This article is a resource of the native names of most of the major languages in the world. These are endonymic glossonyms.

Languages

† = Extinct language

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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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Aari – አፋን፡ኣሪ፡

  • Spoken in: Ethiopia

Aasáx † – Aasá

  • Formerly spoken in: Tanzania

Abau – Abau

  • Spoken in: Sandaun Province , Papua New Guinea

Abaza – Aбаза бызшва

  • Official language in: Karachay-Cherkessia , Russia

Abellen – Ayta Abellen

  • Spoken in: Tarlac , Philippines

Abenaki † – Alnôba, Wôbanakiôdwawôgan

  • Formerly spoken by: the American/Canadian Abenaki Tribe

Abkhaz – Aҧсуа бызшәа, Aҧсшәа

  • Official language in: Abkhazia and the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia

Aborlan Tagbanwa – tabanawa

  • Spoken in: Palawan , Philippines

Abui – Abui

  • Spoken in: Indonesia

Abure – ɔbule ɔyʋɛ

  • Spoken in: Côte d’Ivoire

Acehnese – Aceh or Bahsa Acèh

  • Spoken in: Aceh , Indonesia

Achagua – Achawa

  • Spoken in: Meta Department , Colombia

Achang – Mönghsa, ŋa˨˩ʈʂhaŋ˨˩

  • Spoken in: China and Myanmar

Achi – achi'

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Guatemala

Acholi – Lwo

  • Spoken in: Uganda and South Sudan

Achumawi † – Achomawi or Ajúmmááwí

  • Formerly spoken in: California , United States

Adai † – Tenánat Hadéyas

  • Formerly spoken in: Louisiana , United States

Adangbe – Adangbe

  • Spoken in: Togo

Adangme – Adangbɛ

  • Official language in: Ghana

Adele – Gidire

  • Spoken in: Ghana and Togo

Adioukrou – mɔjukru

  • Spoken in: Côte d’Ivoire

Adja – Adja or Ajagbe

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Benin

Adnyamathanha – Yura Ngawarla

  • Spoken in: Australia

Adyghe – Адыгабзэ

  • Official language in: Adygea , Russia

Adzera – Adzera

  • Spoken in: Morobe Province , Papua New Guinea

Afade – afaë

  • Spoken in: Cameroon and Nigeria

Afar – Qafar af

  • Official language in: Ethiopia
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Djibouti and Eritrea

Afghan Sign Language – زبان اشاره افغانستانی

  • Signed in: Afghanistan

Afrihili – El-Afrihili

  • Proposed lingua franca of Africa

Afrikaans – Afrikaans

  • Official language in: South Africa
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Botswana and Namibia

Aghem – aghím

  • Spoken in: Cameroon

Aghul – агъул чӀал

  • Official language of: Dagestan , Russia

Aguacateco – awakateko

  • Spoken in: Guatemala

Aguaruna – Awajún

  • Spoken in: Peru

Ahirani – खान्देशी, अहिराणी

  • Spoken in: Maharashtra, India

A-Hmao – ad Hmaob lul, A-hmaos

  • Spoken in: Guizhou and Yunnan, China

Ahom † – 𑜁𑜪𑜨 𑜄𑜩 𑜒𑜑𑜪𑜨, 𑜁𑜨𑜉𑜫 𑜄𑜩 𑜒𑜑𑜪𑜨

  • Formerly spoken in: Assam, India

Ahtna – Atnakenaege

  • Official language of: Alaska , United States

Aikanã – Tubarão, Huari

  • Spoken in: Rondônia , Brazil

Ainu † – アイヌ イタク, Aynu Itak

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Japan

Air Tamajeq – Tayərt, ⵜⵢⵔⵜ, تَایِیرْتْ‎

  • Spoken in: Aïr Mountains, Agadez Region, Niger

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

  • Official language in: Houaïlou, New Caledonia , France

Aka-Jeru – Akajeru, Jeru, Yerawa

  • Spoken in: Andaman Islands, India

Akan – Akan, Fante, Twi

  • Official language in: Ghanaian/Ivoirian 18px ethnic region of Akanland

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

  • Official Regional Language in: Philippines

Akum – aakuem

  • Spoken in: Cameroon and Nigeria

Alabama – Albaamaha

  • Spoken in: Texas , United States
  • Now extinct in: Oklahoma , United States

Alas – Batak Alas

  • Spoken by: the Alas, Kluet, and Singkil people of North Sumatra , Indonesia

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

  • Spoken in: Quebec , Canada

Aloápam Zapotec – tizha'

