele – Gidire
Adi – Adi, ཨདི
- Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India and Tibet, China
Adioukrou – mɔjukru
- Spoken in: Ivory Coast
Adja – Adja or Ajagbe
Adnyamathanha – Yura Ngawarla
- Spoken in: South Australia, Australia
Adyghe – Адыгабзэ
Adzera – Adzera
- Spoken in: Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Afade – afaë
Afar – Qafar af
Afghan Sign Language – زبان اشاره افغانستانی
- Signed in: Afghanistan
Afrihili – El-Afrihili
- Proposed lingua franca of Africa
Afrikaans – Afrikaans
Aghem – aghím
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Aghul – агъул чӀал
Aguacateco – awakateko
- Spoken in: Guatemala
Aguaruna – Awajún
- Spoken in: Peru
Ahirani – खान्देशी, अहिराणी
- Spoken in: Maharashtra, India
A-Hmao – ad Hmaob lul, A-hmaos
Ahom † – 𑜁𑜪𑜨 𑜄𑜩 𑜒𑜑𑜪𑜨, 𑜁𑜨𑜉𑜫 𑜄𑜩 𑜒𑜑𑜪𑜨
Ahtna – Atnakenaege
Aikanã – Tubarão, Huari
Aimaq – ايماق
- Spoken in: Afghanistan
Ainu – アイヌ イタク, Aynu Itak
Air Tamajeq – Tayərt, ⵜⵢⵔⵜ, تَایِیرْتْ
- Spoken in: Aïr Mountains, Agadez Region, Niger
Aiton – ဢႝတွꩫ်
Äiwoo – ?
- Spoken in: Temotu, Solomon Islands
Ajië – A’jie, Ajië, Houailou, Wai, Wailu
Aka-Jeru – Akajeru, Jeru, Yerawa
- Spoken in: Andaman Islands, India
Akan – Akan, Fante, Twi
- Official language in: Ghanaian/Ivoirian
ethnic region of Akanland
Akatek – Kuti', q'anub'al'
Akawaio – Kapon
Akebu – Kǝkpǝǝ-kǝ
- Spoken in: Togo
Akei – Akei
Akeu – Gaolkheel
Akha – Aˬ khaˬ dawˬ
Akhvakh – Ашвaлъи мицIи
- Spoken in: Southern Dagestan, Russia and Northern Azerbaijan
Akkadian † – akkadû or 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑
- Formerly an Official language in: Akkad or central Mesopotamia which is modern-day Iraq
- Later it became a lingua franca in the Middle East and Egypt
Aklanon – Akeanon, Binisaya nga Akeanon or Inakeanon
Akoose – Akɔ́ɔ̄sē
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Akoye – Akoye
- Spoken in: Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Akum – aakuem
Alago – Alago
- Spoken in: Nigeria
Alabama – Albaamaha
- Spoken in: Texas, United States, formerly Oklahoma, United States
Alas – Batak Alas
- Spoken by: the Alas, Kluet, and Singkil people of North Sumatra, Indonesia
Alawa – Kallana, Leealowa
- Spoken in: Northern Territory, Australia
Albanian – Shqip, Shqiptar
- Official language in: Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, and North Macedonia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Croatia, Italy, Romania, and Serbia
Albanian Sign Language – Gjuha e Shqipe e Shenjave
- Signed in: Albania
Aleut – Unangam Tunuu, Унáҥам Тунý
- Official language in: Alaska, United States
- Spoken in: Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Algerian Arabic – الدارجة الجزائرية
- Spoken in: Algeria
Algerian Saharan Arabic – dŷazāri' or جزائري
- Spoken in: Algeria, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, and Western Sahara
Algerian Sign Language – لغة الإشارة الجزائرية, ⵜⵓⵜⵍⴰⵢⵜ ⵜⴰⴷⵓⴳⴰⵎⵜ ⵏ ⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔ
- Signed in: Algeria
Algonquin – ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ or anicinâbemowin
Alladian – Alladian
- Spoken in: Ivory Coast
Aloápam Zapotec – tizha'
Alsatian – Elsässisch, Elsässerditsch
Altai (Northern) – Алтай тили
- Spoken in: Altai Krai, Russia
Altai (Southern) – Алтай тил
- Spoken in: Altai Republic, Russia
Alur – Lur
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda
Alutiiq – Sugt’stun, Alutiit’stun
Alyutor – nəməlʔu
- Spoken in: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Amahuaca – Yora
Amami – 島口, シマユムタ
- Spoken in: Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Amarakaeri – Aratbuten hua’a
- Spoken in: Peru
Amba – Kwamba
- Spoken in: Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ambonese Malay – Bahasa Malayu Ambon
Amdang – Sìmí Amdangtí
- Spoken in: the Wadi Fira Region, Chad
American Sign Language – American Sign Language
- Signed in: the United States of America and Canada
Amharic – ኣማርኛ
Amis – 'Amis or Pangcah
- Spoken in: Taiwan
Amo – Timap
- Spoken in: Nigeria
Amri – Amri Karbi
Ana Dogon – Ana Tiŋa
- Spoken in: Mali
Anaang – Anaañ
- Spoken in: Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Ancash Quechua – qichwa, nuna shimi
Ancient Egyptian † – 𓂋𓏺𓈖 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖
- Formerly spoken in: Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greek † – Ἑλληνική
- Formerly spoken in: much of the Mediterranean Sea (until 1453)
Andalusian Arabic † – عربية أندلسية
- Formerly spoken in: Al-Andalus (modern-day Spain and Portugal)
- Spoken in: the Andaman Islands, India
Andi – къӀаваннаб мицӀцӀи
Andio – Andio
- Spoken in: Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Anêm – ?
- Spoken in: West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
Anfillo – Mao
- Spoken in: Ethiopia
Angaatiha – Aŋaataha
- Spoken in: Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Angal – Angal Heneng
- Spoken in: Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Angami – Tenyidie
Angika – अंगिका
- Official language in: Jharkhand, India
- Spoken in: Nepal
Angkola – Batak Angkola
- Spoken by: the Angkola people of North Sumatra, Indonesia
Anglo-Norman † – Anglo-Normaund
- Formerly spoken in: the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
Angloromani – Pogadi Chib
- Spoken in: the United Kingdom
Angolar Creole – n'golá
- Spoken in: São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Spoken in: Colombia
Anii – Anii
- Recognised Minority Language in: Benin and Togo
Anindilyakwa – Amamalya Ayakwa
- Spoken in: Northern Territory, Australia
Anjam – Anjam
- Spoken in: Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Annobonese Creole – Fa d'Ambu, Fá d'Ambô
- Spoken in: Annobón, Equatorial Guinea
Ansus – ?
- Spoken in: Yapen Islands Regency, Papua, Indonesia
Antiguan and Barbudan Creole – Aanteegan an' Baabyuudan / raa bak
- Spoken in: Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Dominica, Montserrat, and Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antillean Creole – kreyòl, kréyòl, kréyol, kwéyòl, patois, patwa
- Spoken in: the French Antilles (esp. Guadeloupe, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Haiti, and Trinidad and Tobago
Anuak – Dha Anywaa
- Spoken in: Ethiopia and South Sudan
Anufo – Anufɔ
Anuki – Anuki
- Spoken in: Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Anyin – Anyin
- Spoken in: Ivory Coast and Ghana
Ao Naga – Ao Naga
A'ou – ?
Apache – Ndéé
- Spoken in: Southwestern United States
Apalachee † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Florida, United States
Apinayé – Panhĩ kapẽr
Apma – Apma, Dalekte
- Spoken in: Vanuatu
Arabela – Tapweyokwaka
- Spoken in: Peru
Arabic – العربية
Aragonese – l'Aragonés
- Official language in: Aragon, Spain
Arakanese – ရက္ခိုင်ဘာသာ
- Spoken in: Rakhine State, Myanmar and Chittagong Division, Bangladesh
Araki – Soron Raki
- Spoken in: Araki Island, Vanuatu
Aramaic – ܐܪܡܝܐ
Aranese – aranés
Arapaho – Hinono'eitiit
- Spoken by: the Arapaho people, United States
- Spoken in: Mato Grosso, Brazil
Arára (Pará) – Ugorongmo
Arawak – Lokono
- Spoken in: French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela, Jamaica, and Barbados
Arbëreshë Albanian – Arbërisht, Tarbrisht
- Spoken in: Italy
Archi – аршаттен
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit † – 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀥𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥𑀻
- Formerly spoken in: modern-day Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India
Are – Are
- Spoken in: Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Argentine Sign Language – Lengua de señas argentina
- Signed in: Argentina
Arhuaco – Iku
- Spoken in: Magdalena Department, Colombia
Arikara – Sáhniš
- Spoken in: North Dakota, United States
Arin † – bbˈirk
- Formerly spoken in: Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Armenian – Հայերեն
- Official language in: Armenia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Poland, Romania, Samtskhe–Javakheti (Georgia, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey, Ukraine, and California (United States)
Armenian Sign Language – Հայերեն ժեստերի լեզու
- Signed in: Armenia
Aromanian – Aromanian
Arop-Lukep – Tolokiwa
- Spoken in: the provinces of Madang, Papua New Guinea
Arpitan – arpetan or francoprovençâl
- Spoken in: France and Switzerland
- Recognised Minority Language in: Italy
Arrernte – Arrernte Angkentye
- Spoken in: Northern Territory, Australia
Arvanitika – arbërisht or αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ
- Spoken in: Greece
Asaro’o – Asarɨ’o
- Spoken in: Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Asháninka – Asháninka
- Spoken in: Peru
Assamese – অসমীয়া
- Official language in: Assam, India
- Spoken in: Bhutan, Bangladesh, and India
Assiniboine – Nakhóda
- Spoken in: Canada and the United States
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic – ܣܘܪܝܬ
Asturian – Asturianu
Atatláhuca–San Miguel Mixtec – ?
Atayal – Tayal
- Spoken in: Taiwan
Atikamekw – Nēhinawēwin
Atong – A’tong, A.tong, Atong
Attapady Kurumba – അട്ടപ്പാടി കുറുംബ
- Spoken in: India
Attié – -Atshe
- Spoken in: Ivory Coast
Auregnais † – Auregnais
- Formerly spoken in: Alderney, a part of Guernsey, the United Kingdom
Auslan – Auslan, Australian Sign Language
Austral – Reo Tuha‘a pae
- Spoken in: Austral Islands, France
Australian Kriol – Kriol
- Spoken in: Northern Territory, Western Australia, Australia
Austrian Sign Language – Österreichische Gebärdensprache
- Signed in: Austria
Auye-Dao – Auwje, Maniwo, Moi, Moi-Wadea
- Spoken in: Central Papua, Indonesia
Avar – авар мацӏ, اوار ماض, магӏарул мацӏ, ماعارۇل ماض
- Official language in: Dagestan, Russia
- Spoken in: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Turkey
Avatime – Sideme
- Spoken in: Ghana
Avestan – 𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥
- Formerly spoken in: the eastern Iranian Plateau
- The Avestan language is a Zoroastrian liturgical language

Avikam – Avikam
- Spoken in: Ivory Coast
Avokaya – Ãvõkáyã
- Spoken in: South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Awa Pit – Awa Pit
Awadhi – अवधी
- Spoken in: India
Awak – Yěbù
- Spoken in: Adamawa State, Nigeria
Aweer – Boni
- Spoken in: Kenya
Awing – Mbɨ̂wiŋə
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Awijilah – Tawjilit, طاوجيليت or ⵟⴰⵡⵊⵉⵍⵉⵜ
- Spoken in: Libya
Awngi – አውጚ
- Spoken in: the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia
Ayapaneco – Ayapaneco
Aymara – Aymar Aru
- Spoken by: the Aymara people, Chile, and Peru
Äynu – ئەينۇ
- Spoken in: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
Azerbaijani – Azərbaycanca
- Official language in: Azerbaijan, Russia
- Spoken in: Iran, Turkey and Georgia
Azerbaijani Sign Language – Azərbaycan işarət dili
- Signed in: Azerbaijan
Azoyu Me'phaa – me̱'pha̱a̱ tsíndíí
B
[edit source]Baatonum – baatɔnum
Baba Malay – Peranakan
- Spoken in: Singapore
Babanki – Ga’a-Kejom
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Babine – Witsuwit’en, ᗔᙣᗔᗥᐣ
- Spoken in: British Columbia in Canada
Bada – Bádá'
- Spoken in: Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Badaga – படக, ಬಡಗ, ബഡഗ
- Spoken in: Tamil Nadu, India
Baduy – ?
Bafia – Rikpa
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Bafut – Bɨfɨɨ̀
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Baga † – Barka
- Formerly spoken in: Guinea
Bagheli – बघेली
- Spoken in: Madhya Pradesh, India
Bagirmi – Ɓarma
- Spoken in: Chad
Bagri – बागड़ी
Bagvalal – багвалал мисӀсӀ
Bahamian Creole – Bahamian
- Spoken in: Bahamas
Bahnar – Bahnar
- Spoken in: Vietnam
Bahrani Arabic – العربية البحرانية
- Spoken in: Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
Bai – Baip‧ngvp‧zix
- Spoken in: Yunnan Province, China
Bajan Creole – Bajan
- Spoken in: Barbados
Bajjika – बज्जिका
Baka – Tara Baká
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan
Baka (Cameroon) – Baka
Baki – Baki
- Spoken in: Vanuatu
Balaibalan – باليبلن
- Early constructed language from the 14th-16th century Middle East
Balanta – Fraase
- Spoken in: Guinea-Bissau
Balantak – Wurung Balantak
- Spoken in: Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Bali – Abaali, Maya
- Spoken in: Taraba State, Nigeria
Bali (Congo) – Dhibalí
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Balinese – ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ
Balkan Gagauz Turkish – Rumeli Türkçesi
Balkan Romani – Balkaniko Romanes
- Spoken in: the Balkans
Balochi – بلۏچی
- Spoken in: Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan
Balti – སྦལ་ཏིའི་སྐད་, بلتی
Baltic Romani – ?
Bambara – Bamanankan
Bamileke – Bamiléké
- Spoken in: the Western High Plateau, Cameroon
Bamun – Shüpamom
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Banaban † – ?
Banda – ?
- Spoken in: the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan
Bangala – Mɔnɔkɔ na bangála
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Banggai – Banggai
- Spoken in: Banggai Archipelago, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Bangime – Baŋgɛri-mɛ
- Spoken in: Mali
Bangka Malay – Bahasa Bangka
- Spoken in: the island of Bangka, in the Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia
Bangwinji – Bangjinge
- Spoken in: Balanga, Billiri, and Kaltungo, Bauchi State, Nigeria
Banjarese – basa Banjar, jaku Banjar, باس بنجر
Bantawa – बान्तावा
- Official language in: Sikkim, India and Koshi Province, Nepal
Baoulé – wawle
- Spoken in: Ivory Coast
Baram – Baraamu
- Spoken in: Nepal
Barasana-Eduria – Taiwano, Jãnerã - Eduria Oca
- Spoken in: Vaupés Department, Colombia
Barein – Barayin
- Spoken in: Southern Chad
Bari – Bari
- Spoken in: South Sudan
- Spoken in: Casanare Department, Colombia
Basa – Rubassa
- Spoken in: Kogi State, Plateau State, Abuja, and Benue State, Nigeria
Basaa – ɓasaá, ɓàsàa
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Basap – ?
- Spoken in: East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Basa-Gumna † – Basa-Kaduna, Basa Kuta
- Formerly spoken in: Chanchaga, Niger State, Nigeria
Bashkir – башҡорт Теле, Başqort Tele
Basketo – ባስኬ፟ት
- Spoken in: the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
Basque – Euskara
- Official language in: Basque Country, Spain
- Spoken in the French Basque Country, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, but with no legal status.
Bassa – Ɓǎsɔ́ɔ̀ (𖫢𖫧𖫳𖫒𖫨𖫰𖫨𖫱)
- Spoken by: Bassa people of Liberia and Sierra Leone
Batak – Batak
- Spoken in: Northern Palawan, the Philippines
- Note: Not to be confused with the Batak languages of North Sumatra, Indonesia
Batak Karo – Cakap Karo
- Spoken by: the Karo of North Sumatra, Indonesia
Batak Mandailing – Saro Mandailing
- Spoken by: the Mandailing of North Sumatra, Indonesia
Batak Simalungun – Sahap Simalungun
- Spoken by: the Simalungun of North Sumatra, Indonesia
Batak Toba – Hata Batak Toba, ᯂᯖ ᯅᯖᯂ᯲ ᯖᯬᯅ
- Spoken by: the Toba of North Sumatra, Indonesia
Baṭḥari – Bəṭaḥrēt
- Spoken in: Oman
Bats – ბაცბა მოტტ
- Spoken in: Georgia
Bavarian – Boarisch, Boirisch
- Spoken in: Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol in Italy
Bayot – Jola Bayote
- Spoken in: Senegal and Guinea-Bissau
Beaver – Dane-zaa Ẕáágéʔ (ᑕᓀᖚ ᖚᗀᐥ)
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Bedik – Ménik
- Spoken in: Senegal
Behoa – básá Behóá
- Spoken in: Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Beja – Bidhaawyeet, Tubdhaawi, تُبڈاوِ
- Recognised Minority Language in: Egypt, Eritrea and Sudan
Belarusian – Беларуская
Belizean Creole – Belize Kriol, Kriol
- Spoken in: Belize
Bemba – iciBemba
Bena – Kibena
- Spoken in: Tanzania
Bench – Benc’non
- Spoken in: the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
Bengali – বাংলা
- Official language in: Bangladesh and India
Beothuk † – Beothuk
- Formerly spoken in: the island of Newfoundland, Canada
Berber – Tamaziɣt, Tamazight, or ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ
- Spoken in: Northern Africa
Berom – Cèn Bèrom or Lêm Bèrom
- Spoken in: Plateau State, Nigeria
Berta – Gebeto or Wetawit
- Spoken in: the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia
Betawi – Basè Betawi, Basa Betawi
- Spoken in: Jakarta, Tangerang City, Tangerang Regency, South Tangerang City in Banten, Bekasi City, Bekasi Regency, Bogor Regency, Depok City in West Java, Indonesia
Bezhta – бежкьалас миц
Bhadrawahi – भद्रवाही
- Spoken in: Jammu and Kashmir, India
Bhele – Kipiri, eBhele
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bhilali – ?
- Spoken in: India
Bhili – भीली, ભીલી
- Spoken in: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, India
Bhojpuri – 𑂦𑂷𑂔𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂲, भोजपुरी, بھوجپوري
- Spoken in: Bihar, India; Jharkhand, India; Uttar Pradesh, India; Guyana; Suriname; and Trinidad and Tobago
Bhumij – ভূমিজ, ଭୁମିଜ୍, भूमिज,
Biak – Wós Vyak, Wós Kovedi
- Spoken in: Biak Numfor Regency, Papua, Indonesia
Biatah Bidayuh – Biatah, Menyu dayak
Biate – Biate, Biete
Biblical Hebrew – שְֹפַת כְּנַעַן, יְהוּדִית, (לָשׁוֹן) עִבְרִית, לְשׁוֹן הַקֹּדֶשׁ
- Formerly spoken in: the Kingdom of Judah, the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) and the Hasmonean dynasty (Modern-day Israel)
- Biblical Hebrew is a Jewish liturgical language

Bidayuh Serian – Bidayŭh Bukar-Sadung
Big Nambas – V'ənen Taut
Bihari – बिहारी भाषा
Bijago – Kangaki-Kagbaaga-Kajoko Bidyogo
- Spoken in: Guinea-Bissau
Bikol – Bikol
- Spoken in: Bicol Region, Philippines
Bila – Kubila
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bilaspuri – बिलासपूरी
- Spoken in: Himachal Pradesh, India
Bilen – ብሊን
Bilua – Bilua
- Spoken in: Choiseul, the Solomon Islands
Bima – Nggahi Mbojo
- Spoken in: West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Binandere – Binandere
- Spoken in: Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
Binukid – Binukid
- Spoken in: Bukidnon, Mindanao, the Philippines
Bira – Kibira
- Spoken in: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bishnupriya Manipuri – বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী
- Spoken in: Northeast India and Bangladesh
Bisis – Bises
- Spoken in: East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Bislama – Bislama
Bissa – Bɩsa
- Spoken in: Burkina Faso, Ghana and Togo
Blackfoot – ᑯᖾᖹ, ᓱᖽᐧᖿ, Siksiká
- Spoken by: the Blackfoot Tribe of the United States and Canada
Blang – Plang
Bodo – बड़ो
Boie'nen – [bɔ̆ɪ̆ɛ̋’n̆ə̆n]
- Spoken in: Buhi, Camarines Sur of the Bicol Region of the Philippines
Bokobaru – Zogben
- Spoken in: Kwara State, Nigeria
Bola – Bakovi
- Spoken in: West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
Bole – bòo pìkkà
- Spoken in: Bauchi State, Gombe State, Yobe State and Plateau State, Nigeria
Bolivian Sign Language – Lengua de Señas Bolivianas
- Signed in: Bolivia
Boma – Kiboma
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bomu – Boomu
- Official language in: Mali
- Also spoken in: Burkina Faso
Bono – Abron
- Spoken in: Ghana and Ivory Coast
Bontoc – Bontoc
- Spoken in: Mountain Province, the Philippines
Bororo – Boe Wadáru, bataru-boe
- Spoken in: Mato Grosso, Brazil
Bosnian – Босански, Bosanski
- Official language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro
- Recognised Minority Language in: Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Serbia
Bote – बोटे
Botlikh – Буйхалъи мицIцIи
Bouyei – Haausqyaix
Brahui – براہوئی
- Spoken in: Balochistan, Pakistan
Braj Bhasha – ब्रजभाषा
- Spoken in: India
Brazilian Sign Language – Língua Brasileira de Sinais
- Signed in: Brazil and by Brazilian diaspora
Breton – Brezhoneg
Bribri – Bribri
- Spoken in: the cantons of Talamanca in Limón, and Buenos Aires in Puntarenas, both in Costa Rica
British Sign Language – British Sign Language, Breetish Sign Leid, Iaith Arwyddion Prydain, Cànan Soidhnidh Bhreatainn, Teanga Chomharthaíochta na Breataine
- Signed in: the United Kingdom
Brunei Malay – Bahasa Melayu Brunei, بهاس ملايو بروني
Bube – Bubi, Bohobé, Bube–Benga, Bobe
- Spoken in: Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon
Budu Dogon – Bunɔɡɛ
- Spoken in: Mali
Budukh – Budad mez
- Spoken in: Azerbaijan
Bugan – Pakan
Buginese – ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ
- Spoken in: South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Buglere – Buglere
- Spoken in: Eastern Panama
Bugun – Khowa
- Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India
Buhi’non Bikol – Bikol-Boînën, Boînën
- Spoken in: Buhi, Camarines Sur of the Bicol region of the Philippines
- Note: It is not to be confused with Boie’nen.
Buhid – ᝊᝓᝑᝒᝇ
- Spoken in: Mindoro, Philippines
Bukharian – בוכארי, бухорӣ, buxorī
- Spoken in: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan
Buksa – बुक्सा
- Spoken in: Uttarakhand, India
Bulgarian – български език
- Official language in: Bulgaria, and Greece
- Recognised Minority Language in: Romania, Serbia, and Ukraine
Bulgarian Sign Language – Български жестомимичен език
- Signed in: Bulgaria
Buli – Buli
- Spoken in: Ghana
Bulu – Bulu
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Bundeli – बुन्देली
- Spoken in: Madhya Pradesh, India
Bunun – Bunun
Burmese – မြန်မာစာ or မြန်မာစကား
Buru – Buru
- Spoken in: Buru Regency, Maluku, Indonesia
Burushaski – بُرُݸشَسکݵ
- Spoken in: Gilgit Division, Pakistan
Buryat – буряад хэлэн
Bussa – Mossittaata, Mossiya, ሞስሲትቷታ or ሞስሲያ
- Spoken in: Ethiopia
Bushi – Kibushi
Buu – Nubabo
- Spoken in: Cameroon
C
[edit source]C’Lela – C'Lela
- Spoken in: Niger State, Nigeria
Cabécar – Cabécar
- Spoken in: Costa Rica
Caddo † – Hasí:nay
- Formerly spoken in: Oklahoma in the United States
Cahto – Katoiana
- Spoken in: California in the United States
Cahuarano † – Cahuiawano
- Formerly spoken in: Peru
Cahuilla – Ivia
- Spoken in: the southern area of California, the United States
Cahungwarya – Cәhungwә̀ryə̀
- Spoken in: Niger State, Nigeria
Cajun French – Français cajun
- Spoken in: Louisiana, United States
Caló – Caló
Calusa † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Florida, United States
Cameroonian Pidgin English – Wes Cos, Kamtok
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Camling – चाम्लिङ
- Spoken in: Nepal
Camsá – Camëntsá
- Spoken in: Putumayo Department, Colombia
Candoshi-Shapra – Kandoazi koko
Canichana † – Canesi, Joaquiniano
- Formerly spoken in: Bolivia
Cantabrian – cántabru, montañés
- Spoken in: the Spanish autonomous communities of Cantabria and Asturias
Cantonese – 廣東話
- Official language in: Hong Kong, Macau, and Guangdong Province, China
Cape Verdean Creole – kauberdianu, kabuverdianu, kriolu, kriol
- Spoken in: Cape Verde
Cape Verdean Sign Language – Língua Gestual Caboverdiana
- Signed in: Cape Verde
Capiznon – Binisaya, Binisaya nga Capiznon, Bisaya, Capiceño
- Spoken in: Capiz, Philippines
Caquinte – Aguenquetsatsare
- Spoken in: Peru
Car – Pû
- Spoken in: the island of Car Nicobar of the Nicobar Islands of India
Carapana – Carapana
- Spoken in: Vaupés Department, Colombia, and Amazonas, Brazil
Carib – Kari'nja
- Spoken in: Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago
Caribbean Hindustani – कॅरेबियाई हिंदुस्तानी, 𑂍𑂶𑂩𑂵𑂥𑂱𑂨𑂰𑂆⸱𑂯𑂱𑂁𑂠𑂳𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂰𑂢𑂲, کَیریبئائی ہندوستانی
- Spoken in: Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago
Carijona – Tsahá
- Spoken in: Colombia
Carolina Algonquian † – Pamlico
- Formerly spoken in: North Carolina, the United States
Carolinian – Refaluwasch
Carrier – ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Carrier (Southern) – ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Catalan – Català
- Official language in: Andorra, Spain
- Recognised Minority Language in: Pyrénées-Orientales, Italy, Spain
Catalan Sign Language – Llengua de signes catalana
Catawba – Katapa
- Spoken in: South Carolina in the United States
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 and Mindanao, Philippines
Cèmuhî – Cemuhî, Cèmuhî
- Spoken in: New Caledonia
Central Alaskan Yupʼik – Yugtun, Cugtun
- Official language in: Alaska, the United States
Central Bikol – Bikol Sentral
- Spoken in: Bicol Region, the Philippines
Central Dusun – Boros Dusun
Central Nahuatl – ?
Central Nicobarese – Mūöt
- Spoken in: the Nicobar Islands, India
Central Sama – Sinama
- Spoken in: Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga City and Basilan, the Philippines, Malaysia
Central Siberian Yupik – Yupigestun, Akuzipigestun, Юпик
Central Tarahumara – Ralámuli raꞌíchala
Central Tunebo – Uw Cuwa
- Spoken in: Boyacá Department, Colombia, Venezuela
Central Yambasa – Nuasua, Nuaswa
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Central ǃKung – ǃXun
- Spoken in: Grootfontein, Namibia
Chachi – Cha'Palaa
Chadian Arabic – لهجة تشادية
- Spoken in: Chad
Chagatai † – چغتای
- Formerly spoken in: Central Asia
Chagossian Creole – kreol Ilwa
- Official language in: the self-declared Chagossian Government
Chakma – 𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 𑄞𑄌𑄴
- Spoken in: Chittagong Hill Tracts and CADC, Bangladesh, Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, and Assam, India, Myanmar
Chalcatongo Mixtec – Chalcatongo
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic – ܟܠܕܝܐ
- Spoken by: Assyrians in the Assyrian homeland and globally by diaspora
Cham – ꨌꩌ
Chamalal – чамалалдуб мичӏчӏ
Chamorro – Chamoru, Fino'Chamorro
- Official language in: Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
Chaná – Lanték Yañá
- Spoken in: Entre Ríos, Argentina and formerly Uruguay
Charrúa † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Uruguay
Chavacano – Chabacano
- Regional language in: the Philippines
Chechen – Нохчийн Mотт
Chemakum † – Aqoʞúlo
- Formerly spoken in: the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, the United States
Chenchu – చెంచు
- Spoken in: the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India
Chepang – चेपाङ, च्योःबाङ् भासा
- Spoken in: Nepal
Cherokee – ᏣᎳᎩ, ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ, Tsalagi, Tsalagi Gawonihisdi
- Official language in: the Cherokee Nation, United States
- Recognised Minority Language in: Alabama, Florida , Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, all in the United States
Chewa – Nyanja
- Official language in: Malawi and Zambia
Cheyenne – Tsėhesenėstsestotse, Tsisinstsistots
- Spoken in: Montana, United States
Chhattisgarhi – छत्तीसगढ़ी
- Spoken in: Chhattisgarh, India
Chibcha † – Muysc cubun
- Formerly spoken in: Colombia
Chichimeca Jonaz – Úza’
- Spoken in: Guanajuato, Mexico
Chickasaw – Chikasha
- Spoken in: Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma, United States
Chilcotin – Tŝinlhqutʼin
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Chilean Sign Language – Lengua de Señas Chilena
- Signed in: Chile
Chinese – 汉语, 漢語, 华语, 華語, or 中文
- Official language in: China; Singapore; Taiwan; Wa State in Myanmar and the United Nations
- Recognised Minority Language in: Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, the United States, and even more
Chinese Sign Language – 中国手语
- Signed in: China
Chinook Jargon – Chinuk Wawa
- Spoken in: the United States and Canada
Chipaya – Chipaya
Chipewyan – ᑌᓀᓲᒢᕄᓀ, Dene Suline, Dëne Sųłiné
- Spoken in: Northwest Territories, Canada
Chippewa – Anishinaabemowin, ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ
- Spoken in: Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota, the United States
Chiquitano – ?
- Official language in: Bolivia
- Also spoken in: Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Chiru – चीरू
Chitkuli Kinnauri – चित्कुली किन्नौरी
- Spoken in: Himachal Pradesh, India
Chitonga – ChiTonga
Chittagonian – চাটগাঁইয়া বুলি
- Spoken in: Bangladesh
Chocangaca – ཁྱོ་ཅ་ང་ཅ་ཁ་
- Spoken in: Bhutan
Choctaw – Chahta', Chahta Anumpa
- Spoken in: Choctaw Nation, Oklahoma, United States
Chokwe – Ucôkwe
- Official language in: Angola
- Spoken in: Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia
Chʼol – Lakty'añ
Chontal Maya – Yokotʼan
Chopi – Chichopi
- Spoken in: Mozambique
Chʼortiʼ – čorti'
- Spoken in: Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador
Chrau – Chrau
- Spoken in: Vietnam
Chru – Chru
- Spoken in: Vietnam
Chug – Duhumbi
- Spoken in: West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh in India
Chuj – Koti'
Chukchi – чаучу
- Spoken in: Russia in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chulym – Ось тили, тадар тили
- Spoken in: Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Chung – Cung
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Churahi – चुराही
- Spoken in: Himachal Pradesh, India
Church Slavonic – Црькъвьнословѣ́ньскъ ѩꙁꙑ́къ, Церковнославѧ́нскїй Ѧ҆зы́къ, ⱌⱃⰽⰲⰰⱀⱁⱄⰾⱁⰲⱑⱀⱄⰽⱜ ⰵⰸⰻⰽⱜ, ⱌⰹⱃⱏⰽⱏⰲⱏⱀⱁⱄⰾⱁⰲⱑⱀⱐⱄⰽⱏⰹ ⱗⰸⱏⰻⰽⱏ
- Church Slavonic is a liturgical language used by the Eastern Orthodox Church

Chuukese – Chuuk
Chuvash – Чӑвашла, Çăvaşla
Chuwabu – Echuwabo
- Spoken in: Central Mozambique
Cia-Cia – Bahasa Ciacia, 바하사 찌아찌아, بهاس چيا-چيا
- Spoken in: Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Cimbrian – Zimbrisch
- Spoken in: Italy
Citak – Kau Atakum
- Spoken in: South Papua, Indonesia
Classical Arabic – العربية الفصحى
- Formerly spoken in: Early Islamic Caliphates
- Classical Arabic is a liturgical language of Islam

Classical Armenian † – գրաբար
- Formerly spoken in: the Armenian highlands
Classical Chinese – 古文 or 文言
- Literary language used in: China, Taiwan, Vietnam, North Korea, South Korea, and Japan
Classical Japanese † – 文語
- Formerly spoken in: Japan
Classical Mandaic – ࡋࡉࡔࡀࡍࡀ ࡖ ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀࡉࡉࡀ
- Spoken in: Iraq and Iran
- The Mandaic language is a liturgical language of Mandaeism

Classical Mongolian † – ?
Classical Nahuatl † – Nāhuatlāhtōlli
- Formerly spoken in: Aztec Empire
Classical Nepal Bhasa † – पुलाङु नेपाल भास
Classical Tibetan † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Greater Tibet
Coastal Kadazan – Boos Kadazan (Bo'os Kadazan)
Cochimi † – Laymón
- Formerly spoken in: Baja California, Mexico
Cocopah – Kwikapa
- Spoken in: Baja California, Mexico, the United States
Cocos Islands Malay – Basa Pulu Cocos
- Spoken in: Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia and Malaysia
Coeur d'Alene – Snchitsu’umshtsn
- Spoken in: northern Idaho, the United States
Cofán – A’ingae
Colombian Sign Language – Lengua de Señas Colombiana
- Signed in: Colombia
Columbia-Wenatchi † – nxaảmxcín
- Formerly spoken in: Washington, the United States
Comaltepec Chinantec – Jmíiˊ
Comanche – Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ
- Spoken in: Oklahoma, United States
Common Brittonic † – Brittonikā
- Formerly spoken in: Great Britain
Comorian – shikomori', شِكُمُرِ
- Official language in: Comoros
- Spoken in: Mayotte, France
Comox – Éyɂáɂjuuthem, ʔayajuθəm, q̓yʔq̓yʔɛmixʷq̓ɛnəm
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Cook Islands Māori – ‘Airani
Coptic – ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ
- The Coptic language is a Coptic liturgical language

Cora – naáyarite
Cornish – Kernewek, Kernowek
Corsican – Corsu
Costa Rican Sign Language – Lengua de señas costarricense
- Signed in: Costa Rica
Cowlitz † – ƛʼpúlmixq
- Formerly spoken in: Washington, United States
Cree – ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ
Crimean Tatar – qırımtatar tili, къырымтатар тили, قریم تاتار تلی
Croatian – Hrvatski
- Official language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Burgenland, Austria, Italy; Montenegro; Carașova, Caraș-Severin County Romania; and Lupac, Caraș-Severin County, Romania
Croatian Sign Language – Hrvatski znakovni jezik
- Signed in: Croatia
Crow – Apsáalooke aliláau
- Spoken in: Great Plains, United States
Cuban Sign Language – Lengua de señas cubana
- Signed in: Cuba
Cubeo – Pãmié
- Spoken in: Vaupés Department, Colombia, Brazil
Cuitlatec † – Uhpɨnéʔlu
Cupeño † – Kupangaxwicham Pe'me̱melki
- Formerly spoken in: the southern area of California, United States
Curripaco – Kurripako
- Spoken in: Guainía Department, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil
Cuyonon – Cuyonon
- Spoken in: Cuyo, Palawan, the Philippines
Cypriot Arabic – Σάννα, Sanna, سانا
Cypriot Sign Language – Κυπριακή Νοηματική Γλώσσα
- Signed in: Cyprus
Czech – Český jazyk, Čeština
Czech Sign Language – Český znakový jazyk
- Signed in: Czech Republic
D
[edit source]Da’a Kaili – Basa Da'a
- Spoken in: Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Daakaka – Daakaka
- Spoken in: Vanuatu
Daasanach – Af Daasanach
- Spoken in: the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia; and Kenya
Dagaare – Dagaare
- Spoken in: Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Ivory Coast
Dagbani – Dagbanli
Dagur – Даор Усуву, ᡩᠠᠣᠷ ᡠᠰᡠᠸᡠ, Daor Usuwu, ᡩᠠᠸᡠᠷ ᡴᡝᠯ, Dagur Kel
- Spoken in: Chinese province of Heilongjiang; Chinese autonomous regions of Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang
Dahalo – numma guhooni
- Spoken in: Kenya
Dair – Thaminyi or طهامينيي
- Spoken in: Sudan
Dakhini – دکنی
- Official language in: India and the United Arab Emirates
Dakota – Dakȟótiyapi
- Spoken in: Canada and the United States
Dalecarlian – Dalmål
- Spoken in: Sweden
Dalmatian † – dalmato
Daloa Bété – Bhɛtɩ Gbʋ
- Spoken in: Daloa, Ivory Coast
Damin † – Demiin
- Formerly spoken in: Queensland, Australia
Dan – Dã̀ã̀
- Spoken in: Ivory Coast, Guinea and Liberia
Dangaléat – Daŋla
- Spoken in: Chad
Danish – Dansk
- Official language in: Denmark and the Faroe Islands
- Recognised Minority Language in: Germany, Greenland, and Iceland
Danish Sign Language – Dansk tegnsprog
- Signed in: Denmark
Dano-Norwegian † – dansk-norsk
- Formerly spoken in: Denmark–Norway
Dar Daju Daju – Dajiŋge
- Spoken in: Chad
Dar Fur Daju – Bekke
Darai – दरइ
- Spoken in: Nepal
Dargwa – Дарган Mез
Dawro – Dawrotsuwa, ዳውሮꬃዋ
- Spoken in: Ethiopia
Daza – Dazaga
Dazawa – Daza
- Spoken in: Bauchi State, Nigeria
Deg – Dɛg
- Spoken in: Ghana
Deg Xinag – Deg Hitʼan
- Official language in: Alaska, the United States
Delaware – Lënapei èlixsuwakàn
- Spoken by: the Delaware people in the United States
Denaʼina – Denaʼina Qenaga, Denaʼinaqʼ
- Official language in: Alaska, the United States
Dengese – Londengese
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Deori – জিমʼচাঁয়া/দেউৰী
- Spoken in: Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India
Desia – ଦେଶିଆ
- Spoken in: some districts in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, India
Dhatki – धाटकी, ڍاٽڪي
- Spoken in: Mirpur Khas Division, Pakistan and Rajasthan, India
Dhimal – धिमाल
Dhivehi – ދިވެހި
Dhofari Arabic – ظوفري
Dhuwal – Dhay'yi
- Spoken in: Northern Territory, Australia
Digaro Mishmi – tɑ31 rɑŋ53, da31 raŋ53, tɯŋ53
- Spoken in: northeastern Arunachal Pradesh, India and Zayü County, Tibet, China
Digo – Chidigo
Dii – Ya̧g dìì
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Dilling – Warki
- Spoken in: Southern Sudan
Dimasa – Grao-Dima
Dinka – Thuɔŋjäŋ
- Spoken in: South Sudan
Djambarrpuyngu – Djampbarrpuyŋu
- Spoken in: Northern Territory, Australia
Dla – Dla
- Spoken in: Papua, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Dogri – डोगरी, 𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠮, ڈوگری
- Official language in: Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Also spoken in: other parts of India and in Pakistan
Dogrib – Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì
- Official language in: the Northwest Territories, Canada
Dolgan – Дулҕан, Dulğan, Һака, Haka
- Spoken in: Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Dom – Dom
- Spoken in: Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea
Domari – Dômarî
- Recognised Minority Language in: Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Palestine, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, and Uzbekistan
Dombe – isiTonga
- Signed in: Dominican Republic
Dong – lix Gaeml
Dongxiang – Santa
- Spoken in: Inner Mongolia, China
Doteli – डोटेली
- Official language in: Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal
- Recognised Minority Language in: Karnali Province, Nepal
Drehu – Dehu, Lifou, Lifu, Qene Drehu
Drents – Drèents
- Spoken in: Drenthe, the Netherlands
Drung – Tvrung kvt
Duala – Duala
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Duhwa – Karfa
- Spoken in: Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Duna – Yuna, Yunaya haga
- Spoken in: Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Dungan – 回族语言, Xуэйзў йүян
- Spoken by: the Central Asian Dungan people
Durkha – тyъһа тыл
- Spoken in: Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia
Duruma – Chiduruma
- Spoken in: Kwale County, Kenya
Dutch – Nederlands
- Official language in: Aruba, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sint Maarten, and Suriname
Dutch Sign Language – Nederlandse Gebarentaal
- Signed in: the Netherlands
Dutton World Speedwords – rapmotz
Dyula – Julakan
- Spoken in: Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Mali
Dza – Dzə
Dzao Min – Ba Pai
- Spoken in: China
Dzongkha – རྫོང་ཁ་
Dzùùngoo – Dzùùngoo, Kpankagooma
- Spoken in: Burkina Faso
E
[edit source]E – 誒
Early Modern English † – English
- Formerly spoken in: England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and English overseas possessions
Eastern Bru – ບຣູ້
Eastern Pwo – ဖၠုံ, ဖၠုံယှိုဝ်, ဖၠုံဘာႋသာ့ဆ်ုခၠါင်, ဖၠုံဆ်ုခၠါင်
Ebira – èbìrà
- Spoken in: Middle Belt, Nigeria
Ecclesiastical Latin – Latin
- Ecclesiastical Latin is a liturgical language used by the Catholic Church

Ecuadorian Sign Language – Lengua de señas ecuatoriana, Lengua de señas de Ecuador
- Signed in: Ecuador
Edo – Ẹ̀dó
Edolo – Edolo Ado
- Spoken in: Hela Province, Papua New Guinea
Edopi – Edopi
- Spoken in: Indonesia
Efik – Usem Efịk
- Spoken in: Cross River State, Nigeria
Eggon – onumu Eggon
- Spoken in: Kaduna State, Nigeria
Egyptian Arabic – مصرى
- Spoken in: Egypt
Egyptian Sign Language – لغة الإشارة المصرية
- Signed in: Egypt
Ejagham – Éjághám
Ekajuk – Ekajuk
- Spoken in: Cross River State, Nigeria
Ekari – Me
- Spoken in: Western Central Papua, Indonesia
Ekit – EkẸet
- Spoken in: Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Ekoka ǃKung – ǃXuun
- Spoken in: South Africa, originally also spoken in Angola
Ekpeye – ẹkpeye
- Spoken in: Rivers State, Nigeria
Elamite † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Iran
Emai-Iuleha-Ora – Kunibum, Ivbiosakon
Emberá Catío – Ẽ́bẽra Katío
- Spoken in: Antioquia Department, Colombia; and Panama
Emberá Chamí – Ẽbẽra, Ẽbẽra bed̶ea
- Spoken in: Chocó Department, Colombia
Embu – Kiembu
- Spoken in: Embu County, Kenya
Emerillon – Teko
- Spoken in: French Guiana, France
Emilian – Emigliân, emigliàn
- Spoken in: Western Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Emilian–Romagnol – emigliàn e rumagnòl
- Spoken in: primarily in Emilia-Romagna, also in Marche, Italy and San Marino
Emirati Sign Language – لغة الإشارة الإماراتية
- Signed in: United Arab Emirates
Enawene Nawe – Salumã
- Spoken in: Mato Grosso, Brazil
Ende – ?
- Spoken in: central Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Enets – Онэй база
- Spoken in: Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Enga – Enga, kanakae pii
- Spoken in: Enga, Papua New Guinea
Engenni – Ẹgẹnẹ
- Spoken in: Bayelsa State and Rivers State, Nigeria
Enggano – ?
- Spoken in: Enggano Island, Bengkulu, Indonesia
English – English
Enlhet – Enlhet
- Spoken in: Presidente Hayes, Paraguay
Enu – Ximoluo
Enxet – Énxet nempeywa
- Spoken in: Presidente Hayes, Paraguay
Eperara – epérã pedée, sía pedée
Eranadan – ഏറനാടൻ ഭാഷ, ا٘يرَناڊَن
- Spoken in: the region of Eranad in Malappuram district, Kerala, India
Eravallan – எரவல்லன்
- Spoken in: Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India
Eritrean Sign Language – Quwanquwa Mïlïkït Eritra
- Signed in: Eritrea
Erromintxela – Erromintxela
- Spoken by: the Romani in the Basque Country
Erzya – Эрзянь Kель
Esan – Ishan
- Spoken in: Nigeria
Ese – Ese
- Spoken in: Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
Ese Ejja – Eseꞌejja
- Official language in: Bolivia
- Also spoken in: Peru
Esimbi – Eshimbi
- Spoken in: Southwestern Cameroon
Esperanto – Esperanto
Estonian – Eesti
Estonian Sign Language – eesti viipekeel
- Signed in: Estonia
Eton – Ìtón
- Spoken in: Lekié, Centre Region, Cameroon
Eton (Vanuatu) – Feshan
- Spoken in: Vanuatu
Etruscan † – 𐌓𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌍𐌀
- Formerly spoken in: Central Italy
Eudeve † – Dóhmenerít
Europanto – Europanto
- Spoken in: the European Union
Even – эвэн, то̄рэ̄нни or эвэды
- Spoken in: Siberia
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 Ewe people of Ghana and Togo
Ewondo – Beti
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Extremaduran – Estremeñu
- Spoken in: Salamanca and Extremadura in Spain
Eyak – dAxhunhyuuga’, Ịyạq
- Official language in: the American state of Alaska but is extinct while it is an official language of Alaska
Ezaa – Ezaa
- Spoken in: Cross River State, Nigeria
F
[edit source]Fala – Fala, Nosa Fala
- Spoken in: Val de Xálima, Extremadura, Spain
Falam Chin – Lai ṭong
- Spoken in: Falam Township, Chin State, Myanmar
Fang – Faŋ, Paŋwe
- Recognised Minority Language in: Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, and São Tomé and Príncipe
Fang (Cameroon) – Fang
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Fante – Fante
- Spoken in: Ghana
Faroese – Føroyskt
Faroese Sign Language – Føroyskt teknmál
- Signed in: Faroe Islands
Fataleka – Fataleka
- Spoken in: the Solomon Islands
Fataluku – ?
- Spoken in: Timor-Leste
Feʼfeʼ – Ghə̀ǝ̄ fèʼéfěʼè
Fiji Hindi – फिजी बात or Fiji Baat
- Signed in: Fiji
Fijian – Na vosa vaka-Viti, Vakaviti
Filipino – Wikang Pilipino
- Official language in: the Philippines
Filipino Sign Language – Wikang pasenyas ng mga Pilipino
- Official language in: the Philippines
Fingallian † – Fingallian
Finland-Swedish Sign Language – Finlandssvenskt teckenspråk, Suomenruotsalainen viittomakieli
- Signed in: Finland
Finnish – Suomi
- Official language in: Finland and the Russian autonomous republic of Karelia; recognised as a minority language in Sweden
Finnish Kalo Romani – kaalengo tšimb
Finnish Sign Language – Suomalainen viittomakieli
- Signed in: Finland
Flemish – Vlaams
Flemish Sign Language – Vlaamse Gebarentaal
Foia Foia – Minanibai
- Spoken in: Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Fon – Fon gbè, Fɔngbè
- Spoken by: the Beninois/Nigerian Fon people
Foodo – Fóodo
Forak – Forak
- Spoken in: Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Fordata – Vaidida
Fore – Kamana
- Spoken in: Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Forest Enets – Онэй базаан
- Spoken in: Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Forest Nenets – нешаӈ вата
- Spoken in: Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Fox – Meskwakiatoweni
- Spoken by: the Meskwaki/Fox people
Frafra – Farefare
- Spoken in: Ghana and Burkina Faso
Frankish † – Frenkisk, Frankisk
- Formerly spoken in: Western Europe
French – Français
French Belgian Sign Language – Langue des signes de Belgique francophone
French Guianese Creole – Kriyòl gwiyannen
French Sign Language – Langue des signes française
- Signed in: France and Switzerland
Frisian (North) – Noordfreesk
- Official language 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
Fula – Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular
- Spoken in: West and Central Africa
Fuliiru – Kifuliiru
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda
Fur – For
Futuna-Aniwa – ?
Futunan – Faka futuna
- Spoken in: Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, France
Fuyu Kyrgyz – Fuyü Gïrgïs, Gĭrgĭs
- Spoken in: Heilongjiang, China
Fwâi – ?
- Spoken in: Northern New Caledonia
G
[edit source]Ga – Gã
Ga'dang – Gaꞌdang
- Spoken in: Mountain Province, the Philippines
Gaddang – Gaddang
- Spoken in: Nueva Viscaya and Isabela, the Philippines
Gagauz – Gagauz
Gagnoa Bété – Bhete, Bhete Gbo
- Spoken in: Gagnoa, Ivory Coast
Gahuku – Alekano
- Spoken in: Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Galela – Galelaka
- Spoken in: North Maluku, Indonesia
Galician – Galego
- Official language in: the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia
Gallo – Galo
- Recognised Minority Language in: France mainly: Brittany, Normandy
Gallurese – gadduresu
Gamit – ગામીત
Gamo – Gamoththo
- Spoken in: the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
Gan – 赣语, 贛語
Garhwali – गढ़वळि, गढ़वळि भाख
- Spoken in: Uttarakhand, India
Garifuna – Garífuna
- Recognised Minority Language in: Belize, and Guatemala
- Spoken in: Honduras, and Nicaragua
Garo – A·chikku, আ·চিক্কু
Garre – اف الخرّيي
Gaulish † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Gaul
Gawri – گاوری
- Spoken in: Behrain Tehsil, Pakistan
Gayo – Basa Gayo
Gbaya – Gbaya
- Spoken in: the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, and Cameroon
Gciriku – Gciriku, Dciriku, Rumanyo
- Spoken in: Namibia
Ge'ez – ግዕዝ
Gen – Gɛn Gbe
Georgian – ქართული
Georgian Sign Language – ქართული ჟესტური ენა
- Signed 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 Brazilian 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)
German Sign Language – Deutsche Gebärdensprache
- Signed in: Germany, Luxembourg, and the German-speaking Community of Belgium
Ghanaian Pidgin – Kru Brofo
- Spoken in: Ghana
Ghomalaʼ – Ghɔmáláʼ
- Spoken in: West Region, Cameroon
Ghomara – ?
- Spoken in: Chefchaouen Province, Morocco
Gilaki – گیلٚکی زٚوان
- Spoken in: Gilan Province, Iran
Gilbertese – Taetae ni Kiribati
Gitonga – Gitonga
- Spoken in: Mozambique
Gitxsan – Gitxsanimaax, Gitxsanimx
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Godié – ‑Gwëjewälɩ
- Spoken in: Ivory Coast
Godoberi – ГъибдилӀи Mицци, Ɣibdiƛi Micci
Gofa – Goofatho, ጎፋꬆ
- Spoken in: the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
Gogo – Wagogo
- Spoken in: Tanzania
Gokana – Gokana
- Spoken in: Nigeria
Golin – Golin ka
- Spoken in: Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea
Gondi – गोण्डि, గోణ్డి
- Spoken in: India
Gongduk – དགོང་འདུས་
- Spoken in: Bhutan
Gooniyandi – Gooniyandi
- Spoken in: Western Australia, Australia
Gorani – گۆرانی
Gorontalo – Bahasa Hulontalo
Gothic † – 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺
- Formerly spoken in: pre-18th Century Europe
Gourmanché – gùlmàncéma, mìgùlmàncéma
Gowli – गौली
- Spoken in: Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, India
Grebo – Kréébo
- Spoken in: Liberia
Greek – Ελληνικά
- Official language in: Cyprus and Greece
- Recognised Minority Language in: Albania, Armenia, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, and Ukraine
Greek Sign Language – Ελληνική νοηματική γλώσσα
- Signed in: Greece
Greenlandic – Kalaallisut
Greenlandic Sign Language – Ussersuataarneq
- Signed in: Greenland
Grenadian Creole English – Patois
- Spoken in: Grenada
Grenadian Creole French – Patwa
- Spoken in: Grenada
Gros Ventre † – 'ɔ'ɔ́ɔ́ɔ́naakíit'ɔ
- Formerly spoken in: Montana, United States
- Spoken in: Guadeloupe, as well as in Martinique
Guajajára – Ze’egete
Guaraní – Avañe'ẽ or Javy ju
- Official language in: the Argentinian province of Corrientes, Bolivia, and Paraguay
- Also spoken in: Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Guarayu – Gwarayu
Guatemalan Sign Language – Lengua de señas guatemalteco
- Signed in: Guatemala
Guayabero – Jiwjame
Guernésiais – Guernésiais
- Spoken in: Guernsey
Guerrero Amuzgo – Ñomndaa, Ñomndaa Suljaaꞌ
Guerrero Nahuatl – Nawatlajtoli
Guiberoua Bété – ʼbhɛtɩgbʋ ʼmö
- Spoken in: Guiberoua, Ivory Coast
Guinea-Bissau Creole – Ginensi, kiriol
- Spoken in: Guinea-Bissau
Guiyang Miao – Hmong
Gujarati – ગુજરાતી
- Official language in: the Indian union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and the Indian state of Gujarat
Gujari – گوجری
- Spoken in: Jammu and Kashmir, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan
Gulf Arabic – خليجي ,اللهجة الخليجية
- Spoken in: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates
Gullah – Sea Island Creole English, Geechee
- Spoken in: South Carolina, United States
Gumuz – Bega, Sa-Gumuz
- Spoken in: the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, and Sudan
Gun – gungbe
Guna – Dulegaya
Gungu – Lugungu
- Spoken in: Uganda
Guro – Golo
- Spoken in: Ivory Coast
Gurung – तमु क्यी
- Official language in: Sikkim, India
Gusii – Ekegusii
- Spoken in: Kisii County, Kenya
Gusilay – Gusiilaay
- Spoken in: Southwestern Senegal
Guyanese Creole – Creolese
- Spoken in: Guyana
Gwich'in – Gwich'in
- Official language in: the Canadian federal territory of the Northwest Territories and the American state of Alaska
Gyalrong – རྒྱལ་རོང
H
[edit source]Hachijō – 島言葉
- Spoken in: Southern Izu Islands and the Daitō Islands, Japan
Hadhrami Arabic – اللهجة الحضرمية
- Spoken in: Hadhramaut, Yemen
Hadiyya – Hadiyyisa
- Spoken in: Ethiopia
Hadza – Hazane
- Spoken in: Tanzania
Haida – Xaat Kíl
- Official language in: the Council of the Haida Nation and the US state of Alaska
Hainanese – 海南話
Haisla – X̄a'islak̓ala, X̌àh̓isl̩ak̓ala
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Haitian Creole – Kreyòl Ayisyen
Haitian Sign Language – Langue des Signes Haïtienne
- Signed in: Haiti
Hakha Chin – Laiholh
- Spoken in: Myanmar, India and Bangladesh
Hakka – 客家話, 客家话
- Spoken by: the Hakka people
Hakö – Hakö
- Spoken in: Buka Island, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Halkomelem – Halq̓eméylem, Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓, hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓
- Spoken in: Southwestern British Columbia, Canada, the United States
Hän – Häł gołan
- Official language in: Alaska, the United States
Hani – Haqniqdoq
- Spoken in: Laos, Myanmar, South China, and Vietnam
Hanunoo – Hanunó’o, ᜱᜨᜳᜨᜳᜢ
- Spoken in: Mindoro, the Philippines
Harari – ሃራሪ
- Spoken in: the Harari Region, Ethiopia
Haroi – Hơroi
- Spoken in: Southern Vietnam
Ḥarsusi – Ḥersīyet
- Spoken in: Oman
Haryanvi – हरयाणवी
Hassaniya Arabic – حسانية
- Official language in: Mali
- Recognised Minority Language in: Morocco and Senegal
- Also spoken in: Mauritania, Western Sahara, and Algeria
Hausa – حَوْسَ
- Spoken by: the Hausa people
Hawaiʻi Sign Language – ʻŌlelo Kuhi Lima Hawaiʻi
- Signed in: Hawaii, United States
Hawaiian – ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Hawaiian Pidgin – Hawaiʻi Creole English, Pidgin, ʻŌlelo Paʻi ʻAi
- Spoken in: Hawaii, United States
Hdi – Hdi
Hebrew – עברית
Hehe – Kihehe
- Spoken in: Tanzania
Heiltsuk–Oowekyala – Híɫzaqv, ’Wuik̓ala
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Hejazi Arabic – حجازي ,اللهجة الحجازية
- Spoken in: Saudi Arabia
Hember Avu – Aregerek, Musar
- Spoken in: Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Herero – Otjiherero
Hidatsa – hiraaciré’
- Spoken in: North Dakota, Montana, the United States
Hiligaynon – Ilonggo
- Spoken in: the provinces of Iloilo and in Negros Occidental in the Philippines
Hill Mari – Мары йӹлмӹ
Himarimã – Hi-Merima
Himba – Omuhimba, Simba
- Spoken in: Gabon
Hindi – हिन्दी
Hindustani – ہندوستانی, हिन्दुस्तानी
Hinuq – гьинузас мец
Hiri Motu – Hiri Motu
Hittite † – 𒌷𒉌𒅆𒇷, nešili
Hixkaryana – Hixkaryána
- Spoken in: Brazil
Hlai – ?
Hmong – lol Hmongb, lus Hmoob, lug Moob, 𖬌𖬣𖬵
- Spoken in: China, French Guiana, Thailand, United States, Vietnam, and Australia
Hmu – hveb Hmub
Ho – 𑢹𑣉𑣉 𑣎𑣋𑣜, हो जगर, ହୋ ଜାଗାର, হো জাগার
Ho-Chunk – Hoocą́k hoit'éra
- Spoken in: Nebraska, United States
Hobyót – Weyheybyot
Hodï – Jojodö tjįwęnę
- Spoken in: central Venezuela
Hoia Hoia – Hoyahoya
- Spoken in: Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Holikachuk – Doogh Qinag
- Official language in: Alaska, the United States
Honduran Sign Language – Lengua de señas hondureña
- Signed in: Honduras
Hong Kong Sign Language – 香港手語
Hopi – Hopilàvayi or Hopílavayi
- Spoken in: the northeastern area of Arizona, United States
Hruso – Aka, Angka(e)
- Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India
Huambisa – Wampís
- Spoken in: Peru
Huastec – Téenek
- Spoken in: San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Huasteca Nahuatl – Mexkatl
Huave – Ombeayiiüts, Umbeyajts
Huaylas Quechua – Nunashimi, Qichwa
- Spoken in: the Callejón de Huaylas and in the western slope of the Cordillera Negra, Peru
Huichol – Wixárika, Wixárika Niukiyari
Huilliche – Huillichesungun
Huishui Miao – Mhong
Huizhou – 徽州话
Hulaulá – לשנא נשן
Hungarian – Magyar
- Official language in: Hungary
- Recognised Minority Language in: Austria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine
Hungarian Sign Language – Magyar jelnyelv
- Signed in: Hungary
Hunsrik – Hunsrik, Hunsrückisch or Hunsrickisch
- Official language in: the Brazilian municipalities of Antônio Carlos and São João do Oeste in Santa Catarina, and Santa Maria do Herval in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Hunzib – гьонкьос мыц
Hupa † – Na꞉tinixwe Mixine꞉wheʼ
- Formerly spoken in: California, United States
Hutterite German – Hutterisch
- Spoken by: Hutterites in Canada and the United States
Hyam – Jaba
- Spoken in: Kaduna State, Nigeria
I
[edit source]Iaai – ?
Iatê – Yaa:thê
- Spoken in: Pernambuco, Brazil
Iban – Jaku Iban
Ibanag – Ybanag, Ibanak
- Regional language in: the Philippines
Ibani – Ịḅanị
- Spoken in: Rivers State, Nigeria
Ibibio – Usem Ibibio
- Spoken in: Abia State, Akwa Ibom State, Rivers State and Cross River State, Nigeria
Icelandic – Íslenska
Icelandic Sign Language – Íslenskt táknmál
- Signed in: Iceland
Ido – Ido
Ifè – Ifɛ̀
Igala – Igala
- Spoken in: Nigeria
Igbo – Asụsụ Igbo
Iha – ?
- Spoken in: West Papua, Indonesia
Ik – Icetot
- Spoken in: Uganda
Ikwerre – Ikwerre
- Spoken in: Rivers State, Nigeria
Ili Turki – İlı turkeşi, И̇лı туркес̧и, ي̇لي تۋركەسي
Ilocano – Iloko, Pagsasao nga Iloko
- Official language in: the Philippine province of La Union
Ilwana – Kiwilwana
- Spoken in: Tana River District, Kenya
Imperial Aramaic † – 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀
- Formerly spoken in: Ancient Near East
Iñapari – ?
- Spoken in: Madre de Dios, Peru
Indonesian – Bahasa Indonesia
Indonesian Sign Language – Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia
- Signed in: Indonesia
Indo-Pakistani Sign Language – ?
- Signed in: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
Ingrian – ižoran keeli
Ingush – ГӀалгӀай мотт
- Official language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Ingushetia
Interlingua – Interlingua
Interlingue (Occidental) – Interlingue
Interslavic – Medžuslovjansky, Меджусловјанскы
Inuinnaqtun – ᐃᓄᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓐ
- Official language in: Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada
Inuit Sign Language – Atgangmuurngniq, ᐊᑦᒐᖕᒨᕐᖕᓂᖅ or ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᓯᖏᑦ
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
Inupiaq – Iñupiatun
- Official language in: the American state of Alaska
Inuvialuktun – Inuvialuktun
Iowa-Otoe-Missouria † – Báxoje-Jíwere-Nyútʼachi, Báxoje ich'é, Jíwere ich'é
- Formerly spoken in: Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas, United States
Ipalapa Amuzgo – Jñunda
Iraqi Arabic – اللهجة العراقية
Iraqi Sign Language – لغة الإشارة العراقية
- Signed in: Iraq
Iraqw – Kángw Iraqw
- Spoken in: Tanzania
Irish – Gaeilge
- Official language in: the Republic of Ireland
- Recognised Minority Language in: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Irish Sign Language – Teanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann
- Official language in: the Republic of Ireland
Isan – ภาษาลาว, ພາສາລາວ
Isoko – Isoko
- Spoken in: Nigeria
Israeli Sign Language – שפת הסימנים הישראלית
- Signed in: Israel
Isthmus Nahuatl – Mela'tájtol
Isthmus Zapotec – diidxazá
Istriot – Eîstrioto, Lèngua Eîstriota
- Spoken in: Istria County, Croatia
Istro-Romanian – Istroromånă
- Recognised Minority Language in: Istria County, Italy, Sweden, Germany and North America and South America
Italian – Italiano
- Official language in: the Croatian Istria County, Italy, San Marino, the Slovenian region of Slovenian Istria, Switzerland, and the Vatican City
Italian Sign Language – Lingua dei Segni Italiana
- Signed in: Italy, San Marino, and Switzerland
Itelmen – итэнмэн
- Spoken in: Kamchatka Krai in Russia
Itzaʼ – Itzaʼ
- Spoken in: Guatemala
Iu Mien – Iu Mienh
Ivatan – Chirin nu Ibatan
- Spoken in: Batanes, Philippines
Ixil – Ixhil
Izere – Izarek
- Spoken in: Kaduna State, Bauchi State, and Plateau State, Nigeria
Izon – Ịzọn
- Spoken in: Rivers State, Bayelsa State, Delta State, Ondo State, and Edo State, Nigeria
J
[edit source]Jah Hut – Jah Het
Jakaltek – Abxubal, Abꞌxubꞌal Poptiꞌ
- Spoken in: Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala, Mexico
Jalaa † – bàsàrə̀n dà jàlààbè̩
- Formerly spoken in: Nigeria
Jamaican Country Sign Language – Konchri Sain
- Signed in: Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica
Jamaican Patois – Patwa
- Spoken in: Jamaica
Jamaican Sign Language – Jamaican Sign Language
- Signed in: Jamaica
Jambi Malay – bahaso Jambi, baso Jambi, بهاس جمبي
Jamtlandic – jamska
Japanese – 日本語
Japanese Sign Language – 日本手話
- Signed in: Japan
Jarai – Tơlơi Jrai
- Spoken in: Central Highlands, Vietnam and Ratanakiri province, Cambodia
Jarawa – Aongəŋ
Jaunsari – जोनसारी
- Spoken in: Uttarakhand, India
Javanese – ꦧꦱꦗꦮ
- Spoken in: the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Java, New Caledonia, and Suriname
Javindo – Javindo
Jeju – 제줏말, 제주말
- Spoken in: Jeju Province, South Korea
Jèrriais – Jèrriais
- Spoken in: Jersey
Jicarilla – Abáachi mizaa
- Spoken in: New Mexico, the United States
Jijili – Tanjijili
- Spoken in: Niger State, Nigeria
Jili – Lijili
- Spoken in: Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Jin – 晋语
- Spoken in: Chinese provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, Henan and Shaanxi; Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia
Jju – Du̱ryem Jju
- Spoken in: Kaduna State, Nigeria
Jola-Felupe – Djola-Felupe
- Spoken in: Guinea-Bissau and Senegal
Jola-Fonyi – Jóola fóoñi
- Spoken in: Senegal and The Gambia
Jola-Kasa – Jóola Kaasa
- Spoken in: Senegal
Jordanian Sign Language – لغا الإشارات الاردنية
- Signed in: Jordan
Juang – ଜୁଆଙ୍
Juba Arabic – arabi juba, luġa
- Spoken in: South Sudan
Judaeo-Georgian – ყივრული
- Spoken in: Georgia, Israel, Russia, Belgium, and United States
Judaeo-Spanish – גֿודֿיאו-איספאנייול, Ladino
- Spoken by: the Sephardim Jewish Diaspora

Judeo-Arabic – ערבית יהודית
- Spoken by: Jews
in North Africa and the Fertile Crescent
Judeo-Persian – Fārsi
- Spoken by: Jews
in Iran and Central Asia
Judeo-Tat – Cuhuri, Жугьури, ז׳אוּהאוּראִ
- Spoken in: Azerbaijan, Russia, Israel and the United States
Jumjum – Tüŋ Mäbaan
- Spoken in: South Sudan and Sudan
Jumli – खस जुम्ली
- Spoken in: Nepal
Jutish – Jydsk
- Spoken in: Denmark
Juǀʼhoan – ǃXun, Ju
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Kaansa – Kã́asa
- Spoken in: Burkina Faso
Kabardian – Адыгэбзэ
- Official language in: the Russian autonomous republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia
Kabiye – kabɩyɛ
Kabyle – ⵜⴰⵇⴱⴰⵢⵍⵉⵜ / ثاقبايليث
- Spoken in: Algeria
Kachin – ဈိာင်ဖေါစ်, Jinghpaw ga
- Official language in: Kachin State, Myanmar and Yingjiang County, China
- Also spoken in: other parts of Myanmar, China, and in India
Kadazandusun – Kadazan Dusun
Kaingang – Kanhgág
Kaitag – хайдакьан кув
Kaiwá – Kaiowa
- Spoken in: Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, and northeastern Argentina
Kaixana – Kawishana, Cawishana
- Spoken in: Brazil
Kalabari – Kalaḇari Bibi
- Spoken in Rivers State, Nigeria
Kalanga – TjiKalanga/Ikalanga
Kalau Lagau Ya – Mabuiag
- Spoken in: Western and Central Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia
Kalenjin – Kalenjin
Kalinago † – Kalhíphona
- Formerly spoken in: Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada
Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille – Nqlispélišcn, Séliš
- Spoken in: Montana, the United States
Kalmyk – хальмг келн
- Official language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Kalmykia
Kalumpang – Kalumpang
- Spoken in: West Sulawesi, Indonesia
Kamba – Kikamba
Kanakanavu – Kanakanabu
- Spoken in: Maya Village in Namasia District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Kanauji – देहाती
- Spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, India
Kanembu – كَنٜݦُ
- Spoken in: Chad
Kangri – 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚌𑚪𑚯, कांगड़ी
- Spoken in: Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, India
Kanikkaran – கணிக்காரன், കണ്ണിക്കാരൻ
- Spoken in: Tamil Nadu, India
Kannada – ಕನ್ನಡ
- Official language in: the Indian state of Karnataka
Kansa † – Káⁿza
- Formerly spoken in: Kansas, the United States
Kanuri – Kanuri
Kapampangan – Kapampangan
- Spoken in: Pampanga, Philippines
Kaqchikel – Kaqchikel Chʼabʼäl
- Spoken in: Guatemala
Karachay-Balkar – къарачай-малкъар тил, qaraçay-malqar til
- Official language in: the Russian autonomous republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia
- Also spoken in: Turkey
Karai-karai – كاراي-كاراي
- Spoken in: Bauchi State, Yobe State, and Gombe State, Nigeria
Karaim – къарай тили
- Recognised Minority Language in: Poland, Ukraine and Russia
Karakalpak – Қарақалпақ тили, Qaraqalpaq tili
Karakhanid † – Türki, Türkçe
- Formerly spoken in: Kara-Khanid Khanate
Karamojong – ŋaKaramojoŋ or ŋaKarimojoŋ
- Spoken in: the Moroto District, Karamoja Sub-Region, Northern Region, Uganda
Karata – К̄ӀирлӀе мац̄Ӏи
Karbi – Arlêng
- Spoken in: Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh, India
Karelian – Karjalan Kieli
Karen – ကညီကျိာ်
- Spoken in: Kayin State, Myanmar and Thailand
Karenni – ꤊꤢꤛꤢ꤭ ꤜꤟꤤ꤬
- Spoken in: Kayah State, Myanmar, Thailand, United States
Karian – Bilakura
- Spoken in: Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Karipuna † – Jaũn Àvo
Karipúna French Creole – Lanc-Patuá, Patua
Karok – Káruk
- Spoken in: California, the United States
Kashmiri – كٲشُر, कॉशुर, Kạ̄šur, Koshur
Kashubian – Kaszëbsczi Jãzëk
- Official language in: Some communes in the Polish voivodeship of Pomerania
Kaska – Dene Zágéʼ
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Kassonke – Xaasongaxango
Kâte – Kâte dâŋ
- Spoken in: Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Katë – كته
- Spoken in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; and Afghanistan
Kaurna – Kaurna Warra
- Spoken in: South Australia, Australia
Kavalan – kbaran, kebalan
- Spoken in: Taiwan
Kawésqar – Kawésqar, Qawasqar
- Spoken in: Chile
Kawi † – ᬚᬯ
Kayan – Kayǎn, Kayǎn tamangaò̌
- Recognised Minority Language in: Shan State, Myanmar
- Note: There are several languages called "Kayan", 1 in Papua New Guinea, and 7 in Indonesia, there is a total of 9 languages called "Kayan".
- Note 2: There are several Kayan languages in Indonesia, Indonesia), and Wahau.
Kayapó – Mẽbêngôkre kabẽn
Kaytetye – Kaititj, Gaididj, Kaiditj, Kaytej
- Spoken in: Northern Territory, Australia
Kazakh – Қазақ Tілі
- Official language in: Kazakhstan and the Russian autonomous republic of the Altai Republic
Kedah Malay – بهاس ملايو قدح, ภาษามลายูไทรบุรี, Pelat Utagha
Kelabit – Kelabit
Kelantanese Malay – بهاس ملايو كلنتن or Baso Kelate
Kemedzung – Díɛ yi Bədzumbu lə, Kɨmədzuŋ
- Spoken in: Nord-Ouest Region, Cameroon
Kendayan – Kendayan
Kendeje – Kendeje
- Spoken in: Ouaddaï Region, Chad
Kenyah – Bakung
- Spoken in: North Kalimantan, Indonesia, Malaysia
Kenyan Sign Language – Kenyan Sign Language
Keoru-Ahia – Keuru, Keoru, Kouri, Ahia
- Spoken in: Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Kerek † – аӈӄалҕакку
- Formerly spoken in: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Keres – ?
- Spoken in: New Mexico, the United States
Ket – Остыганна ӄа'
- Spoken in: the middle Yenisei basin in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia
Kgalagadi – SheKgalagadi
- Spoken in: Botswana
Khakas – Хакас Tілі
Khalaj – خلج
- Spoken in: Iran
Khaling – खालिङ
- Spoken in: Solukhumbu and Khotang districts, Nepal
Khanty – ханты
- Spoken in: Khanty-Mansi, Yamalo-Nenets and Tomsk Oblast in Russia
Kharia – खड़िया, ଖଡ଼ିଆ, Khaɽiyā
Khasi – Ka Ktien Khasi, ক ক্ত্যেন খসি
Khetrani – ?
- Spoken in: Balochistan, Pakistan
Khinalug – каьтш мицI, kätš micʼ
- Spoken in: Azerbaijan
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Khmer – ភាសាខ្មែរ
Khmu – Kmhmu
Khoekhoe – Khoekhoegowab
Khoemana – Griqua, Korana, ǃOra, Kora, Xri, ǃOrakobab
- Spoken in: South Africa
Khorasani Turkic – خراسان تركچیسی
- Spoken in: North Khorasan Province, Iran
Khortha – खोरठा
Khowar – کھوار
Khwarshi – аᴴкьи́зас мыц
Kʼicheʼ – Qatzijobʼal
Kichwa – Kichwa Shimi, Runa Shimi
Kickapoo – Metotheeneniaatoweeheni, Kikapú
Kiga – Orukiga
Kikai – しまゆみた
- Spoken in: Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Kikuyu – Gĩkũyũ
- Spoken in: the Kenyan Central Province
Kiliwa – ?
- Spoken in: Baja California, Mexico
Kim – Garab
- Spoken in: Chad
Kim Mun – Kem di mun, Kim Mun
Kimbundu – Kimbundu
Kimki – Sukubatom
- Spoken in: Highland Papua, Indonesia
Kinaray-a – Kinaray-a
- Regional language in: the Philippines
Kinnauri – 𑚊𑚝𑚦𑚤𑚮𑚎𑚨𑚶𑚊𑚛, Kanawaringskad, ཀནབརིངསྐད
- Spoken in: Himachal Pradesh, India
Kinyarwanda – Ikinyarwanda or Runyarwanda
Kiowa – Ǥáuiđòᵰ꞉gyà, [Gáuiđòñ꞉gyà
- Spoken in: Oklahoma, the United States
Kishtwari – کشتواڑی, किश्तवाड़ी
- Spoken in: Jammu and Kashmir, India
Kisi – Kikɨsi
- Spoken in: Tanzania
Kituba – Monokutuba, Munukutuba, Kituba, Kikongo ya leta
- Official language in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo
Klallam † – nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən
- Formerly spoken in: Washington, the United States
Klingon – tlhIngan Hol,
- Constructed language spoken by a fictional alien race called the Klingons in the Star Trek universe
Koalib – Kwɐ̀ɐlîp
- Spoken in: Southern Sudan
Koasati – Koasati
- Spoken in: Louisiana, the United States
Koch – কচ' কৰ'
- Spoken in: India and Bangladesh
Kodava – ಕೊಡವ ತಕ್ಕ್ கூடகு எழுத்து
Kodaku – कोड़ाकु
- Spoken in: India
Kogi – Kaugiañ
- Spoken in: Magdalena Department, Colombia
Kohistani – کوستَیں
- Spoken in: Pakistan
Kohistani Shina – ݜݨیاٗ کستِین٘و زبان ,ݜݨیاٗ زبان
- Spoken in: Pakistan
Kokborok – ককবরক
Kola – Kola
Kombio – Akwun
- Spoken in: East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Komering – Basa Kumoring, باس كوموريڠ
- Spoken in: South Sumatra, Indonesia
Komi – Коми
Komi-Permyak – коми-пермяцкӧй кыв
Kongo – Kikongo
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Republic of the Congo and Gabon
Konjo – Olhukonzo, Lhukonzo, Olukonzo, Konzo
- Spoken in: Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Konkani – कोंकणी, Konknni, കൊങ്കണി, ಕೊಂಕಣಿ
- Official language in: the Indian state of Goa
Konkomba – Likpakpaanl
Korean – 한국어, 조선말
- Official language in: North Korea, South Korea, and the Chinese autonomous prefecture of Yanbian
Korean Sign Language – 한국 수화 언어
Korku – कोर्कू
- Spoken in: Madhya Pradesh, India
Koro – Koro-Aka
- Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India
Korop – Durop
- Spoken in: Cross River State, Nigeria
Koryak – нымылан
- Spoken in: Koryak Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Kosovar Sign Language – Gjuha e Shenjave Kosovare
- Signed in: Kosovo
Kosraean – Kosrae
- Official language in: Kosrae in Micronesia
Kotava – Kotava
Koyraboro Senni – كࣷيْرَبࣷرࣷ سٜنِّ
Koyukon – Denaakkenaageʼ, Denaakkʼe, Dinaak̲'a
- Official language in: Alaska, the United States
Kpelle – Kpɛlɛwoo
- Spoken in: Liberia, Guinea and Ivory Coast
Kposo – Ikpɔsɔ
Kresh – Gbäyä
- Spoken in: Sudan and South Sudan
- Note: The language is also known as "Gbaya" and is not to be confused with the Gbaya macrolanguage.
Krio – Krio
- Spoken in: Sierra Leone
Krio Dayak – Kereho
- Spoken in: West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Krymchak – кърымчах тыльы
Kryts – кърыцIаь мез, ġrəċä mez, qryc’ä mez
- Spoken in: Azerbaijan
Kuanua – Tinata Tuna
- Spoken in: East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea
Kubachi – Гӏугъбуган
Kuliak – Rub
- Spoken in: Uganda
Kulino – Kulina Pano
Kumaoni – कुमाऊँनी
- Spoken in: Uttarakhand, India and Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal
Kumeyaay – Kumiai
- Spoken in: California, the United States, Mexico
Kumyk – Къумукъ Tил
- Official language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Dagestan
Kunama – Baada, Baazayn, Diila
Kunigami – 山原言葉, ヤンバルクトゥーバ
- Spoken in: Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Kunza † – Likanantaí, Ckunsa
Kurdish – Kurdí, کوردی, or K’öрди
- Official language in: Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria and Armenia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Germany
Kurdish (Southern) – کوردی خوارین, Kurdîy Xwarîn
Kurdish Sign Language – Zmani Hêmay Kurdi
- Signed in: Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Kurmali – কুড়মালি, কুর্মালী, कुड़मालि, कुरमालि, କୁଡ଼ମାଲି, पंचपरगनिया, পঞ্চপরগনিয়া
- Official language in: Jharkhand and West Bengal, India
Kurmanji – Kurmancî, کورمانجی
Kurukh – कुँड़ुख़, কুড়ুখ্, କୁଡ଼ୁଖ୍
- Spoken in: India, Bangladesh and Nepal
Kusaal – Kʋsaal
- Spoken in: Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Togo
Kusunda – Gemehaq gipan
- Spoken in: Nepal
Kutchi – کچھی or કચ્છી
Kutenai – Ktunaxa
- Spoken in: the United States and Canada
Kuvi – కువి
- Spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, India
Kuwaiti Arabic – كويتي
- Spoken in: Kuwait
Kuwaiti Sign Language – لغة الاشارة الكويتية
- Signed in: Kuwait
Kwadi † – ǃKwaǀtse
- Formerly spoken in: Angola
Kwakʼwala – Kwak̓wala
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Kwangali – RuKwangali
- Spoken in: Namibia
Kwaraqae – Fiu
- Spoken in: Malaita, Solomon Islands
Kwaza – Tsẽtsitswa
Kwerba – Kwerba
Kwerba Mamberamo – Kwerba Mamberamo Nopukw
- Spoken in: Mamberamo Raya Regency, Papua, Indonesia
Kyrgyz – Кыргыз тили
- Official language in: Kyrgyzstan and the Russian autonomous republic of the Altai Republic
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- Spoken in: Burkina Faso
Láadan – Láadan
Laal – yəw láà:l
- Spoken in: Chad
Laalaa – Kelaalaa
- Spoken in: Senegal
Laarim – Narim
- Spoken in: South Sudan
Lacandon – Jach-tʼaan
Ladakhi – ལ་དྭགས་སྐད།
Ladin – Ladin
- Spoken in: Italy
Lahu – Ladhof
- Official language in: Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Yunnan, China
- Also spoken in: Thailand, Laos and Myanmar
Lak – лакку маз
Lakha – ལ་ཁ་
- Spoken in: Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa, Bhutan
Laki – لەکی, Lekî
Lakon – Lakona, Vure
Lakota – Lakȟótiyapi
- Spoken by: the Lakota people
Lalana Chinantec – ju²³jmii²³²
Lama – Lamba
Lamaholot – Lamaholot, Solor
- Spoken in: Flores and Solor, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Lamalama – Mbarrumbathama, Mba Rumbathama
- Spoken in: Queensland, Australia
Lamba – Ichilamba
- Spoken in: Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lambadi – लंबाडी, ಲಂಬಾಣಿ, லம்பாடி, లంబాణి
Lambya – Ichilambya
Lamkang – Ksen
Lamnso’ – Lǎm Nso’
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Lampung – cawa Lampung
Lango (South Sudan) – Laŋgo
- Spoken in: South Sudan
Lango (Uganda) – Lëblaŋo
- Spoken in: Lango sub-region, Uganda
Lao – ພາສາລາວ
Lapaguía Zapotec – ?
Lapine – Lapine
- Constructed language spoken by the rabbits in the film Watership Down
Laragiya – Gulumoerrgin
- Spoken in: Northern Territory, Australia
Lardil – Leerdil
- Spoken in: Queensland, Australia
Lashi – လချစ်, Lacid
Lasi – لاسی
Latgalian – latgalīšu volūda
- Spoken in: Latvia
Latin – Lingua Latīna
- Official language in the Vatican City
- Formerly spoken in the Roman Republic, Roman Empire, and in legal court
Latvian – latviešu
Latvian Sign Language – Latviešu zīmju valoda
- Signed in: Latvia
Lau – Lau
- Spoken in: Malaita, the Solomon Islands
Laz – ლაზური ნენა, Lazuri Nena
Leco – Burua
Ledo Kaili – Kaili-Ledo
- Spoken in: Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Lega – Kilɛga
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Leizhou Min – 雷州话, 雷州話
- Spoken in: Leizhou Peninsula in southwestern Guangdong, China
Lelemi – Lɛlɛmi
- Spoken in: Ghana
Lembena – ?
- Spoken in: East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Lenakel – Netvaar
- Spoken in: Tanna Island, Vanuatu
Lenca † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: El Salvador and Honduras
Lendu – Bbaledha
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lenje – Chilenje
- Spoken in: central Zambia
Leonese – Llïonés
Lepcha – ᰛᰩᰵ་ᰛᰧᰶᰵ
- Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
Lese – Efé
- Spoken in: northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Levantine Arabic – شامي
Levantine Arabic Sign Language – لغة الإشارة العربية الشرقية
Lezgian – лезги чӏал
Lhao Vo – Laungwaw, Lhaovo
- Spoken in: Kachin State, Myanmar
Lhokpu – Lhobikha
- Spoken in: southwest Bhutan
Lhomi – ल्होमी
- Spoken in: Tibet, China, the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India, and Koshi Province, Nepal
Liberian Kreyol – Kolokwa, Kreyol
- Spoken in: Liberia
Libyan Arabic – ليبي
- Spoken in: Libya and neighboring countries
Libyan Sign Language – لغة الإشارة الليبية
- Signed in: Libya
Ligurian – lìgure, zeneize
- Official language in: Liguria, Italy and Monaco
Lihir – Lihir
- Spoken in: Lihir Island, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
Lillooet – St̓át̓imcets, Sƛ̓aƛ̓imxǝc, Ucwalmícwts, Lil̓wat7úlmec
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Limbu – ᤕᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ
- Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
Limbum – Limbùm
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Limburgish – Lèmburgs
- Official language in: the Netherlands
Lingala – Lingála
- Official language in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo
Lingua Franca Nova – lingua franca nova
Lingwa de Planeta – Lidepla
Lipo – Lolopo, Lolongo
- Spoken in: China
Lish – Lishpa, Khispi
- Spoken in: West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh in India
Lisu – ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ or ꓡꓲꓢꓴ
- Official language in: the Chinese autonomous prefecture of Nujiang Lisu and the Chinese autonomous county of Weixi Lisu
- Also spoken in: Kachin State, Myanmar
Lithuanian – Lietuvių
Lithuanian Sign Language – Lietuvių gestų kalba
- Signed in: Lithuania
Livonian – Līvõ Kēļ or Rāndakēļ
- Spoken in: Latvia
Livvi-Karelian – Livvi
Lobi – Lobiri
- Spoken in: Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Ghana
Logo – Lògòti
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Logooli– Lulogooli
- Spoken in: Vihiga County, Kenya
Lojban – la .lojban.
- A logical constructed language
Lolopo – Loxrlavu
- Spoken in: China
Loma – Lɔ̀ɔ̀màgòòi, Löömàgòòi, Löghömàgòòi
Lomavren – Լոմավրեն
Lombard – lombard, lumbard, lumbart, lombart
Lomwe – Elomwe
- Spoken in: Malawi and Mozambique
Loncong – Sekak
- Spoken in: Bangka Belitung Islands, Indonesia
Louisiana Creole – Kouri-Vini, Kréyòl Lalwizyann
- Spoken in: Louisiana, United States
Low German – Plattdüütsch
- Spoken in: Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands
Lower Chehalis † – Łəw̓ál̕məš
- Formerly spoken in: Washington, the United States
Lower Sorbian – Dolnoserbski
- Spoken in: Brandenburg, Germany
Lower Tanana – Menhti Kenaga
- Official language in: Alaska, the United States
Lozi – Rozi, Silozi
Luba-Kasai – Tshiluba
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Luba-Katanga – Kiluba
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lucumí – Lucumí
Ludic – Luudi, Lyydi or lüüdi
Luganda – Luganda, LùGáànda, Oluganda
- Spoken in: Uganda
Lugbara – Lʉgbara tɨ
- Spoken in: West Nile sub-region, Uganda and Orientale Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Luhya – Oluluhya
- Spoken in: Kenya
Luiseño † – Cham'teela
- Formerly spoken in: the southern area of California, United States
Lule † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina
Lunda – Chilunda
- Spoken in: Zambia, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lundayeh – Buri' Lun Bawang, Buri' Lun Dayeh
Luo – Kavirondo or Dholuo
Luobohe Miao – A-Hmyo, Ā-hmiò
Luri – لری or Lori
- Spoken in: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates
Lushootseed – dxʷləšucid, txʷəlšucid, xʷəlšucid
- Spoken in: northwestern Washington, the United States
Luvale – Chiluvale
Luxembourgish – Lëtzebuergesch
- Official language in: Luxembourg
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Belgian community of the French Community of Belgium
Lyélé – Lyélé
- Spoken in: Burkina Faso
M
[edit source]Maale – Maale, Male
- Spoken in: South Omo Zone, South Ethiopia Regional State Ethiopia
Maasai – ɔl Maa
- Spoken by: the Kenyan/Tanzanian Maasai people
Maay – Af-maay
- Spoken in: Somalia
Macanese – Patuá
Macau Sign Language – 澳門手語
Macedonian – Mакедонски, Makedonski
Macedonian Sign Language – македонски знаковен јазик, makedonski znakoven jazik
- Signed in: North Macedonia
Machame – Kimashami
- Spoken in: North Tanzania
Macushi – Makusi
Maʼdi – Maʼdi ti
- Spoken in: Uganda and South Sudan
Madí – Jamamadí
Madurese – Basa Mathura
- Official language in: East Java in Indonesia
Magahi – मगही
Magar – मगर भाषा
- Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
Magar Kham – मगर ढुट
- Spoken in: Nepal
Maguindanao – Maguindanao
- Spoken in: Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines
Maharashtri Prakrit † – 𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀱𑁆𑀝𑁆𑀭𑀻, 𑘦𑘮𑘰𑘨𑘰𑘬𑘿𑘘𑘿𑘨𑘲
- Formerly spoken in: Maharashtra, India
Maithili – मैथिली, মৈথিলী
- Official language in: the Indian state of Bihar and Nepal
Majhi – माझी
- Spoken in: Nepal
Makasae – Makasai
- Spoken in: Timor-Leste
Makassar Malay – ?
- Spoken in: Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Makassarese – Basa Mangkasara', ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ
- Spoken in: the southern tip of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi
Makhuwa – Emakuana
- Spoken in: northern Mozambique and southern Tanzania
Makhuwa-Meetto – Imeetto
- Spoken in: Mozambique and Tanzania
Makonde – Chimakonde
- Spoken in: Mozambique and Tanzania
Malaccan Creole Portuguese – Kristang
Malagasy – Malagasy
Malagasy Sign Language – Tenin'ny Tanana Malagasy
- Signed in: Madagascar
Malawian Sign Language – Malawian Sign Language
- Signed in: Malawi
Malay – بهاس ملايو or Bahasa Melayu
- Official language in: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore
Malayalam – മലയാളം
- Official language in: the Indian state of Kerala and the Indian territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry
Malaysian Sign Language – Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia
- Signed in: Malaysia
Maldivian Sign Language – ދިވެހި އިޝާރާތް ބަސް
- Signed in: Maldives
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy – skicinuwatuwewakon
- Spoken in: Canada and the United States
Malinaltepec Me’phaa – Mè'phàà Mañuwìín
Maltese – Malti
Maltese Sign Language – Lingwa tas-Sinjali Maltija
- Signed in: Malta
Mam – Qyool Mam, Ta yol Mam
Mamara Sénoufo – Bàmáágà, Mamaara, Miyɛngaa
Manado Malay – Bahasa Manado
- Spoken in: Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Manchu – ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ
- Spoken by: the Manchu people
Mandan † – Nų́ų́ʔetaa íroo
- Formerly spoken in: the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota, the United States
Mandar – Mandar
Mandarin – 國語
- Spoken in: Most of China
Mandeali – मंडियाली
- Spoken in: Himachal Pradesh, India
Mandinka – Mandinka kaŋo
- Spoken in: Senegal, The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau
Mandjak – Manjáku
- Spoken in: The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal
Mangareva – te reo magareva
- Spoken in: Gambier Islands in French Polynesia
Manggarai – ?
- Spoken in: Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Mango – Mangɔ
- Spoken in: Chad
Mangue † – Mánekeme
- Formerly spoken in: El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
Maninka – Maninkakan, ߡߊ߬ߣߌ߲߬ߞߊ߬ߞߊ߲
- Official language in: Guinea and Mali
Mansi – ма̄ньси/ма̄ньщи
- Spoken: along the Ob River and its tributaries, in the Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, and Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia
Manx – Gaelg
- Official language in: the Isle of Man
Māori – te Reo Māori
Mapuche – Mapudungun
- Official language in: the communes of Galvarino, Padre Las Casas and Temuco in Chile
Mapun – Pallun Mapun
- Spoken in: Sabah, Malaysia; and Sulu, the Philippines
Mara – Mara reih
Maranao – Basa a Mëranaw, باسا أ مراناو
- Regional language in: the Philippines
Marathi – मराठी
- Official language in: the Indian state of Maharashtra and the Indian territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Mardijker Creole † – Papiá Tugu
Margi – Marghi
Mari – марий йылме
Maria – Madiya Gondi, माडिया गोंड
- Spoken in: Maharashtra, India
Maritime Sign Language – Maritime Sign Language, Langue des signes maritime
- Signed in: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, Canada
Marquesan (North) – Èo ènana
- Spoken in: Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia
Marquesan (South) – Èo ènata
- Spoken in: Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia
Marrithiyel – Berringen
- Spoken in: Northern Territory, Australia
Marshallese – Ebon, Kajin M̧ajeļ, Kajin Majõl
Marwari – मारवाड़ी, مارواڑی
Masalit – kana masara
- Spoken in: Dar Masalit, Darfur, Sudan and also Chad
Mator † – Motor
- Formerly spoken in: the northern Sayan Mountains, Russia
Mauritian Creole – kreol morisien, morisien
Mayo – Caíta
Mazanderani – مازِرونی
- Spoken in: Mazandaran Province, Iran
Mbelime – Mbɛlímɛ̀
- Spoken in: Togo
- Recognised Minority Language in: Benin
Mbuk – Mboko
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Mbukushu – Thimbukushu
Mbunda – Chimbúùnda
Mbuun – Mpuun
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Me’en – Mɛʼɛnɛn
- Spoken in: the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
Meadow Mari – олык марий
Medumba – Mə̀dʉ̂mbɑ̀
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Megleno-Romanian – vlăhește
- Spoken in: Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Turkey and Serbia
Mehri – مهريّت
Meitei – ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ, মনিপুরি, মৈতৈলোল্, মৈতৈলোন্, মৈথৈ
- Official language in: the Indian state of Manipur
Melpa – Melpa
- Spoken in: Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Mende – Mɛnde yia, 𞠗𞢱 𞡓𞠣
- Spoken in: Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea
Menominee – omǣqnomenēweqnæsewen
- Spoken in: Northeastern Wisconsin, the United States
Meriam Mir – Meriam Mir
- Spoken in: Eastern Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia
Merico – Merico, Americo-Liberian
- Spoken in: Liberia
Meru – Kimîîru
- Spoken in: Meru County, Kenya
Meta’ – Mɨta’
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Mexican Sign Language – Lengua de Señas Mexicana
- Signed in: Mexico
Miami-Illinois – Myaamia
- Spoken in: the Illinois Confederation (Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, and Oklahoma, United States)
Michif – Michif
- Spoken by: the Métis people of Canada
Michoacán Nahuatl – Pómaro Nahuatl
- Spoken in: Mexico
Middle Armenian † – Հայերէն
- Formerly spoken in: the Armenian highlands and Cilicia
Middle Chinese † – 漢語, hɑnH ŋɨʌX
- Formerly spoken in: China
Middle Dutch † – dietsc, duutsch
- Formerly spoken in: the Low Countries
Middle English † – Englisch, English, Inglis
- Formerly spoken in: the British Isles
Middle French † – françois, franceis
- Formerly spoken in: France
Middle High German † – diutsch, tiutsch
- Formerly spoken in: Germany, Austria and parts of Switzerland
Middle Irish † – Gaoidhealg
- Formerly spoken in: Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man
Middle Korean † – 中世韓國語
- Formerly spoken in: Korea
Middle Low German † – Sassisch, Dǖdisch, Nedderlendisch, Ôstersch, sassesche sprâke/sassche sprake, nedderlendische sprâke/nederlendesche sprake
- Formerly spoken in: Northern Central Europe
Middle Norwegian † – nornskt mál
- Formerly spoken in: Norway
Miju – Miju, Kùmán
- Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India
Mi'kmaq – Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk
- Official language in: Nova Scotia, Canada
- Recognised Minority Language in: New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, all in Canada, in the United States
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
Minangkabau – Baso Minangkabau, بهاس منڠكربو
- Spoken in: West Sumatra, Indonesia
Mingrelian – მარგალური ნინა
Mirandese – mirandés, lhéngua mirandesa, léngua mirandesa
- Spoken in: Terra de Miranda, Portugal
Miraya Bikol – Miraya
- Spoken in: Daraga, Albay, the Philippines
Misak – Namdrik
- Spoken in: Colombia
Miskito – Miskitu
- Official language in: North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region in Nicaragua
Mixtec – sa'an davi, da'an davi, tu'un savi, dzaha dzavui, dzaha Ñudzahui
Miyako – 宮古口, ミャークフツ, 島口, スマフツ
- Spoken in: Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Mizo – Mizo ṭawng or Duhlián ṭawng
Mòcheno – Bersntolerisch, Bersntoler sproch
Mochoʼ – Qatoʼk, Mochoʼ
Mocoví – Moqoit
- Spoken in: Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Moghol † – مُغُلی
- Formerly spoken in: Afghanistan
Mohawk – Kanienʼkéha
- Spoken in: the United States and Canada
Mohegan-Pequot † – Mohiks-Piqut Uyôtowáwôk
- Formerly spoken in: Southern New England and Eastern Long Island, the United States
Mojave – Hamakhav
- Spoken in: Arizona, United States
Mokati – Wanambre
- Spoken in: Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Mokilese – Mokil, Mwoakilloa
- Spoken in: Mokil Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia
Moksha – мокшень кяль
Mol – Alatil
- Spoken in: Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Moldovan – молдовеняскэ, moldovenească
- Official language in: Transnistria
- Recognised Minority Language in: Ukraine
- Note: the Moldovan language is actually identical to the Romanian language, being one of the two local names for the Romanian language in Moldova (See Moldovenism for further details)
Mon – ဘာသာ မန်
- Spoken in: the Myanma delta of the Irrawaddy River
Mongo – Lomongo
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mongolian – Монгол Хэл, ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ
- Official language in: the Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia and Mongolia
Mongolian Sign Language – Монгол дохионы хэл
- Signed in: Mongolia
Mongondow – Mongondow
- Spoken in: North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Monguor – moŋɡuer
Montagnais – Innu-aimun
Montenegrin – crnogorski, црногорски
- Official language in: Montenegro
- Recognised Minority Language in: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Serbian municipality of Mali Iđoš in the autonomous region of Vojvodina
Mopán Maya – Maya Mopan, Mopan
Mor – Mor
- Spoken in: West Papua, Indonesia
Moriori † – Ta Rē Moriori
- Formerly spoken in: Chatham Islands, New Zealand
Moroccan Arabic – العربية المغربية الدارجة
- Spoken in: Morocco
Moroccan Sign Language – لغة الإشارة المغربية
- Signed in: Morocco
Mossi – Mòoré
Motu – Motu
- Spoken in: Central Province, Papua New Guinea
Mozabite – تونژابت, Tumẓabt, ⵜⵓⵎⵥⴰⴱⵜ
- Spoken in: Algeria
Mozarabic † – مُزَرَب
- Formerly spoken in: Al-Andalus (modern-day Spain and Portugal)
Mru – 𖩃𖩓𖩑
- Spoken in: Bangladesh and Myanmar
Muna – Wuna
- Spoken in: Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Munda – মুন্ডা
Mundabli-Mufu – Ji
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Mundang – záá múndàŋ
Mundani – Ndɨ̧ Mundàni
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Mundari – मुंडारी, মুন্ডারি, ମୁଣ୍ଡାରୀ, 𞓧𞓟𞓨𞓜𞓕𞓣𞓚
Munsee – Huluníixsuwaakan, Monsii èlixsuwakàn
- Spoken in: Ontario, Canada, formerly New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, United States
Mường – thiểng Mường
- Spoken in: Northwestern Vietnam
Mursi – ሙነን
- Spoken in: Ethiopia
Muscogee Creek – Mvskoke, Mvskokē
Musgu – Mulwi
Musi – Basé Musi
- Spoken in: South Sumatra, Indonesia
Muskum † – Muzuk
- Formerly spoken in: Chad
Mussau-Emira – Mussau-Emira
- Spoken in: Mussau Island of St Matthias Islands, Papua New Guinea
N
[edit source]N'Ko – ߒߞߏ
- Spoken in: West Africa
Nadëb – Nadëb
Nafusi – ?
- Spoken in: Northwestern Libya
Nagamese – Nagamiz
Nagumi † – Gong or Ngong
- Formerly spoken in: Cameroon
Nahuatl – Māsēwallahtōlli, Mexicano, or Nāhuatlahtōlli
Naiki – కొలామి
- Spoken in: Maharashtra, India
Najdi Arabic – نجدي ,اللهجة النجدية
- Spoken in: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, and Syria
Namibian Sign Language – Namibian Sign Language
Nanai – на̄най, на̄ни
Nara – Nara
Naro – Naro
Naskapi – ᓇᔅᑲᐱ, ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ
Natchez † – Na·šceh
- Formerly spoken in: Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma, United States
Nateni – Naàteǹni
Natügu – Natqgu
- Spoken in: Temotu, the Solomon Islands
Naukan Yupik – Нывуӄаӷмистун
- Spoken in: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Nauruan – Dorerin Naoero, Ekaiairũ Naoero
Navajo – Diné bizaad
- Spoken in: the Navajo Nation, New Mexico, in the United States
Naʼvi – Lìʼfya leNaʼvi
- Constructed language spoken by the Naʼvi in the Avatar film franchise
Nawdm – Nawdm
- Spoken in: Togo
Naxi – Naqxi geezheeq
- Official language in: Yulong Naxi Autonomous County in Yunnan province, China
Ndau – chiNdau
- Official language in: Zimbabwe
- Spoken in: Mozambique
Ndogo – Có Ndógó
- Spoken in: South Sudan
Ndyuka – ![]()
- Spoken in: French Guiana, France and Suriname
Neapolitan – napulitano
Negerhollands † – Negerhollands
- Formerly spoken in: US Virgin Islands
Negeri Sembilan Malay – Baso Negeri Sembilan
- Spoken in: Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Negidal – Неғида хэсэнин
- Spoken in: Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Nenets – ненэця’ вада, нешаӈ вата
- Spoken in: Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Nengone – ?
Neo-Mandaic – Mandɔyí
- Spoken in: Iran
Nepal Bhasa – नेपाल भाषा
- Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim and Nepal
Nepali – नेपाली
- Official language in: the Indian district of Darjeeling, the Indian state of Sikkim, and Nepal
Nepali Sign Language – नेपाली साङ्केतिक भाषा
- Signed in: Nepal
Nete – Nete, Bisorio, Malamauda, Iniai
- Spoken in: East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
New Zealand Sign Language – New Zealand Sign Language, te reo Rotarota o Aotearoa, te reo Turi o Aotearoa
Nez Perce – niimiipuutímt
- Spoken in: Idaho, United States
Ngaanyatjarra – Ngaanyatjarra
- Spoken in: Warburton, Western Australia in Australia
Ngäbere – Ngäbere
- Spoken in: Costa Rica and Panama
Ngaju – Ngaju
- Spoken in: Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
Ngambay – Ngambay
Nganasan – ня” сиәде
- Spoken in: Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Ngangam – Miganganm
- Spoken in: Togo
Ngarinyin – Ungarinjin
- Spoken in: Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia
Ngbaka – Ngbaka
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ngbee † – Lingbee
- Formerly spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ngiemboon – Shwóŋò ngiembɔɔn
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Ngizim – Ngizmawa, Ngezzim, Ngódṣin
- Spoken in: Yobe State, Nigeria
Ngoni (Mozambique) – Xingoni
- Spoken in: Mozambique
Ngoni (Tanzania) – Chingoni
Nguồn – Năm Nguyên, Thiếng Nguồn
- Spoken in: Quảng Bình, Vietnam
Ngyian – Nghan
- Spoken in: Kaduna State, Nigeria
Nhanda – Nanda, Nhanta, Nhandi
- Spoken in: the Mid West region of Western Australia in Australia
Nheengatu – nhẽẽgatú, yẽgatu, nheẽgatu
- Official language in: the Brazilian municipalities of São Gabriel da Cachoeira in Amazonas and Monsenhor Tabosa in Ceará
Nias – Li Niha
- Spoken in: Nias and Batu Islands in North Sumatra, Indonesia
Nicaragua Creole English – Creole
- Spoken in: North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua
Nicaraguan Sign Language – Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua
- Signed in: Nicaragua
Nigerian Pidgin – Naijá
- Spoken in: Nigeria
Nigerian Sign Language – Nigerian Sign Language
Nihali – निहाली
- Spoken in: Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in India
Nisga'a – Nisg̱a’a, nisqáʔamq
- Spoken in: Northwest British Columbia, Canada
Niuafo’ou – Niuafo'ou
Niuean – ko e vagahau Niuē
Nivaclé – Guisnai
Nivkh – нивх диф, нивх туғс
- Spoken in: Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Noakhali – নোয়াখাইল্লা
- Spoken in: Noakhali District in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh and the southern area of Tripura, India
Nobiin – Nòbíín, Ⲛⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ, نُـٰوبين
Nogai – ногай тили, nogay tili
- Official language in: Dagestan and Karachay-Cherkessia in Russia
Nomaande – Nɔmaándɛ́
- Spoken in: Littoral Region, Cameroon
Nomatsigenga – Nomatsigenga
Nooksack – Lhéchelesem
- Spoken in: Whatcom County, Washington, United States
Noon – Kinoon
- Spoken in: Senegal
Noongar – Nyungar
- Spoken in: Western Australia, Australia
Norfuk – Norfuk, Norf'k
Norman – Normaund
Norn † – norn
North Efate – Nakanamanga
- Spoken in: Vanuatu
North Korean Sign Language – 조선수화
- Signed in: North Korea
North Mesopotamian Arabic – لهجة موصلية
North Moluccan Malay – Bahasa Pasar
- Spoken in: North Maluku, Indonesia
North Straits Salish – xʷsenəčqən
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada, the United States
Northern Emberá – Dadyi Ẽ́berã Bed̶ea, Ẽ́berã Bed̶ea
- Spoken in: Darién Gap in Panama and in Colombia
Northern Khmer – เขมรถิ่นไทย
Northern Ndebele – isiNdebele
Northern Ngbandi – Ngbandi
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Northern Paiute – Numu, nɨɨmɨ
- Spoken in: Nevada, California, Oregon, and Idaho, the United States
Northern Qiang – Rrmearr
Northern Sotho – Sesotho sa Leboa, Pedi, Sepedi
Northern Thai – ᨣᩴᩤᨾᩮᩥᩬᨦ
- Spoken in: the northern area of Thailand, and some other parts of Southeast Asia
Northern Tutchone – Dän kʼí
Northern Yukaghir – Вадул аруу
- Spoken in: Sakha Republic, Russia
Northwestern Mari – Йөтнӫмӓл-кӓсвел маре йӹлмӹ
- Spoken in: Kirov Oblast (Yaransky, Tuzhinsky, Kiknursky, Sanchursky districts), Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Tonshayevsky, Sharangsky, Tonkinsky districts), and Mari El (north of Kilemarsky and Medvedevsky districts) in Russia
Northwestern Otomi – Ñäñho
Norwegian – Norsk
Norwegian Sign Language – norsk tegnspråk, norsk teiknspråk
- Signed in: Norway
Nottoway – Cheroenhaka
- Spoken in: Virginia in the United States
Novial – novial
Nubi – Kinubi, كي-نوبي
Nuer – Thok Naath
- Spoken in: South Sudan, Ethiopia
Numanggang – Numaŋgaŋ
- Spoken in: Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Numèè – ?
- Spoken in: Southern New Caledonia
Nung – Nùng, Nohng
Nuosu (Yi) – ꆈꌠ꒿
- Spoken in: China
Nupe – Nupe
- Spoken in: Nigeria
Nuu-chah-nulth – nuučaan̓uɫ
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Nuxalk – ItNuxalkmc
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Nyakusa – Kɨnyakyʉsa
Nyamwezi – Nyamwezi
- Spoken in: Tanzania
Nyangia – Nyang'i
- Spoken in: Uganda
Nyankore – Orunyankore
- Spoken in: Uganda
Nyoro – Orunyoro
- Spoken in: Uganda
Nzema – Nzema
- Spoken in: Ghana and Ivory Coast
Nǁng – Nǁŋǃke
- Spoken in: South Africa
O
[edit source]Obolo – Andoni
- Spoken in: Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Occitan – occitan, lenga d'òc, provençal / provençau
- Official language in: the Spanish comarca of Val d'Aran
- Recognised Minority Language in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Centre-Val de Loire, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitania, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Guardia Piemontese and Occitan Valleys in Italy, and Monaco
Ọchịchị † – Oʼchiʼchiʼ
- Formerly spoken in: Rivers State, Nigeria
Odia – ଓଡ଼ିଆ
- Official language in: the Indian states of Jharkhand and Odisha
Ogiek – Okiek, Akiek
Oirat – ᡆᡕᡅᠷᠠᡑ ᡘᡄᠯᡄᠨ
Oirata – Maaro
Ojibwe – ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ
- Spoken by: the Ojibwe people
Oji-Cree – ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᒧᐏᐣ
- Spoken by: the Oji-Cree people
Okanagan – n̓səl̓xčin̓, n̓syil̓xčn̓
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada, the United States
Okinawan – 沖縄口, ウチナーグチ
- Spoken in: Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Okinoerabu – 島ムニ
- Spoken in: Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Old Aramaic † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: the Fertile Crescent
Old Church Slavonic † – Словѣ́ньскъ Ѩзꙑ́къ, ⰔⰎⰀⰂⰑⰐⰊⰍ
- Formerly spoken in: Eastern Europe
Old Dutch † – thiudisc
- Formerly spoken in: the Low Countries
Old English † – Anglisc, Ænglisc, Englisc, or ᚫᛝᛚᛁᛋᚻ
Old French † – Franceis, François, Romanz
Old Frisian † – Frīsesk
- Formerly spoken in: the Netherlands, Germany and the Region of Southern Denmark
Old Georgian † – ႤႬႠჂ ႵႠႰႧႭჃႪႨ
- Formerly spoken in: Georgia
Old High German † – diutisk
- Formerly spoken in: Central Europe
Old Irish † – Goídelc, ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ
- Formerly spoken in: the British Isles
Old Japanese † – 上代日本語, 大和言葉
- Formerly spoken in: Japan
Old Korean † – Silla(n)
- Formerly spoken in: southern and central areas of Korea
Old Norse † – dǫnsk tunga, norrǿnt mál
- Formerly spoken in: Northern Europe
Old Occitan † – romans, proensals
- Formerly spoken in: Southern France
Old Persian † – 𐎠𐎼𐎹, Ariya
- Formerly spoken in: Iran
Old Prussian † – Prūsiskai
- Formerly spoken in: Prussia
Old Saxon † – Sahsisk
- Formerly spoken in: Northwest Germany, Northeast Netherlands and Southern Denmark
Old Spanish † – roman, romançe, romaz
- Formerly spoken in: the Crown of Castile, Spain
Old Sundanese † – ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ ᮘᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪
- Formerly spoken in: Sunda Kingdom
Old Tamil † – 𑀧𑀵𑀦𑁰𑀢𑀫𑀺𑀵𑁰
- Formerly spoken in: Tamilakam
Old Tupi † – abáñe'enga
- Formerly spoken in: the Coastline of Brazil
Old Udi † – 𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔼𐕎 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐔵
- Formerly spoken in: Caucasian Albania
Omaha-Ponca – Umoⁿhoⁿ, Paⁿka
- Spoken in: Nebraska, Iowa, and Oklahoma, the United States
Omani Arabic – اللهجة العمانية
- Spoken in: Oman, United Arab Emirates
Omani Sign Language – لغة الإشارة العمانية
- Signed in: Oman
Omotik † – Laamoot
- Formerly spoken in: Great Rift Valley, Kenya
Oneida – Onʌyotaʔa꞉ka
- Spoken in: Canada and the United States
Onge – Öñge
- Spoken in: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Ongota – Birale
- Spoken in: South Omo Zone, South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia
Onin – ?
- Spoken in: West Papua, Indonesia
Onondaga – Onǫdaʼgegáʼ, Onoñdaʼgegáʼ nigaweñoʼdeñʼ
- Spoken in: Canada and the United States
Ontong Java – Luangiua
- Spoken in: Ontong Java Atoll, Solomon Islands
Oʼodham – ʼOʼodham ha-ñeʼokĭ, ʼOʼodham ñiʼokĭ, Oʼodham ñiok
- Official language in: Mexico
- Also spoken in: the United States
Ormuri – اورموړی
- Spoken in: South Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Oroch – Орочи кэсэни
- Spoken in: Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Orok – ульта
- Spoken in: Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
Oromo – Afaan Oromoo
Oroqen – ?
- Spoken in: Heilongjiang, China
Ortatürk – Öztürk tili, Öztürkçe
Osage † – 𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷 𐒻𐒷, Wažáže ie
- Formerly spoken in: Oklahoma, the United States
Osing – Basa Using, ꦧꦱꦲꦸꦱꦶꦁ
- Spoken in: Banyuwangi Regency and Jember Regency, East Java, Indonesia
Ossetian – иронау, ирон ӕвзаг
- Spoken in: North Ossetia and South Ossetia
Otomi – Hñähñu, Hpyurta, Ñätho, Ñäñho, Ñ'yühü, Hñotho, Hñähü, Hñätho, Yųhų, Yųhmų, Ñųhų, Ñǫthǫ, Ñañhų
- Spoken in: the Mexican states of México, Puebla, Veracruz, Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, and Michoacán
Ottoman Turkish † – لسان عثمانی
- Formerly an official language in: the Ottoman Empire
Ovambo – Oshiwambo
Oy – Oi, The
- Spoken in: Attapeu province, Laos
P
[edit source]Páez – Nasa Yuwe
- Spoken in: Colombia
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
Pahlavi † – 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩𐭪 ,𐫛𐫀𐫡𐫘𐫏𐫐, 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬯𐬍𐬐
- Formerly spoken in: Iran
Paicî – ?
Paipai – Akwa'ala
- Spoken in: Baja California, Mexico
Paiwan – Vinuculjan, Pinayuanan
Pakpak – Kata Pakpak, Batak Dairi
- Spoken by: the Pakpak and Singkil people of North Sumatra, Indonesia
Palauan – a tekoi er a Belau
Palawa Kani – palawa kani
- Constructed language based on reconstructed vocabulary of Aboriginal Tasmanian languages of Tasmania, Australia
Palenquero – Palenquero
- Spoken in: San Basilio de Palenque, Bolívar Department, Colombia
Pali – 𑀧𑀸𑀮𑀺, 𐨤𐨫𐨁, បាលី, ပါဠိ, ᨷᩤᩊᩦ, บาลี, පාලි, पालि, Pāḷi
- The Pali language is a liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism

Palikúr – Pa'ikwené, Pa'ikwaki
Palula – پالُولا
Pamona – Poso, Bare’e
Pana – Pa̧na
- Spoken in: Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Chad
Panamanian Sign Language – Lengua de señas panameñas
- Signed in: Panama
Panará – panãra pẽẽ
- Spoken in: Mato Grosso, Brazil
Panare – Eʼñapa Woromaipu
Panawa – Bujiyel
- Spoken in: Toro, Bauchi State, Nigeria
Pandan Bikol – Pandanon
- Spoken in: Catanduanes, Philippines
Pangasinan – Pangasinan
- Spoken in: Pangasinan, Philippines
Pannonian Rusyn – Руски язик
- Official language in: The Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina
Pa'O – ပအိုဝ်ႏ
Papel – Oyum
- Spoken in: Guinea-Bissau
Papiamento – Papiamentu
- Official language in: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao
Papua New Guinean Sign Language – Papua New Guinean Sign Language
Papuan Malay – Melayu Papua
- Spoken in: Papua, West Papua, Central Papua, South Papua, Highland Papua, and Southwest Papua, Indonesia
Para – Jaijairai
Paraguayan Sign Language – Lengua de señas paraguaya
- Signed in: Paraguay
Paratió † – Prakió
- Formerly spoken in: Brazil
Paresi – Haliti-Paresi, Paresi-Haliti
- Spoken in: Mato Grosso, Brazil
Parkari Koli – پارکری کولی
- Spoken in: Tharparkar, Pakistan
Parya – Парья
- Spoken in: Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Pashto – پښتو
Pataxó-Hãhãhãe † – Hahaháy, Pataxó, Hãhãhãe
- Formerly spoken in: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Pattani Malay – بهاس جاوي, Bahasa Jawi, or ภาษายาวี
- Spoken in: Narathiwat, Pattani, Songkhla, and Yala, Thailand
Pawnee – pâri pakûru’
- Spoken in: Oklahoma, United States
Pazeh – Pazih, Pazéh, Kaxabu
- Spoken in: Taiwan
Pennsylvania German – Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch
- Spoken by: the Pennsylvania German people in the United States and Canada
Penrhyn – Mangarongaro, Tongareva
- Official language in: the Cook Islands
Pentlatch † – Pənƛ’áč
- Formerly spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Persian – فارسی
- Official language in: Afghanistan, Iran, and Tajikistan
Peruvian Sign Language – Lengua de señas peruana
- Signed in: Peru
Petjo – Petjoh, Petjok, Pecok, Petjoek
- Spoken in: Indonesia and Netherlands
Phoenician † – 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍𐤉𐤌
- Formerly spoken in: the Near East
Piapoco – Cháse
Picard – picard
Pichinglis – Pichi
- Spoken in: Bioko, Equatorial Guinea
Pictish † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Scotland
Piedmontese – piemontèis
Pijin – Pijin
- Spoken in: Solomon Islands
Piman – Tepiman
- Spoken in: Arizona, United States, Mexico
Pinghua – 平话
Pintupi-Luritja – Pintupi-Luritja
- Spoken in: Western Australia, Australia
Pinyin – Àshwəŋnə̀ Pìnyinə
- Spoken in: Cameroon
- Important notice: This language’s name is not to be confused with the name for romanization of the Chinese language
Pipil – Náhuat or Nawat
- Spoken in: the Salvadoran cities of San Salvador and Sonsonate; and the Salvadoran department of La Libertad
Pirahã – xapaitíiso
Pitjantjatjara – Pitjantjatjara
- Spoken in: the northwestern area of the Australian state of South Australia
Pitkern – Pitkern
- Official language in: the Pitcairn Islands, the United Kingdom
Plains Indian Sign Language – Hand Talk, Bee3osohoot, Bee3sohoet, A'psstówahsin, Évȯhónestȯtse, isiniskêstâkêwin, ᐃᓯᓂᐢᑫᐢᑖᑫᐃᐧᐣ, Ikstaaruhuraawaahʾuʾ, Gayeöni:h, Yideez, Baapáattuua, Wikiyutapi, Nąąp hoit’e, Wíyutȟapi, Wíyutabi, Wowîhâ Îabi, Mootekwaʔpʉ̠, Moʔotekwapʉ̠, Wanawmanik
- Signed in: Canada, United States, and northern Mexico
Plautdietsch – Plautdietsch
- Spoken in: Eastern Europe, with some scattered speakers in the Americas
Pochutec † – Naguál, nawal
Pohnpeian – Mahsen en Pohnpei, Lokaiahn Pohnpei
Pokomo – Kipfokomu
- Spoken in: Tana River District, Kenya
Pökoot – ngala Pökot
- Spoken in: West Pokot County, Kenya and Uganda
Polish – Język polski, polski, or polszczyzna
- Official language in: Poland
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine
Polish Sign Language – Polski Język Migowy
- Signed in: Poland
Pontic Greek – ποντιακά, ρωμαίικα
Popoloca – Popoloca
Poqomchi’ – Poqomchi'
- Spoken in: Guatemala
Portuguese – Português
- Official language in: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Timor-Leste, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, and São Tomé and Príncipe
Portuguese Sign Language – Língua gestual portuguesa
- Signed in: Portugal
Potawatomi – bodwéwadmimwen
- Spoken in: the United States and Canada
Powhatan † – Kikitowämak
- Formerly spoken in: Virginia, the United States
Principense Creole – Lunguyê
- Spoken in: Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe
Puerto Rican Sign Language – Lengua de señas puertorriqueña
- Signed in: Puerto Rico
Pukapukan – Te Leo Wale
- Official language in: the Cook Islands
Puma – पुम
- Spoken in: Nepal
Pumé – Pumé
Punic † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Ancient Carthage, what is now Tunisia
Punjabi – पंजाबी, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, or پنجابی
- Official language in: the Indian Union territory of Delhi; and the Indian states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and West Bengal
- Majority spoken language in: Pakistan and mostly in the province of Punjab
Puno Quechua – Qhichwa simi
Punu – Yipunu
- Spoken in: Gabon and the Republic of the Congo
Purépecha – Pʼurhépecha
Purgi – པུ་རིག་་སྐད།, پُرگِی
Puroik – pɯh˧˩ ɣut˥
- Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India and Lhünzê County in Tibet, China
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
Puyuma – Pinuyumayan
- Spoken in: Taiwan
Pwo – ဖျိၩ့, ဖျိၩ့ၡိ, ဖၠုံ, ဖၠုံယှိုဝ်
- Spoken in: Kayin State, Myanmar and Thailand
Q
[edit source]Qʼanjobʼal – Kanjobal
- Spoken in: Huehuetenango, Guatemala, Mexico
Qaqet – Baining
- Spoken in: East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Qashqai – قشقايی ديلى
- Spoken in: Fars Province, Iran
Qatari Sign Language – لغة الأشارة القطرية
- Signed in: Qatar
Qʼeqchiʼ – Kekchi
- Official language in: Guatemala and Mexico
Quapaw † – Ogáxpa
- Formerly spoken in: Arkansas, United States
Quebec Sign Language – Langue des signes québécoise
Quechan – Kwatsáan Iiyáa
- Spoken in: California, the United States
Quechua – Runasimi
Quenya – Eldarin
- Constructed language spoken by the Elves in the Middle-earth
- Quenya is used as a liturgical language by Elves
Quileute † – Kʷoʔlí·yot̓
- Formerly spoken in: the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, the United States
Quinault † – Kʷínaył
- Formerly spoken in: the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, the United States
Quinqui – Quinqui
- Spoken in: Spain
R
[edit source]Raga – Hano
- Spoken in: the Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
Rajasthani – राजस्थानी
Rajbanshi – राजबंशी, রাজবংশী, তাজপুরিয়া
- Spoken in: Nepal
Rama – Rama
- Official language in: North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region in Nicaragua
Ramanos † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Bolivia
Rangi – Kɨlaangi
- Spoken in: Tanzania
Rangpuri – রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী
- Official language in: West Bengal, India
- Also spoken in: Bangladesh
Rapa – Rapa, Mangaia
- Spoken in: Rapa Iti, French Polynesia
Rapa Nui – Vānaŋa Rapa Nui, Te reʻo Rapa Nui
Rara Bakati’ – Rara Bakati'
Reel – Thuɔk ë Rëël
- Spoken in: South Sudan
Rejang – Miling Hejang, Miling Jang
Rendille – Afi Ren'dille
- Spoken in: Kenya
Rengao – Rơngao
Rennell-Bellona – Te hegeunga a Mugaba ma Mugiki
- Spoken in: Rennell and Bellona, Solomon Islands
Réunion Creole – kréol rénioné
Riau Malay – ?
Rinconada Bikol – Rinconada
- Spoken in: Camarines Sur, Philippines
Rodriguan Creole – Kreol rodrige
Rohingya – 𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝
- Official language in: the Rakhine State, Myanmar
- Also spoken in: Southeastern Chittagong Division, Bangladesh
Romagnol – Rumagnòl
- Spoken in: Eastern Emilia-Romagna, Italy and San Marino
Romani – Romani Ćhib
- Spoken by: the Romani people
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
Romanian Sign Language – Limba semnelor române
- Signed in: Romania
Romansh – romontsch, rumantsch, rumauntsch, rumàntsch
Romblomanon – Rumblumãnun
- Spoken in: Some small islands in the central Philippines
Rotokas – Rotokas reo
- Spoken in: Bougainville part of Papua New Guinea
Rotuman – Fäeag Rotuạm
- Official language in: Rotuma, Fiji
Ruching Palaung – ဒါအာင်
- Spoken in: the Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone, Myanmar; and Yunnan, China
Rukai – drekai / drekay
Rundi – Ikirundi
Russian – Русский
- Official language in: 8 countries, 3 subnational entities and 12 organizations
- Recognised Minority Language in: 7 countries
Russian Sign Language – русский жестовый язык
- Signed in: Russia, Tajikistan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Moldova
Rusyn – Русиньский Язык, Русиньска Бесїда, Русинська Мова
- Official language in: The Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina
- Recognised Minority Language in: Croatia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, and Slovakia
Ruthenian † – Руська мова
- Formerly spoken in: the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Rutul – мыхаӀбишды чӀел
Ruuli – Luduuli
- Spoken in: Uganda
S
[edit source]Saanich – SENĆOŦEN, Sənčáθən
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada, the United States
Saaroa – Lhaʼalua
- Spoken in: Taiwan
Saʼban – hmeu Saʼban
Saba – Saɓɓoŋ
- Spoken in: Chad
Sadri – सादरी (नागपुरी), ସାଦ୍ରୀ, সাদরি
Saek – แถร̄ก
Saʽidi Arabic – صعيدى
- Spoken in: Minya Governorate, Egypt
Saint Lucian Creole – kwéyòl
- Spoken in: Saint Lucia
Saisiyat – SaiSiyat
- Spoken in: Taiwan
Saka † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Central Asia
Sakachep – Khelma/Achep
- Spoken in: Northeast India
Sakizaya – Sakizaya
- Spoken in: Taiwan
Salar – Salarcha, 撒拉语
- Official language in: Xunhua Salar Autonomous County and Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County, China
Salish – Séliš, Npoqínišcn
- Spoken in: Montana, Idaho, the United States
Salvadoran Sign Language – Lengua de señas salvadoreña
- Signed in: El Salvador
Samaritan Aramaic – ࠀࠓࠌࠉࠕ, Arāmît
- Formerly spoken in: Israel and Palestine
- The Samaritan Aramaic language is a liturgical language used by Samaritans

Samaritan Hebrew – ࠏࠁࠓࠉࠕ, Îbrit
- Formerly spoken in: Israel and Palestine
- The Samaritan Hebrew language is a liturgical language used by Samaritans

Sambal – Sambali
- Regional language in: the Philippines
Sambalpuri – ସମ୍ବଲପୁରୀ
Samburu – Sampur, ɔl Maa
- Spoken in: Samburu County, Kenya
Sámi (Akkala) † – äh'k'el'säm'la
- Formerly spoken in: Russia
Sámi (Inari) – anarâškielâ, aanaarsämikielâ
- Recognised as a minority language in Finland
Sámi (Kemi) † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Finland
Sámi (Kildin) – Кӣллт са̄мь кӣлл
- Recognised as a minority language in Russia
Sámi (Lule) – julevsámegiella
- Recognised as a minority language in Norway, Sweden
Sámi (Northern) – davvisámegiella
- Recognised as a minority language in Finland, Norway, Sweden
Sámi (Pite) – bidumsámegiella
- Recognised as a minority language in Norway, Sweden
Sámi (Skolt) – sääʹmǩiõll, nuõrttsääʹmǩiõll
- Recognised as a minority language in Russia, and formerly spoken in Norway
Sámi (Southern) – åarjelsaemien gïele
- Recognised as a minority language in Norway
Sámi (Ter) – Са̄мькӣлл, saa´mekiill
- A moribund language spoken in Russia
Sámi (Ume) – ubmejesámiengiälla
- Recognised as a minority language in Sweden, and formerly in Norway
Samoan – Gagana Sāmoa
- Official language in: American Samoa and Samoa
Samogitian – Žemaitiu kalba
San Andrés–Providencia Creole – San Andres Ailanda Kriol
- Spoken in: San Andrés and Providencia, Colombia
Sanapaná – Nenlhet
- Spoken in: Presidente Hayes, Paraguay
Sandawe – Sàndàwé kì’ìng
- Spoken in: Tanzania
Sangir – Sangihẹ̆
- Spoken in: Sangir Island, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Sango – yângâ tî sängö
- Official language in: the Central African Republic
- Recognised Minority Language in: Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sangu – Shisangu
- Spoken in: Tanzania
Sanka – Dʉmʉna
- Spoken in: La Guajira Department, Colombia
Sanskrit – संस्कृतम्, संस्कृता वाक्
Santali – ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ
Sanumá – Sanöma
Sãotomense Creole – forro, santomense
- Spoken in: São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
Sar – tà Sàᶉ̄
- Spoken in: Chad
Sara Kaba Démé – Sara Kaba Ɗem, Ɗem
- Spoken in: Chad
Sara Kaba Naa – Naa, Sara Kaba Naa
- Spoken in: Chad
Saramaccan – Saamáka
Sardinian – Sardu
- Official language in: the Italian autonomous region of Sardinia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Italy
Sarikoli – تۇجىك زىڤ ,سەرىقۇلى زىڤ
Sartang – But(pa)
- Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India
Sasak – ᬪᬵᬲᬵᬲᬓ᭄ᬱᬓ᭄
- Spoken in: West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Sassarese – sassaresu, turritanu
Satawalese – Satawal
- Spoken in: the Federated States of Micronesia
Saudi Sign Language – لغة الإشارة السعودية
- Signed in: Saudi Arabia
Sauk – Thâkiwâtowêweni
- Spoken by: the Sauk people
Saurashtra – ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬꢵ
- Spoken in: the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu
Scandoromani – ?
Scots – Scots, Scottis, Scots leid, Lallans
Scottish Gaelic – Gàidhlig
Sechelt – sháshíshalh-em
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Sedang – rơtéang
- Spoken in: Central Vietnam
Seediq – Kari Seediq, Taroko
- Spoken in: Taiwan
Sekani – Tse’khene
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Selkʼnam † – Selkʼnamčan
Selkup – чу́мэл шэ, тюйкуй келл, шё̄шӄуй шэ̄, сӱ̄ссыӷӯй сэ̄, шöйӄумый эты
- Spoken in: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Sena – Cisena
- Spoken in: Malawi and Mozambique
Senaya – ܣܢܝܐ ,ܣܘܪܝ
Seneca – Onöndowaʼga꞉ʼ Gawë꞉noʼ
- Spoken in: Western New York, the United States, Ontario, Canada
Sentinelese – ?
- Spoken in: North Sentinel Island, in the Andaman Islands of India
Serbian – Српски, Srpski
- Official language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania and Slovakia
Serbian Sign Language – Српски знаковни језик, Srpski znakovni jezik
- Signed in: Serbia and Montenegro
Serbo-Croatian – srpskohrvatski/српскохрватски, also hrvatskosrpski/хрватскосрпски
- Official language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, North Macedonia, Romania and Slovakia
Sercquiais – Sercquiais
- Spoken in: Sark, a part of the Guernsey, United Kingdom
Serer – Seereer, Seereer-Siin
Seri – cmiique iitom
Serrano † – Maarrênga'twich
- Formerly spoken in: Southern California, the United States
Seychellois Creole – kreol, seselwa
Shabo – Mikeyir
- Spoken in: the eastern part of the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
Shan – လိၵ်ႈတႆး
- Spoken in: the Myanmar states of the Kachin State and the Shan State and by the Shan people
Shanghainese – 上海闲话
- Spoken in: the Chinese municipality of Shanghai
Shao–Jiang Min – 邵將, 邵将
Shatt – Ikä Caning
- Spoken in: Southern Sudan
Shauraseni Prakrit † – 𑀰𑁅𑀭𑀲𑁂𑀦𑀻
- Formerly spoken in: the Indian subcontinent
Shawiya – Tacawit
- Spoken in: the Aurès Mountains (in Batna, Khenchela, Oum El Bouaghi, Souk Ahras, Tébessa, and Biskra), also in Mila, Guelma, and Constantine, Algeria
Shawnee – saawanwaatoweewe, sâwanwâtowêwe
- Spoken in: Central and Northeast Oklahoma, the United States
Shehri – Śḥɛrɛ̄t, Gəblɛ̄t
- Spoken in: Oman
Shekkacho – Shekki-noone
- Spoken in: the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia
Sherdukpen – Mey, Ngnok
- Spoken in: West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh in India
Sherpa – शेर्पा, ཤེར་པཱ།
- Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
Shi – Mashi
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Shilha – Taclḥiyt, ⵜⴰⵛⵍⵃⵉⵢⵜ, تاشلحيت
- Spoken in: Morocco
Shilluk – Dhøg Cøllø
- Spoken in: South Sudan
Shina – ݜݨیاٗ زبان ,ݜݨیاٗ گلیتوࣿ زبان
- Spoken in: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Shipibo-Conibo – Shipibo
- Spoken in: Ucayali Region, Peru
Shona – Shona
Shor – шор тили, тадар тили
- Spoken in: Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
Shoshoni – Sosoni' ta̲i̲kwappe, Neme ta̲i̲kwappeh
- Spoken in: Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, the United States
Shua – Shwakhwe
- Spoken in: Botswana
Shuar – Shiwar chicham
Shughni – xuɣ̌nůni ziv, خُږنۈنے زِڤ, хуг̌ну̊ни зив
- Spoken in: Gorno-Badakhshan in Tajikistan, Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan, Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan and Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County in China.
Shuswap – Secwépemctsín
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Shwe Palaung – ဆာမ်လိုင်
- Spoken in: the Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone, Myanmar
Siberian Tatar – Себертатарца
Sicilian – Sicilianu
- Spoken in: the Italian region of Apulia, Calabria, Campania; the Italian comune of Leece; Malta; and the Italian autonomous region of Sicily
Sidamo – Sidaamu Afoo
- Spoken in: Sidama Region, Ethiopia
Sikkimese – འབྲས་ལྗོངས་
- Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim
Silesian – Ślōnski, Ślůnski
- Spoken in: Poland and Czech Republic
Siltʼe – የስልጤ
- Spoken in: Central Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia
Sindarin – Sindarin
- Constructed language spoken by the Elves in the Middle-earth
Sindhi – سنڌي
- Official language in: India and the Pakistani province of Sindh
Sinhala – සිංහල
Sinicized Miao – Hmongb Shuat
- Spoken in: Southern China
Sinte Romani – Romanes, Sinto, Sintitikes
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Netherlands and Germany
Sioux – Lakȟótiyapi, Dakȟótiyapi, Dakhód'iapi
- Official language in: South Dakota, the United States
Siraya † – Siraya
- Formerly spoken in: Taiwan
Sirenik † – Сиӷы́ных
- Formerly spoken in: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Slavey – Sahtúgot’įné Yatı̨́, K’ashógot’įne Goxedǝ́, Shíhgot’įne Yatı̨́, Dené Dháh, Dene Yatıé, Dene Zhatıé
- Official language in: the Northwest Territories, Canada
Slovak – Slovenčina
- Official language in: Slovakia, and the Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Czech Republic, Hungary and Ukraine
Slovak Sign Language – Slovenský posunkový jazyk
- Signed in: Slovakia
Slovene – Slovenščina
- Official language in: Slovenia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Austria, Hungary, and Italy
Slovenian Sign Language – Slovenski znakovni jezik
- Signed in: Slovenia
Slovio – Slovio, Словио
Soga – Lusoga
- Spoken in: Uganda
Sogdian † – 𐼑𐼇𐼄𐼌𐼊𐼋 [𐼀𐼈𐼂𐼀𐼋], 𐼼𐼴𐼶𐼹𐼷𐼸 (𐼰𐼵𐼱𐼰𐼸), 𐼼𐼲𐼴𐼹𐼷𐼰𐼴, 𐫘𐫇𐫄𐫔𐫏𐫀𐫇
- Formerly spoken in: Central Asia and China
Solresol – Sol-Re-Sol
- A musical constructed language
Somali – اللغة الصومالية, Af-Soomaali
Songhay – Songhai
- Spoken in: West Africa, primarily in Niger and Mali
Soninke – Sooninkanxanne
- Spoken in: West Africa, primarily in Mali and Mauritania
Sonsorolese – Ramari Dongosaro
Soq – Male
- Spoken in: Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Soqotri – ماتڸ دسقطري
- Spoken in: Socotra Archipelago, Yemen
Sora – 𑃐𑃚𑃝, ସଉରା
- Spoken in: India
Sorani – سۆرانی, Soranî
Sotho – Sesotho
- Official language in: Lesotho and South Africa
Sougb – Sougb
- Spoken in: West Papua, Indonesia
South African Sign Language – Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal
South Azerbaijani – آذربایجان دیلی
- Spoken in: Iranian Azerbaijan, Iran
- Spoken in: Bengkulu, South Sumatra, and Lampung, Indonesia
South Efate – Nafsan
- Spoken in: Vanuatu
Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl – nawatlajtole
Southern Ndebele – isiNdebele
Southern Qiang – ?
Southern Quechua – Urin Qhichwa
Southern Thai – ภาษาไทยถิ่นใต้
- Spoken in: the southern area of Thailand, and some other parts of Southeast Asia
Southern Tutchone – Dän kʼè
Southern Uzbek – اۉزبېکچه ,اۉزبېکی ,اۉزبېک تورکچهسی
- Spoken in: Afghanistan
Southern Yukaghir – Одун ажуу
- Spoken in: Sakha Republic, Russia
Spanish – Español
Spanish Sign Language – Lengua de Signos Española
- Signed in: Spain
Squamish – Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim
- Spoken in: southwestern British Columbia, Canada
Sranan Tongo – Sranantongo
- Spoken in: Suriname
Stoney – Nakoda, Nakota, Isga, Îyethka Îabi, Îyethka wîchoîe, Isga Iʔabi
Sudanese Arabic – لهجة سودانية
- Spoken in: Sudan
Sudovian † – Sūdaviskai
Sukuma – Kɪsukuma, Kisukuma
- Spoken in: Tanzania
Sumbawa – Basa Samawa, ᨅᨔ ᨔᨆᨓ
- Spoken in: Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Sumerian † – 𒅴𒂠 (EME.G̃IR15)
Sumo – Sumu
Sunam – sunnampakad
- Spoken in: Himachal Pradesh, India
Sundanese – ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ
- Official language in: the Indonesian province of West Java
Sunwar – सुनुवार, कोइँच, किराँती-कोइँच, मुखिया
- Official language in: Sikkim, India
Surajpuri – सुरजापुरी, সুরজাপুরী
Suret – ܣܘܪܝܬ
Surigaonon – Tandaganon
- Regional language in: the Philippines
Susu – Sosoxui
- Spoken in: Guinea and Sierra Leone
Susuami – Susuami
- Spoken in: Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Svan – ლუშნუ ნინ
- Spoken in: Georgia
Swahili – Kiswahili
- Official language in: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda
Swazi – siSwati
- Official language in: Eswatini and South Africa
Swedish – Svenska
- Official language in: Finland (including Åland) and Sweden
Swedish Sign Language – Svenskt Teckenspråk
Swiss German – Schwyzerdütsch
- Spoken in: the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, the Italian regions of the Aosta Valley, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland
Swiss-German Sign Language – Deutschschweizer Gebärdensprache
- Signed in: Liechtenstein, and Switzerland
Sylheti – ছিলটী, সিলেটী
- Spoken in: the Bangladeshi division of Greater Sylhet; the Indian state of Assam's Barak Valley; and the Indian state of Tripura
Syriac – ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ
- Formerly spoken in: the Fertile Crescent and Eastern Arabia
- The Syriac language is a liturgical language of Syriac Christianity

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[edit source]Taa – ǃXóõ
Tabasaran – табасаран чIал
Tae’ – Tae'
- Spoken in: South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Tagalog – ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔, Wikang Tagalog
- Official language in: the Philippines
Tagish † – Tā̀gish
- Formerly spoken in: the Northwest Territories, Canada
Tahaggart – Tahaggart
- Recognised Minority Language in: Algeria, Libya and Niger
Tahitian – Reo Mā'ohi, Reo Tahiti
- Spoken in: Society Islands in French Polynesia
Tahltan – Tałtan ẕāke, dah dẕāhge, didene keh
- Spoken in: Northern British Columbia, Canada
Tai Daeng – ꪼꪕꪵꪒꪉ
Tai Dam – ꪺꪕꪒꪾ
- Spoken in: the Chinese county of the Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County
Tai Dón – ꪼꪕ ꪒ꪿ꪮꪙ
- Spoken in: Laos, Vietnam and the Chinese county of the Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County
Tai Khün – ไทเขิน
- Spoken in: Shan State, Myanmar and Thailand
Tai Lü – ᦑᦺᦟᦹᧉ
- Spoken in: Yunnan Province, China
Tai Nüa – ᥖᥭᥰᥖᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ
Taíno † – Tainonaíki
- Formerly spoken in: Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Cuba, Turks and Caicos, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the US Virgin Islands (the United States), the British Virgin Islands (the United Kingdom), the United States (the states of Florida and New Jersey) etc.
Taita – Kidawida
- Spoken in: Taita Taveta County, Kenya
Taivoan † – Rara ka maka-Taivoan
- Formerly spoken in: Taiwan
Taiwan Sign Language – 台灣手語
- Signed in: Taiwan
Taiwanese – 臺語, Tâi-gí, Tâi-gú
Taʽizzi-Adeni Arabic – لهجة تعزية عدنية
Tajik – Тоҷикӣ
Takpa – དག་པ་ཁ་
Talossan – el glheþ Talossan
- A constructed language that was invented by Robert Ben Madison for his micronation of Talossa
Talysh – Tolışə zıvon, Tолышә зывон, تؤلشه زوؤن
- Spoken in: Iran and Azerbaijan
Tamang – तामाङ
- Official language in: Sikkim, India and Nepal
Tamasheq – Tamashek
Tamazight (Central Atlas) – ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ, أمازيغية أطلس الأوسط
Tamil – தமிழ்
- Official language in: the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, union territories of Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Singapore
- Recognised Minority Language in: Malaysia
Tanacross – Neeʼaanděgʼ
- Official language in: Alaska, the United States
Tanchangya – 𑄖𑄧𑄐𑄴𑄌𑄧𑄁𑄉𑄴𑄡
- Spoken in: Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, Myanmar
Tangut † – 𗼇𗟲
- Formerly the Official language in: the Tangut Empire (Western Xia)
Tarahumara – Rarámuri ra'ícha
Tarifit – Tmaziɣt, ⵜⴰⵔⵉⴼⵉⵜ, الريفية
Tarok – Ítarok
- Spoken in: Nigeria
Tat – zuhun tati, зугьун тати
Tatar – تاتارچا, Tatarça, Tатарча
Taushiro – ?
- Spoken in: Peru
- Note: Only one speaker left.
Tausug – Bahasa Sūg
- Spoken in: Sulu, Philippines
Taveta – Kitubheta
- Spoken in: Taita Taveta County, Kenya
Tawellemmet – Tawəlləmmət, ⵜⵓⵍⵎⵓⵜ, تَاوَلَّمَّتْ
Tawoyan – Tewoyan
- Spoken in: the eastern area of Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Note: Not to be confused with the Tavoyan dialect of Burmese.
Tay – Tiểng Tày, Thổ
- Spoken in: Vietnam
Tayo – Patois de Saint-Louis
- Spoken in Saint-Louis, New Caledonia
Tebul Dogon – Tebul Ure
- Spoken in: Mali
Teda – Tedaga
Tehuelche † – Aonekko ʼaʼien
Tektitek – Bʼaʼaj
Teleut – Телеңет тили
- Spoken in: Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
Telugu – తెలుగు
- Official language in: the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and town of Yanam
Tem – Tem
- Spoken in: Togo
Tembagla – Bo-Ung
- Spoken in: Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Temiar – Nèhtuh Temèèr
Temne – KʌThemnɛ
- Spoken in: Sierra Leone and Guinea
Tepes – Soo
- Spoken in: Uganda
Terêna – Etelena, Emo'u xâne
- Spoken in: Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Terengganu – Ccakak Tranung
- Spoken in: Terengganu, Malaysia
Teribe – Naso, Norteño, Quequexque, Teribe, Tiribi, or Térraba
- Spoken in: the Costa Rican provinces of Limón, and the Panamanian provinces of Bocas del Toro and Chiriquí
Ternate – ?
- Spoken in: North Maluku, Indonesia
Teso – Ateso
- Spoken in: Uganda
Tetum – Lia-Tetun
Tetun Dili – Tetun Dili
- Spoken in: Dili, Timor-Leste
Thado Chin – Thadou Kuki, Thadou pao
Thai – ภาษาไทย
Thai Sign Language – ภาษามือไทย
- Signed in: Thailand
Thangmi – थाङ्मी खाम
Thao – Thau a lalawa
- Spoken in: Taiwan
Thompson – Nłeʔkepmxcín
- Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada, the United States
Tibetan – དབུས་སྐད་
- Official language in: the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, Nepal
Tibetan Sign Language – བོད་ཀྱི་ལག་བརྡའི་བརྡ་སྤྲོད།
- Signed in: Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Ticuna – Ticunaga
- Spoken in: Amazonas Department, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
Tigre – ትግሬ, ትግራይት
- Recognised Minority Language in: Eritrea and Sudan
Tigrinya – ትግርኛ
- Official language in: Eritrea and Ethiopia
Tillamook † – Hutyáyu, Hutyéyu
- Formerly spoken in: Oregon, United States
Timucua † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Georgia, United States
Tindi – Идараб мицци
Titan – Titan
- Spoken in: Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
Tiv – Tiv
- Spoken in: Benue State, Cross River State, Plateau State and Taraba State, Nigeria
Tiwi – Tunuvivi
- Spoken in: Melville Island and Bathurst Island in Northern Territory, Australia
Tlingit – Lingít
- Official language in: Alaska, the United States
Toba – Qom l’aqtac
Toba-Maskoy – Enenlhet
- Spoken in: Alto Paraguay, Paraguay
- Spoken in: Tobago part of Trinidad and Tobago
Tobati – Yotafa
Tobian – Ramarih Hatohobei
Toda – தோடா
- Spoken in: Western Tamil Nadu, India
Tofa – Тоъфа дыл
- Spoken in: Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Tojolabal – Tojol-ab'al
Tok Pisin – Tok Pisin
Tokelauan – gagana Tokelau
Toki Pona – toki pona
- Constructed language spoken worldwide
Tokunoshima – シマユミィタ
- Spoken in: Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Tol – Tol
- Spoken in: Honduras
Tolaki – Tolaki
- Spoken in: Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Toma – Lɔɠɔma
- Spoken in: Guinea
Tongan – Lea faka-Tonga
Tongva † – Gabrielino
- Formerly spoken in: the City of Los Angeles, California, United States
Tonkawa † – Ticknawa•tic
- Formerly spoken in: Oklahoma, the United States
Tooro – Orutooro
- Spoken in: Uganda
Toraja-Sa’dan – Basa Tora'a
- Spoken in: South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Torres Strait Creole – Yumplatok
- Spoken in: Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia
Torwali – توروالی
- Spoken in: Pakistan
- Spoken in: Trinidad in Trinidad and Tobago
Trió – Tarëno ijomi
Tsakhur – цӀаӀхна миз, ts'əxna miz
Tsakonian – τσακώνικα
- Spoken in: Tsakonia, Peloponnese, Greece
Tsetsaut † – Wetaŀ, Wetaɬ, Wetał
- Formerly spoken in: Alaska, the United States, Canada
Tsez – Цез Мец, Цезяс Мец
Tshangla – ཆང་ལོ
- Spoken in: Bhutan; Arunachal Pradesh, India; and Tibet, China
Tsimshian – Sm'algya̱x
- Official language in: Alaska, the United States
- Also spoken in: British Columbia, Canada
Tsoa – Hiechware
Tsonga – Xitsonga
Tsou – Cou
- Spoken in: Alishan Range, Taiwan
Tsuutʼina – Tsúùtʼínà Gūnáhà
- Spoken in: the Tsuutʼina Nation in Alberta, Canada
Tsuvadi – Tsuvaɗi
- Spoken in: Niger State, Nigeria
Tswa – Xitswa
- Spoken in: Mozambique
Tswana – Setswana
Tuamotuan – Reo Pa’umotu, Reko Pa’umotu
- Spoken in: Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia
Tuareg – Tamahaq, Tamajaq, Tamasheq, or ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵌⴰⵆ
- Recognised Minority Language in: Mali and Niger
Tübatulabal – Pakaːnil
- Spoken in: California
Tucano – Dasea ye
- Spoken in: Vaupés Department, Colombia, and Amazonas, Brazil
Tujia – Bifzixsar, Mongrzzirhof
- Spoken in: Northwestern Hunan Province, China
Tulu – ತುಳು ಬಾಸೆ, തുളു ബാസെ, or ![]()
- Spoken in: the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Maharashtra
Tumbuka – Chitumbuka
- Recognised Minority Language in: Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania
Tumpoon – ទំពួន
- Spoken in: Cambodia
Tundra Enets – ?
- Spoken in: Dudinka, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Tundra Nenets – ненэця' вада
- Spoken in: Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Tungag – Lavongai
- Spoken in: New Hanover Island, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
Tunica – Luhchi Yoroni
- Spoken in: Louisiana, United States
Tunisian Arabic – تونسي
- Spoken in: Tunisia
Tunisian Sign Language – لغة الإشارة التونسية
- Signed in: Tunisia
Tunzu – Itunzu, Duguza
- Spoken in: Plateau State and Bauchi State, Nigeria
Turkana – ŋatùrk(w)anà
Turkish – Türkçe
- Official language in: Turkey, Northern Cyprus and Cyprus
- Spoken in: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Syria, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany
Turkish Sign Language – Türk İşaret Dili
- Signed in: Turkey
Turkmen – Türkmençe or Türkmen dili
- Spoken in: Turks and Caicos
Turoyo – ܛܘܪܝܐ
- Recognised Minority Language in: the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and Turkey
Tuscarora † – Ska꞉rù꞉ręʼ, Skarò˙rə̨ˀ
- Formerly spoken by: the Tuscarora people
Tututni – Dotodəni
- Spoken in: Oregon, the United States
Tuvaluan – Te Ggana Tuuvalu
Tuvan – тыва дыл
Twana – tuwaduq
- Spoken in: Washington, United States
Twi – Twi
- Spoken in: Ghana
Tyap – A̱lyem Tyap
- Spoken in: Kaduna State and Plateau State, Nigeria
Tzeltal – Bats'il k'op
Tzotzil – Batsʼi kʼop
U
[edit source]Uab Meto – Uab Metô
- Spoken in: West Timor in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Timor-Leste
Ubykh † – twaxəbza
- Formerly spoken in: Turkey
Udege – Удиэ кэйэвэни
- Spoken in: Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Udi – удин муз, udin muz, 𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔼𐕎 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐔵
- Spoken in: Azerbaijan, Russia, and Georgia
Udmurt – Удмурт кыл
Uduk – Tw'ampa or T'wampa
- Spoken in: South Sudan and Sudan
Ugandan Sign Language – Ugandan Sign Language
- Signed in: Uganda
Ugaritic † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Syria
Ugong – 'Ugong
- Spoken in: western Thailand
Ukrainian – Українська
- Official language in: Transnistria and Ukraine
- Recognised Minority Language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, and Slovakia
Ukrainian Sign Language – Українська жестова мова
- Signed in: Ukraine
Ulch – Нāнʼи хэсэни
- Spoken in: Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Ulithian – Yulidiy
- Spoken in: Ulithi Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia
Ulster Scots – Ulstèr-Scotch
Uma – Basa Uma, Uma
- Spoken in: Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Umbrian † – Iuku Umbriu
- Formerly spoken in: central Italy
Umbundu – Umbundu
Unami – Wënami èlixsuwakàn
- Spoken in: Ontario, Canada, United States, formerly Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, United States
Unde Kaili – ?
- Spoken in: Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Unserdeutsch – Unserdeutsch
- Spoken in: Papua New Guinea and Australia
Upper Chehalis † – Q̉ʷay̓áyiłq̉
- Formerly spoken in: Washington, the United States
Upper Chinook † – Kiksht
- Formerly spoken in: Oregon, the United States
Upper Kuskokwim – Dinakʼi
- Official language in: Alaska, the United States
Upper Sorbian – Hornjoserbsce
Upper Tanana – Nee'aanèegn'
- Official language in: Alaska, the United States
Urarina – Oruarinya
Urdu – اُردُو
- Official language in: Pakistan, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Telangana
Urhobo – Urhobo
- Spoken in: Delta State and Edo State, Nigeria
Uruguayan Sign Language – Lengua de señas uruguaya
- Signed in: Uruguay
Urum – Урум, Ουρούμ
- Recognised Minority Language in: Georgia, Greece and Ukraine
Uspanteco – uspantek
- Spoken in: Guatemala
Uyghur – ئۇيغۇر تىلى
- Official language in: the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang
- Recognised Minority Language in: Kazakhstan
Uzbek – اوزبیک, Ўзбек, Oʻzbek
V
[edit source]Vaagri Booli – ஃஅக்கிபிக்கி
- Spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Karnataka,, Maharashtra, and all in India
Vai – ꕙꔤ
- Spoken in: Liberia and Sierra Leone
Valencian – Valencià
- Official language in: the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia
Valencian Sign Language – Llengua de signes valenciana
- Signed in: the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia
Vayu – वायु, हायु
- Spoken in: Bagmati Province, Nepal
Vedda – වැදි
- Spoken in: Uva Province of Sri Lanka
Venda – Tshivenḓa
- Official language in: South Africa and Zimbabwe
Venetian – Vèneto
- Official language in: the Italian region of Veneto
Venezuelan Sign Language – Lengua de señas venezolana
- Signed in: Venezuela
Veps – vepsän kelʹ
Vietnamese – tiếng Việt
Vietnamese Sign Language – Ngôn ngữ ký hiệu Việt Nam
- Signed in: Vietnam
Vilela † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina
- Spoken in: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Viossa – Viossa, Vjosa, Vjossa, Vyossa
- An engineered constructed language created as an artificial pidgin
- Spoken in: British Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands,, Spanish Virgin Islands (Puerto Rico, Sint Eustatius, Saint Martin, and Sint Maarten
Vlax Romani – řomani čhib
- Generally spoken in: Southeastern Europe
Volapük – Volapük
Võro – Võro Kiil
- Spoken by: the Võro people of Estonia
Voro (Adamawa) – Vɔrɔ
- Spoken in: Adamawa State, Nigeria
Votic – Vaddja
W
[edit source]Wa – Va
Waimiri-Atroarí – Kinja Iara
Wakhi – ښیکوار زیک, Х̆икв̆ор зик, X̌ikwor zik
- Spoken in: Wakhan District in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, and neighboring areas of Tajikistan, Pakistan and China
Wali – Waale, Waalii
- Spoken in: Ghana
Wallisian – Fakaʻuvea
- Spoken in: Wallis, Wallis and Futuna, France; and the island of Ouvéa in New Caledonia
Walloon – Walon
Wamey – Wameỹ
Wampanoag † – Wôpanâak
- Formerly spoken in: Massachusetts, United States
Waorani – Wao Tededö
Wapan – Jukun Wapan
- Spoken in: Taraba State, Plateau State, and Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Warao – Guarauno, Warrau
Waray – Winaray, Binisayâ nga Winaray
- Regional language in: the Philippines
Warlpiri – Warlpiri
- Spoken in: the Australian Northern Territory
Warumungu – Warramunga
- Spoken in: Northern Territory, Australia
Washo – wá꞉šiw ʔítlu
- Spoken in: the states of California, the United States
Wayampi – Wajãpi
Wayana – Wayâna
- Spoken in: Sipaliwini, Suriname, Brazil
Wayuu – Wayuunaiki
Waziri – وزیری
- Spoken in: Waziristan, Pakistan
Weenhayek – 'weenhayeklhayhi', 'weenhayeklhàmet
Welsh – Cymraeg
- Official language in: the British country of Wales
- Recognised Minority Language in: Y Wladfa, Chubut, Argentina and the United Kingdom
West Albay Bikol – ?
- Spoken in: Western Albay, in the Bicol region of the Philippines
West Coast Bajau – Bajau Sama
Western Bru – บรู
Western Neo-Aramaic – ܣܪܝܘܢ (ܐܰܪܳܡܰܝ)
- Spoken in: Syria
Western Tunebo – ?
- Spoken in: Santander Department, Colombia
Wichita † – Kirikirʔi:s
- Formerly spoken in: Oklahoma, the United States
Wintu – wintʰuːh
- Spoken in: California, the United States
Wipi – Wipi
- Spoken in: Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Wiradjuri – Wiradhuray, Wiradyuray
- Spoken in: New South Wales, Australia
Wiyot † – Soulatluk
- Formerly spoken in: Northwestern California, the United States
Wolaytta – Wolayttatto Doonaa
Wolof – Wolof
- Spoken in: the Gambia,Mauritania, and Senegal
Wounaan – Woun Meu, Wounaan Meu
- Spoken in: Chocó Department, Colombia; and Panama
Wu – 吴方言
- Spoken in: the southern region of the Chinese province of Jiangsu, the entire province of Zhejiang, and the municipality of Shanghai
Wuvulu-Aua – Wuvulu
- Spoken in: Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
Wymysorys – Wymysiöeryś
- Spoken in: Wilamowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
X
[edit source]Xaracuu – Kanala, Xârâcùù
- Spoken in: the French special collectivity of New Caledonia
Xavánte – A’uwẽ
- Spoken in: Mato Grosso, Brazil
Xerénte – Akwẽ
Xhosa – isiXhosa
- Official language in: South Africa and Zimbabwe
Xiang – 湘语
- Spoken in: the northern region of the Chinese province of Guangxi and the central and southwestern regions of the province of Hunan
Xibe – ᠰᡞᠪᡝᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ
- Spoken in: the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang
Xinca † – ?
- Formerly spoken in: southeastern Guatemala, parts of El Salvador, and Honduras
Xipaya – ?
Xiriâna † – Bahwana
- Formerly spoken in: Brazil
Xokleng – šokléng
- Spoken in: Santa Catarina, Brazil
Xong – Dut Xonb
- Spoken in: southeastern China
Xucuru † – Xukurú
- Formerly spoken in: Pernambuco, Brazil
Y
[edit source]Yaeyama – 八重山物言, ヤイマムニ
- Spoken in: Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Yaghnobi – Яғнобӣ зивок
- Spoken in: Tajikistan
Yahgan † – Háusi Kúta, Yágankuta
- Formerly spoken in: Magallanes, Chile, Argentina
Yakan – Yakan
- Regional language in: the Philippines
Yakkha – याक्खा
Yakima – ?
- Spoken in: Washington, the United States
Yakut – Саха тыла
- Official language in: Yakutia or Sakha in Russia
Yalunka – Jalonke, Dialonke, jalunga xuwiina'
- Spoken in: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, and Senegal
Yamben – Yaben
- Spoken in: Sumgilbar Rural LLG in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Yami – ciciring no Tao
- Spoken in: Orchid Island, Taiwan
Yanesha' – Yanešač̣ or Yaneshac̈h
Yangum – Aiku
- Spoken in: Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Yanomamö – Yąnomamɨ
Yanyuwa – Yanyuwa
- Spoken in: Northern Territory, Australia
Yao – chiYao
- Recognised Minority Language in: Malawi
- Also spoken in: Mozambique and Tanzania
Yaosakor Asmat – Asmat
- Spoken in: South Papua, Indonesia
Yapese – Thin nu Waqaab
Yaqui – Yoem Noki
- Spoken in: Sonora, Mexico, the United States
Yasa – Iyasa
- Spoken in: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon
Yau – Yaö
- Spoken in: Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
- Note: There is another language called Yau in Papua New Guinea, spoken in the province of Sandaun. The Yau language spoken in Morobe Province belongs to the Trans-New Guinea language family, and the Yau language spoken in Sandaun Province belongs to the Torricelli language family.
Yazgulami – Zǵamiǵai, Зѓамиѓай
Yele – Yélî Dnye
- Spoken in: Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Yemba – Ashuŋne yémba
- Spoken in: West Region, Cameroon
Yemeni Arabic – اللهجة اليمنية
- Spoken in: Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia
Yemeni Sign Language – لغة الإشارة اليمنية
- Signed in: Yemen
Yetfa – Biksi, Biaksi, Inisine
- Spoken in: Highland Papua, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Yevanic – יעואני גלוסא, γεβανί γλώσσα
- Spoken in: Greece, Israel, Turkey, United States
Yeyi – Shiyeyi
Yiddish – ייִדיש
- Official language in: the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia
- Recognised Minority Language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, and Ukraine
Yilan Creole – ?
- Spoken in: Yilan County, Taiwan
Yine – Yine, Yineru tokanu
- Spoken in: some areas of the rivers of Urubamba, Ucayali and Madre de Dios and some of their tributaries (Ucayali, Cusco, Loreto, and Madre de Dios, Peru)
Yipma - Yɨꞌmayagaala
- Spoken in: Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Yola † – Yola
- Formerly spoken in: County Wexford, Ireland
Yombe – Kiyombe
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cabinda in Angola; and the Republic of the Congo
Yonaguni – 与那国物言, ドゥナンムヌイ
- Spoken in: Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Yonggom – Yonggom, Yongkom
- Spoken in: Western Province in Papua New Guinea and Boven Digoel Regency, South Papua in Indonesia
Yoron – ユンヌフトゥバ
- Spoken in: Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Yoruba – Èdè Yorùbá
Youjiang Zhuang – Gangjdoj
Yucatec Maya – mayaʼ tʼaan, maayaʼ tʼaan
Yucatec Maya Sign Language – ?
Yuchi – Tsoyaha
- Spoken in: Oklahoma, the United States
Yucuna – Jukuna
- Spoken in: along the Miritiparaná River in Colombia
Yue – 粵語, 粤语, 廣東話, or 广东话
- Spoken in: the Chinese province of Guangdong and the autonomous region of Guangxi
Yugh † – Дьук
- Formerly spoken along: the Yenisei River in Russia
- Spoken in: Nations of former Yugoslavia
Yurok – Pueleekla’
- Spoken in: Northwestern California, the United States
Yuwei – Yu We
- Spoken in: Jiwaka Province, Papua New Guinea
Z
[edit source]Zaghawa – Beria
Zaiwa – Tsaiwa, Tsaiva
Zande – Pazande
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan
Zapotec – Diidxazá, Dizhsa
Zarma – Zarma ciine, Zarma sanni, زَرْمَ ݘِينٜ ,زَرْمَ سَنِّ
- Spoken in: Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria
Zauzou – Rouruo
Zaza – Zazaki
- Spoken in: Tunceli, Bingöl, Erzincan and Diyarbakır
Zeelandic – Zeêuws
- Spoken in: Zeeland, the Netherlands
Zenaga – ⵜⵓⵥⵥⵓⵏⴳⵉⵢⵢⴰ
Zhuang – Vahcuengh, 話壯
- Spoken in: the southern areas of China
Zimbabwean Sign Language – Zimsign
Zoroastrian Dari – فارسی ,دری ,دريلو, or Yazdi
- The Dari language is used by some Zoroastrians
in Central Iran - Note: the Zoroastrian Dari language is also called Dari, which shouldn't be confused with the variety of Persian language spoken in Afghanistan
Zou – Zo
- Spoken in: Chin State, Myanmar; Mizoram and Manipur, India
Zulgo-Gemzek – ?
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Zulu – isiZulu
Zuni – Shiwi’ma
- Spoken in: New Mexico and Arizona in the United States
Zuojiang Zhuang – 話僮
- Spoken in: the Chinese autonomous region of Guangxi
Zyphe Chin – Zophei
- Spoken in: Chin State and India
ǀ
[edit source]ǀXam † – ǀKham, ǀKhuai
- Formerly spoken in: South Africa and Lesotho
ǁ
[edit source]ǁXegwi † – giǁkxi꞉gwi
- Formerly spoken at: Lake Chrissie, South Africa
ǂ
[edit source]ǂʼAmkoe – ǂʼAmkoe, ǂHoan
- Spoken in: Kweneng District, Botswana
Alphabets and scripts
[edit source]† = Extinct script or alphabet
'
[edit source]'Phags-pa † – ꡖꡍꡂꡛ ꡌ
- Formerly Used in: China, India, Mongolia, and Greater Tibet
A
[edit source]Abkhaz – Aҧсшәа
- Used in: Abkhazia and the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia
Adlam – 𞤀𞤣𞤤𞤢𞤥 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪
- Used in: West Africa
Afaka – ![]()
- Used in: Suriname
Ahom † – 𑜒𑜑𑜪𑜨
Anglo-Saxon † – ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ
- Formerly Used in: Anglo-Saxon England
Arabic – الْأَبْجَدِيَّة الْعَرَبِيَّة
- Used in: primarily the Middle East and North Africa, but also in Southeast Asia, the northern areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, and the United Nations
Armenian – Հայկական Այբուբեն
Aurebesh – Aurebesh
- Constructed script used for Galactic Basic, a fictional lingua franca
Avestan – 𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥
- Formerly used in: the Eastern Iranian Plateau
- The Avestan alphabet is a Zoroastrian liturgical script

B
[edit source]Balinese – ᬅᬓ᭄ᬱᬭᬩᬮᬶ
Bamum † – ꚶꛉ꛰꛲ꚫꛦꚳ
- Formerly used in: Western Cameroon
Basahan † – Guhit
- Formerly used in: Bicol Region, Philippines
Bassa Vah – 𖫔𖫧𖫳𖫒𖫨𖫰𖫨𖫱 𖫣𖫧𖫱
- Used in: Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone
Batak – ᯅᯖᯂ᯲
- Used in: North Sumatra, Indonesia
Baybayin † – ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔
- Formerly used in: the Philippines. Ongoing revival efforts exist
Bengali–Assamese – বাংলা-অসমীয়া
- Used in: Bangladesh and the regions of West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland and Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India
- Blissymbols is a constructed language using ideographs invented by Charles K. Bliss after the Second World War.
Bopomofo – ㄓㄨˋ ㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄠˋ
- Used in: China
Borama – 𐒄𐒋𐒦𐒩𐒗𐒓
- Used in: Somalia
Brahmi † – 𑀩𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀳𑁆𑀫𑀻
- Formerly used in: Ancient India
Braille – ⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠑
- Braille is a tactile writing system, versions of which are used for many different languages and also used for the blind.
Buhid – ᝊᝓᝑᝒ
- Used in: Mindoro, the Philippines
C
[edit source]Canadian Aboriginal syllabics – ᖃᓂᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᖅ ᓄᑖᖅ, ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ, ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ, ᑯᖾᖹ ᖿᐟᖻ ᓱᖽᐧᖿ, ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ
- Used in: Canada
Carian † – 𐊴𐊠𐊥𐊹𐊠𐊵
- Formerly used in: Western Anatolia
Chakma – 𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 𑄃𑄧𑄏𑄛𑄖𑄴
- Used in: Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh and Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam in India
Cham – ꨀꨇꩉ ꨌꩌ
Cherokee – ᏣᎳᎩ
- Used in: Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma, the United States
Chinese – 汉语, 漢語
- Used in: the Sinosphere
Cirth – ![]()
- Constructed script used by the Elves in the Middle-earth
Coptic † – ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ
- Liturgically used by: Copts

Cuneiform † – 𒋾𒀝𒁇
- Formerly used in: the Ancient Near East
Cypriot † – 𐠀𐠜𐠍𐠚
Cyrillic – Кѷрїлловица, Кирилица, Кириллица
- Used in: Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Republika Srpska, Ukraine, Belarus, Transnistria, other Post-Soviet states, the European Union, the United Nations and elsewhere
D
[edit source]Deseret – 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻
- The Deseret alphabet is a Mormon liturgical script
Devanagari – देवनागरी
- Used in: the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the northern areas of India and in Nepal
E
[edit source]Egyptian hieroglyphs † – 𓂋𓏺𓈖 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖
- Formerly used in: Ancient Egypt
Elder Futhark † – ᚠᚢᚦᚨᚱᚲ
- Formerly used by: Germanics from 1st to 9th Century AD
Etruscan † – 𐌓𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌍𐌀
- Formerly used in: the Etruscan civilization
F
[edit source]Fraser – ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ
G
[edit source]Garay –
- Used in: Senegambia (Senegal and The Gambia)
Geʽez – ግዕዝ
Georgian – ქართული
- Used in: Georgia
Glagolitic † – ⰍⱛⰓⰊⰎⰎⰑⰂⱄⰜⰀ
- Formerly used by: the Middle Age Slavic people
Gothic † – 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺
- Formerly used by: the Goths
Grantha † – 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥
- Formerly used in: Tamil Nadu and Kerala, India
Greek – Ελληνικό αλφάβητο
- Used in: Greece, Cyprus and the European Union
Gujarati – ગુજરાતી
- Used in: Gujarat and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India
Gunjala Gondi – 𑵶𑶍𑶕𑶀𑵵𑶊 𑵶𑶓𑶕𑶂𑶋 𑵵𑶋𑶅𑶋
- Used in: the Gondwana region, India
Gurmukhi – ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ
- Used in: Punjab, India
H
[edit source]Hangul – 한글, 조선글
- Used in: South Korea, North Korea, Indonesia
Hanifi Rohingya – 𐴌𐴟𐴇𐴥𐴝𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝 𐴇𐴝𐴕𐴞𐴉𐴞 𐴓𐴠𐴑𐴤𐴝
- Used in: Rakhine State, Myanmar and in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh
Hanunó'o – ᜱᜨᜳᜨᜳᜢ
- Used in: Mindoro, the Philippines
Hebrew – אָלֶף־בֵּית עִבְרִי
Hiragana – 平仮名, ひらがな
- Used in: Japan
I
[edit source]Indus (Harappan) † – ?
- Undeciphered script assumed to have been used for Harappan language
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) – [aɪ̯ pʰiː eɪ̯]
- Used as: a standard written representation for the sounds of speech
J
[edit source]Japanese writing system – 日本語の表記体系
- Used in: Japan
Javanese – ꦲꦏ꧀ꦱꦫꦗꦮ
- Used in: Central Java, East Java, Lampung, and Yogyakarta, Indonesia
K
[edit source]Kaithi – 𑂍𑂶𑂟𑂲
- Used in: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand, India
Kannada – ಕನ್ನಡ
Katakana – 片仮名, カタカナ
Kayah Li – ꤊꤢꤛꤢꤟ ꤜꤤ
- Used in: the Kayah State, Myanmar
Khitan (Large) † – ![]()
Khitan (Small) † – ![]()
Khmer – អក្សរខ្មែរ
- Used in: Cambodia
Kulitan † – ![]()
- Formerly used in: Pampanga, Philippines
L
[edit source]Lao – ອັກສອນລາວ
- Used in: Laos
Latin – Latina, Romana, Latin
- Used in: Most parts of the world
- Originated in: Latium (modern-day Rome, Italy)
Lepcha – ᰛᰩᰵᰛᰧᰵ
Limbu – ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ
- Used in: Koshi Province, Nepal and Sikkim, India
Lontara – ᨒᨚᨈᨑ
- Used in: South Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Indonesia
M
[edit source]Malayalam – മലയാളലിപി
- Used in: Kerala, Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahe district), India
Mandaic – ࡓࡀࡈࡍࡀ
- Liturgically used by: the Mandaeans

Mandombe – ![]()
- Used in: West Africa
Masaram Gondi – 𑴤𑴫𑴦𑴱𑴤 𑴎𑴽𑵀𑴘𑴳
- Used in: the Gondwana region, India
Meitei Mayek – ꯃꯩꯇꯩ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ
Mende Kikakui – 𞠀𞠁𞠂
- Used in: Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea
Modi † – 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘲
- Formerly used in: Maharashtra, India
Mon–Burmese – မွန်မြန်မာအက္ခရာ
- Used in: Myanmar
Mongolian – ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ
- Used in: Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and other parts of northern China
Mru – 𖩃𖩓𖩑
- Used in: Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, Myanmar
N
[edit source]Nandinagari † – 𑧁𑧞𑦿𑧒𑧁𑧑𑦰𑧈𑧓
- Formerly used in: Southern India
New Tai Lue – ᦟᦲᧅᦷᦎᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ
- Used in: Southeast Asia
Newar – 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑐮 𑐮𑐶𑐥𑐶
- Used in: Nepal
N'Ko – ߒߞߏ
- Used in: West Africa, specifically Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, and Senegal
Nüshu † – 𛆁𛈬
Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong – 𞄀𞄩𞄰𞄁𞄓𞄱𞄂𞄤𞄳𞄬𞄃𞄤𞄳
O
[edit source]Odia – ଓଡ଼ିଆ
Ogham † – ᚛ᚑᚌᚐᚋ᚜
- Formerly used in: Ireland, Isle of Man, Wales, Cornwall and Scotland
Ol Chiki – ᱚᱞ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ
- Used in: Jharkhand and West Bengal, India
Osage † – 𐓏𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟 𐒻𐓟
- Formerly used in: Osage Nation, Oklahoma, the United States
Osmanya – 𐒋𐒘𐒈𐒑𐒛𐒒𐒕𐒀
- Used in: Somalia
P
[edit source]Pahawh Hmong – 𖬖𖬲𖬝𖬵 𖬄𖬲𖬟 𖬌𖬣𖬵
Palmyrene † – ?
- Formerly used in: the Syrian desert
Pau Cin Hau † – 𑫀𑫙 𑫍𑫗𑫠 𑫈𑫙
- Formerly used in: Chin State, Sagaing Region of Myanmar and in Manipur, Mizoram of India
Phoenician † – 𐤐𐤍𐤍𐤌 ,𐤊𐤍𐤀𐤍𐤌
- Formerly used by: Phoenicians
Pollard – 𖽃𖽔𖾐 𖽑𖼄𖽻𖾐
Proto-Sinaitic † – ?
- Formerly used in: the Sinai Peninsula and Middle Egypt
R
[edit source]Rejang – ꥆꤰ꥓ꤼꤽ ꤽꥍꤺꥏ
Rongorongo † – ?
- Undeciphered script assumed to have been used for Rapa Nui language
Runic † – ᚱᚢᚾᛟ
- Formerly Used by: 2nd Century Germanics
S
[edit source]Samaritan † – ࠏࠁࠓࠉࠕ ,ࠀࠓࠌࠉࠕ
- Liturgically used by: the Samaritans

Saurashtra – ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬ
- Used in: Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka, India
Shavian – 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯
- Invented by Ronald Kingsley Read as an alternative phonetic alphabet to the English language.
Siddhaṃ † – 𑖭𑖰𑖟𑖿𑖠𑖽
- Formerly used in: Central Asia, Japan
Simplified Chinese – 汉语
- Used in: China, Singapore and the United Nations
Sinhala – සිංහල
- Used in: Sri Lanka
- Used by: Toki Pona speakers
Sorang Sompeng – 𑃐𑃦𑃝𑃗 𑃐𑃦𑃖𑃛𑃣𑃗
- Used in: Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, India
Sundanese – ᮃᮊ᮪ᮞᮛ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ
Sylheti Nagri – ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ
- Used in: Sylhet Division, Bangladesh and Barak Valley of Assam, India
Syriac – ܐܠܦ ܒܝܬ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ
- Used by: Assyrians
T
[edit source]Tagbanwa – ᝦᝪᝨᝯ
- Used in: Palawan, Philippines
Tai Le – ᥖᥭᥰ ᥘᥫᥴ
- Used in: Southeast Asia
Tai Tham – ᨲ᩠ᩅᩫᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ
- Used in: Southeast Asia
Tai Viet – ꪎꪳ ꪼꪕ
- Used in: Southeast Asia
Tamil – தமிழ்
- Used in: Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (Karaikal and Puducherry districts) in India, but also in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Singapore
Telugu – తెలుగు
- Used in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Puducherry (Yanam district), India
Tengwar – ![]()
- Constructed script used by the Elves in the Middle-earth
Thaana – ތާނަ
- Used in: Maldives
Thai – อักษรไทย
- Used in: Thailand
Tibetan – བོད་ཡིག་
Tifinagh – ⵜⴼⵏⵗ, ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵏⴰⵖ
- Used in: Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, and Burkina Faso
Tirhuta – 𑒞𑒱𑒩𑒯𑒳𑒞𑒰
- Formerly used in: the Mithila region in India and Nepal
Traditional Chinese – 漢語
V
[edit source]Vai – ꕙꔤ
- Used in: Western Liberia
W
[edit source]Wancho – 𞋒𞋀𞋉𞋃𞋕
- Used in: southeastern Longding district, Tirap district in Arunachal Pradesh, India
Warang Citi – 𑢹𑣗𑣁𑣜𑣊 𑢯𑣂𑣕𑣂
- Used in: Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and Assam, India
Y
[edit source]Yi – ꆈꌠꁱꂷ
Younger Futhark † – ᚠᚢᚦᚨᚱᚲ
- Formerly used by: Norsemen from 8th to 13th Century AD
Dialects
[edit source]† = Extinct dialect
A
[edit source]Acadian French – français acadien, acadjonne
Achterhooks – achterhooks
- Spoken in: Achterhoek, the Netherlands
Adamawa Fulfulde – Fulfulde, ڢُلْڢُلْدٜ
Adjaran – აჭარული
African-American Vernacular English – African-American Vernacular English, Black Vernacular English
- Spoken by: African Americans
Albanian (Gheg) – gegnisht
- Spoken in: Albania
Albanian (Tosk) – toskërisht
- Spoken in: Albania
Alemannic German – Alemannisch
- Spoken in: Liechtenstein, most parts of Switzerland, and in parts of Austria, France, Germany, Italy, United States, and Venezuela
American English – American English
- Spoken in: United States
American Finnish – Fingliska, Fingelska
- Spoken in: Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, United States
Amoy – 廈門話 or 厦门话
Andalusian Spanish – andaluz
- Spoken in: Andalusia, Ceuta, and Melilla, Spain, United Kingdom
Andean Spanish – Español andino
- Spoken in: Andes region of South America
Anglo-English – Anglo-English, English English
- Spoken in: England, the United Kingdom
Antarctic English – Antarctic English
- Spoken in: Antarctica
Antiguan and Barbudan English – Antiguan and Barbudan English
- Spoken in: Antigua and Barbuda
Aostan French – français valdôtain
- Spoken in: Aosta Valley, Italy
Appalachian English – Appalachian English
- Spoken in: Appalachia, the United States
Armenian (Eastern) – Արևելահայերեն
- Spoken in: Armenia
Armenian (Western) – Արեւմտահայերէն
- Spoken by: the Armenian Diaspora
Australian English – Australian English
- Spoken in: Australia
Auvergnat – auvernhat
B
[edit source]Bagirmi Fulfulde – ?
- Spoken in: Chad
Bahamian English – Bahamian English
- Spoken in: Bahamas
Balearic Catalan – balear
- Spoken in: the Balearic Islands, Spain
Balochi (Eastern) – رۏدرآتکی بلۏچی
- Spoken in: Pakistani, Punjab and the northeastern area of Balochistan
Balochi (Southern) – مکرانی
Balochi (Western) – رخشانی
- Spoken in: Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan
Banat Bulgarian – Banátsća balgarsćija jazić, Palćena balgarsćija jazić
Banyumasan – basa Banyumasan
- Spoken in: Western Central Java, Indonesia
Bavarian (Central) – Mittelbairisch
- Spoken in: Germany, Salzburg, Styria, Burgenland)
Bavarian (Northern) – Nordboarisch
- Spoken in: Upper Palatinate, Upper Franconia, Upper Bavaria, and Lower Bavaria in Germany
Bavarian (Southern) – Südbairisch
- Spoken in: Austria, Carinthia, Upper Styria, and Canada
Belarusian (Taraškievica) – тарашкевіца
- Spoken by: the Belarusian diaspora
Belgian French – français de Belgique
Belizean English – Belizean English
- Spoken in: Belize
Berlin German – Berliner Dialekt, Berliner Mundart, Berlinerisch, Berlinisch
Bermudian English – Bermudian English
- Spoken in: Bermuda
Black American Sign Language – Black American Sign Language, Black Sign Variation
- Signed by: African Americans
Borgu Fulfulde – Fulfulde, ڢُلْڢُلْدٜ
- Spoken in: Benin
Bornholmsk – bornholmsk
Brabantian Dutch – Braobans
- Spoken in: Belgium and the Netherlands
Brazilian German – Brazildeutsch
Brazilian Portuguese – português brasileiro
- Spoken in: Brazil
British English – British English
- Spoken in: United Kingdom
Broccolino – broccolino, italoamericano
- Spoken in: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Bungi – Bungee, Bungie, Bungay, Bangay, the Red River Dialect
Bunjevac – bunjevački
- Spoken in: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, and Vojvodina, Serbia
Burgenland Croatian – gradišćanskohrvatski jezik
C
[edit source]Cameroonian English – Cameroon English
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Cameroonian French – français camerounais
- Spoken in: Cameroon
Canadian English – Canadian English
- Spoken in: Canada
Canadian French – Français canadien
- Spoken in: Canada
Canarian Spanish – español de Canarias, español canario, habla canaria, dialecto canario
- Spoken in: Canary Islands, Spain
Caribbean Spanish – español caribeño
- Spoken in: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Panama
Cayman Islands English – Caymanian English
- Spoken in: Cayman Islands
Central American Spanish – español centroamericano
- Spoken in: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize and Nicaragua
Central Kanuri – Yerwá Kànùrí
Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde – Fulfulde
- Spoken in: Central and eastern Niger
Chakavian – čakavski
Chicano English – Chicano English, Mexican-American English
- Spoken by: Mexican Americans in the Southwestern United States
Chilean Spanish – español chileno
- Spoken in: Chile
Colognian – Kölsch
Colonia Tovar – Alemán Coloniero
- Spoken in: Colonia Tovar, Aragua, Venezuela
Congo Swahili – Kingwana
- Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Coptic (Bohairic) – ϯⲁⲥⲡⲓ ⲛ̄ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̄ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̄ⲣⲉⲙϧⲏⲧ, ϯⲁⲥⲡⲓ ⲛ̄ⲣⲉⲙϧⲏⲧ, ϯⲁⲥⲡⲓ ⲛ̄ⲣⲉⲙⲡⲉⲙϩⲏⲧ
- Formerly spoken in: Egypt
- The Bohairic Coptic language is a liturgical language used by the Coptic Orthodox Church

Coptic (Sahidic) – ϯⲁⲥⲡⲓ ⲛⲣⲉⲙⲣⲏⲥ
Cornish English – Cornish English, Anglo-Cornish, Cornu-English
- Spoken in: Cornwall, England, the United Kingdom
Cree (East) – ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ, ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ
Cree (Moose) – ᐃᓕᓖᒧᐎᓐ
Cree (Northern East) – Iyiyiw-Ayimiwin, ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ
Cree (Plains) – ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ
- Official language in: the Northwest Territories, Canada
- Also spoken in: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Canada, the United States
Cree (Southern East) – Īnū Ayimūn, ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ
Cree (Swampy) – ᓀᐦᐃᓇᐍᐏᐣ
Cree (Woods) – ᓀᐦᐃᖬᐍᐏᐣ
Cypriot Greek – κυπριακή ελληνική, κυπριακά
- Spoken in: Cyprus
Cypriot Turkish – Kıbrıs Türkçesi
- Spoken in: Cyprus and Northern Cyprus
D
[edit source]Danzig German – Danziger Deutsch
Dari – دری
Dimli – Dimli
- Spoken in: Turkish provinces of Adıyaman, Aksaray, Batman, Bingöl, Bitlis, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Malatya, Muş, and Şanlıurfa
Dorset English – Dorset English
- Spoken in: Dorset, England, the United Kingdom
Dutch Low Saxon (collective name for multiple dialects) – Nederlaands Leegsaksies, Nederlaands Nedersaksies
- Spoken in: Northeastern Netherlands
E
[edit source]East Franconian – Fränggisch, Mainfränkisch, Ostfränkisch
East Frisian Low Saxon – Oostfräisk, Oostfreesk, Plattdüts
- Spoken in: East Frisia, Germany
Eastphalian – ostfälsch Platt
- Spoken in: Lower Saxony, Germany
Elfdalian – övdalsk, övdalską
- Spoken in: Älvdalen Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden
Emirati Arabic – اللهجة الإماراتية
- Spoken in: the United Arab Emirates
Equatorial Guinean Spanish – Español de Guinea Equatorial
- Spoken in: Equatorial Guinea
Estonian Swedish – estlandssvenska
- Spoken in: Estonia
Estuary English – Estuary English
- Spoken in: Greater London, the United Kingdom
F
[edit source]Farsi – فارسی
Finland Swedish – finlandssvenska
- Spoken in: Finland
Florentine – dialetto fiorentino
Fuzhou – 平話 or 福州話
- Spoken in: East Asia
G
[edit source]Gascon – gascon
Genoese – zeneise or zeneize
Goral – górolsko gwara, góralsko gwara
- Recognised Minority Language in: Slovakia
- Also spoken in: Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Greek (Demotic) – ελληνικά, δημοτική
- Spoken by: Greeks
Greek (Katharevousa) – ἑλληνικά, καθαρεύουσα
- Formerly spoken by: Greeks
- Katharevousa is still used by Greek Orthodox Church

Gronings – Grunnegs, Grönnegs
- Spoken in: Groningen, northeastern Drenthe, the Netherlands
H
[edit source]Hazāragī – هزارگی
- Spoken in: Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan
Heligolandic – Halunder
- Spoken in: Heligoland, Germany
Hessian – Hessisch
Hiberno-English – Hiberno-English, Irish English, Anglo-Irish
- Spoken in: the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Hindko – ہندکو
- Spoken in: the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Hokkien – 福佬話
- Spoken in: the southern area of the Chinese province of Fujian, Taiwan, and in Southeast Asia
Hong Kong English – Honglish
I
[edit source]Inuttitut – Nunatsiavummiutitut, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᒻᒥᐅᑐᑦ
- Spoken in: Nunatsiavut, Labrador, Canada
J
[edit source]Jamaican English – Jamaican English
- Spoken in: Jamaica
Jersey Dutch † – Laag Duits
- Formerly spoken in: New Netherland, United States)
K
[edit source]Kaaps – Kaaps
- Spoken in: Western Cape, South Africa
Kajkavian – kajkavščina, kajkavština, kajkavica
- Spoken in: Croatia
Kirmanjki – Kirmanjki
- Spoken in: Turkish provinces of Bayburt, Bingöl, Erzincan, Erzurum, Gümüşhane, Muş, Sivas, and Tunceli
Koisan – Tjwao
Kursenieki – kursineeki wahloda
- Spoken in: Curonian Spit (historically), Germany (currently)
Kven – kvääni, kainu
Kwanyama – Oshikwanyama
L
[edit source]Languedocien – lengadocian
- Spoken in: Southern France
Limonese Creole – Mekatelyu
- Spoken in: Limón, Costa Rica
Limousin – lemosin
Llanito – Llanito
- Spoken in: Gibraltar, United Kingdom
Lorraine Franconian – Lottrìnger Plàtt
Louisiana French – français louisianais
- Spoken in: Louisiana, United States
Low Prussian – Niederpreußisch
Low Saxon (collective name for multiple dialects) – Nedersaksies
- Spoken in: Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands
Lower Silesian – Schläsisch, Schläs’sch, Schlä’sch, Schläsch
- Spoken in: Germany, Poland, and Czech Republic
M
[edit source]Maasina Fulfulde – Fulfulde, Maasinankoore
- Spoken in: Mali
Malaysian Malay – Bahasa Melayu Baku, بهاس ملايو ڤياواي, Bahasa Melayu Malaysia, بهاس ملايو مليسيا, Bahasa Malaysia, بهاس مليسيا
- Official language in: Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei
Malvani – मालवणी
- Spoken in: Maharashtra and Goa, India
Manx English – Manx English, Anglo-Manx
- Spoken in: Isle of Man
Maore Comorian – Shimaore, شِمَوُوْرِيْ
Masurian – mazurská gádkä
Meänkieli – Meänkieli
Métis French – français métis
- Spoken in: Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba, Canada
Mexican Spanish – español mexicano
- Spoken in: Mexico
Monégasque – Munegascu
- Spoken in: Monaco
Moravian – moravská nářečí
- Spoken in: Moravia, the Czech Republic
Murcian Spanish – murciano
Mwali Comorian – Shimwali
N
[edit source]Na – Bangni
- Spoken in: Upper Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh, India
Namibian German – Südwesterdeutsch, Namdeutsch, Namsläng
- Spoken in: Namibia
Ndonga – Oshindonga
New Caledonian French – français néo-calédonien
- Spoken in: New Caledonia, France
New Zealand English – New Zealand English
- Spoken in: New Zealand
Newfoundland English – Newfoundland English
- Spoken in: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Nigerian Fulfulde – Fulfulde, ڢُلْڢُلْدٜ
- Spoken in: Nigeria
Ningbo – 寧波閒話
- Spoken in: the Chinese sub-provincial division of Ningbo
Ngazija Comorian – Shingazija
- Spoken in: Grande Comore, Comoros
Norwegian (Bokmål) – bokmål
- Spoken in: Norway
Norwegian (Høgnorsk) – høgnorsk
- Spoken in: Norway
Norwegian (Nynorsk) – nynorsk
- Spoken in: Norway
Norwegian (Riksmål) – riksmål
- Spoken in: Norway
Nunavimmiutitut – ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥᐅᑎᑐᑦ
Nzwani Comorian – Shinzwani
O
[edit source]Ojibwe (Central) – Ojibwemowin
Ojibwe (Eastern) – Jibwemwin
Ojibwe (Northwestern) – Ojibwemowin
Ojibwe (Western) – Nakawēmowin
Okinawan Japanese – ウチナーヤマトゥグチ
Orcadian – Orcadian, Orcadian Scots
- Spoken in: Orkney, the United Kingdom
Ossetian (Digor) – дигорон ӕвзаг
Ossetian (Iron) – Ирон ӕвзаг
Ottawa – Nishnaabemwin, Daawaamwin
- Spoken in: Ontario, Michigan and Oklahoma in the United States
P
[edit source]Pahari-Pothwari – پہاڑی پوٹھواری
- Spoken in: the Pakistani state of Azad Kashmir
Palatine German – Pälzisch
- Spoken in: Palatinate, Germany
Paraguayan Spanish – español paraguayo
- Spoken in: Paraguay
Patagonian Welsh – Cymraeg y Wladfa
Peripheral Mongolian – ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ
- Official language in: the Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia
Podlachian – pudlaśka mova
- Spoken in: Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
Prekmurje Slovene – prekmürščina, prekmörščina, panonska slovenščina, prekmurščina, prekmursko narečje
Provençal – prouvençau
Pulaar – Pulaar
- Spoken in: Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali and Mauritania
Pular – Pular
- Spoken in: Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Mali
Punjabi (Eastern) – पंजाबी, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
- Official language in: the Indian Union territory of Delhi; and the Indian states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and West Bengal
Punjabi (Western) – پنجابی
Q
[edit source]Quanzhou – 泉州話
Quebec French – français québécois
R
[edit source]Resian – Rozajanski langäč, Rozojanski langäč
Rioplatense Spanish – Castellano rioplatense
S
[edit source]Saint Pierre and Miquelon French – français saint-pierrais
- Spoken in: Saint Pierre and Miquelon, France
Sammarinese – sammarinese
- Spoken in: San Marino
Sapudi – Bhâsa Sapudi
- Spoken in: Sapudi Island, Indonesia
Saraiki – سرائیکی, ਸਰਾਇਕੀ, सराइकी
- Spoken in: the central regions of Pakistan
Sardinian (Campidanese) – sardu campidanesu, campidanesu
Sardinian (Logudorese) – sardu logudoresu, logudoresu
Savoyard – savoyârd
Scanian – skånska
Scottish English – Scottish English
- Spoken in: Scotland, the United Kingdom
Seroa † – ǃGãǃne, ǁKuǁe
- Formerly spoken in: Lesotho and South Africa
Shetlandic – Shætlan, Shaetlan
- Spoken in: Shetland, the United Kingdom
Shtokavian – štokavski, штокавски
- Spoken in: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo
Singpho – Singhpaw ga
- Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, India
Slavey (North) – Sahtúgot’įné Yatı̨́, K’ashógot’įne Goxedǝ́ or Shíhgot’įne Yatı̨́
- Official language in: the Northwest Territories, Canada
Slavey (South) – Dené Dháh, Dene Yatıé or Dene Zhatıé
- Official language in: the Northwest Territories, Canada
Slavomolisano – na-našu, na-našo
Slavonic-Serbian † – Славено-сербскiй
- Formerly used as a literary language in: Vojvodina, Serbia
South African English – South African English
- Spoken in: South Africa
Stellingwarfs – Stellingwerfs
- Spoken in: Ooststellingwerf, the Netherlands
Surinamese Dutch – Surinaams-Nederlands
- Spoken in: Suriname
Swabian – Schwäbisch
Swiss French – français de Suisse, suisse romand
- Spoken in: Romandy, Switzerland
Swiss German – Schwiizerdütsch
- Spoken in: German-speaking areas of Switzerland
Swiss Italian – italiano svizzero
- Spoken in: Ticino and the Italian Grisons, Switzerland
T
[edit source]Taishanese – 台山话, 臺山話
- Spoken in: China and the overseas communities, particularly in United States and Canada
Tarantino – tarandíne
Tavoyan – ထားဝယ်စကား
- Spoken in: Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar
Teochew – 潮州話
- Spoken by: the Chinese Teochew people
Texan English – Texan English
- Spoken in: Texas, the United States
Texas German – Texasdeutsch
- Spoken in: Texas, the United States
Thuringian – Thüringisch
Torlakian – Торлачки, Torlački
- Spoken in: Serbia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Kosovo, and Romania
Triestine – triestin
Trinidadian and Tobagonian English – Trinidadian and Tobagonian English
- Spoken in: Trinidad and Tobago
Tuscan – toscano, vernacolo
U
[edit source]Upper Saxon – Obersächsisch
V
[edit source]Valdôtain – valdotèn
- Spoken in: Aosta Valley, Italy
Varhadi – वऱ्हाडी, 𑘪𑘬𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘚𑘲
- Spoken in: Maharashtra, India
W
[edit source]Walser – Wälserisch
- Spoken in: Valais in Switzerland; Piedmont in Italy; also Austria and Liechtenstein
Welsh English – Wenglish, Welsh English
- Spoken in: Wales, the United Kingdom
West Flemish – West-Vlaams
- Spoken in: Flanders, Belgium, France, the Netherlands
West Polesian – захыднёполіськая мова
Western Niger Fulfulde – Fulfulde, ڢُلْڢُلْدٜ
- Spoken in: Western Niger
Westphalian – Westfäölsk
- Spoken in: Westphalia, Germany
Z
[edit source]Zimbabwean English – Zimbabwean English
- Spoken in: Zimbabwe
ǂ
[edit source]ǂAkhoe – ǂAkhoe Haiǁom
- Spoken in: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa
See also
[edit source]- Language
- Lists of extinct languages
- Lists of languages
- Official languages of the UN (United Nations)
External links
[edit source]- Language names — A similar list of "autoglottonyms" (The name of a language in its own language.) on omniglot.com. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- Languages in their own writing systems — Another such list on geonames.de. Retrieved 2017-01-07.