  • Spoken in: northern Oaxaca , Mexico

Alsatian – Elsässisch, Elsässerditsch

  • Spoken in: Alsace , France

Altai (Northern) – Алтай тили

  • Spoken in: Altai Krai and Altai Republic , 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

  • Official language in: Alaska , United States

Alyutor – nəməlʔu

  • Spoken in: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai , Russia

Amami – 島口, シマユムタ

  • Spoken in: Kagoshima Prefecture , Japan

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 – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Ethiopic';">ኣማርኛ</span>

  • Official language in: Ethiopia

Amis – 'Amis or Pangcah

  • Spoken in: Taiwan

Amo – Timap

  • Spoken in: Nigeria

Ana Dogon – Ana Tiŋa

  • Spoken in: Mali

Ancash Quechua – qichwa, nuna shimi

  • Spoken in: Ancash , Peru

Ancient Egyptian † –

  • 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 )

Andi – къӀаваннаб мицӀцӀи

  • Spoken in: Southern Dagestan , Russia

Anfillo – Mao

  • Spoken in: Ethiopia

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

Anindilyakwa – Amamalya Ayakwa

  • Spoken in: Northern Territory , Australia

Annobonese Creole – Fa d'Ambu, Fá d'Ambô

  • Spoken in: Annobón, Equatorial Guinea

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 and Martinique ), Dominica , Grenada , Saint Lucia , Haiti , and Trinidad and Tobago

Anufo – Anufɔ

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Benin

A'ou – ?

  • Spoken in: Guizhou, China

Apache – Ndéé

  • Spoken in: Southwestern United States

Apalachee † – ?

  • Formerly spoken in: Florida , United States

Arabela – Tapweyokwaka

  • Spoken in: Peru

Arabic – العربية

  • Official language in: 28 countries and 4 international organizations

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

  • Spoken in: Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Palestine , Syria , and Turkey

Aranese – aranés

  • Official language in: Val d'Aran in Catalonia , Spain

Arapaho – Hinono'eitiit

  • Spoken by: the Arapaho people , United States

Arawak – Lokono

  • Spoken in: French Guiana (France ), Guyana , Suriname , Venezuela , Jamaica , and Barbados

Arbëreshë Albanian – Arbërisht

  • Spoken in: Italy

Archi – аршаттен

  • Spoken in: Dagestan , Russia

Ardhamagadhi Prakrit † – 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀥𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥𑀻

  • Formerly spoken in: modern-day Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India

Argentine Sign Language – Lengua de señas argentina

  • Signed in: Argentina

Arikara – Sáhniš

  • Spoken in: North Dakota , United States

Arin † – bbˈirk

  • Formerly spoken in: Russia

Armenian – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Armenian';">Հայերեն</span>

  • Official language in: Armenia
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Bulgaria , Cyprus , Poland , Romania , Samtskhe–Javakheti (Georgia ), Hungary , Iraq , Lebanon , Turkey , Ukraine , and California (United States )

Armenian Sign Language – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Armenian';">Հայերեն ժեստերի լեզու</span>

  • Signed in: Armenia

Aromanian – Aromanian

  • Recognised Minority Language in: North Macedonia , Albania , Greece and Serbia

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

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

  • Spoken in: Iran , Iraq , Syria , and Turkey

Asturian – Asturianu

  • Spoken in: Asturias , Spain

Atatláhuca–San Miguel Mixtec – ?

  • Spoken in: Oaxaca and Guerrero , Mexico

Atayal – Tayal

  • Spoken in: Taiwan

Atikamekw – Nēhinawēwin

  • Spoken in: Quebec , Canada

Attapady Kurumba – അട്ടപ്പാടി കുറുംബ

  • Spoken in: India

Auregnais † – Auregnais

  • Formerly spoken in: Alderney , a part of Guernsey , the United Kingdom

Auslan – Auslan, Australian Sign Language

  • Official language in: Australia

Austral – Reo Tuha‘a pae

  • Spoken in: Austral Islands in French Polynesia , France

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

Avestan – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Avestan';">𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥</span>

  • Formerly spoken in: the eastern Iranian Plateau
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Awadhi – अवधी

  • Spoken in: India

Aweer – Boni

  • Spoken in: Kenya

Awijilah – Tawjilit, طاوجيليت or ⵟⴰⵡⵊⵉⵍⵉⵜ

  • Spoken in: Libya

Ayapaneco – Ayapaneco

  • Spoken in: Tabasco , Mexico

Aymara – Aymar Aru

  • Spoken by: the Aymara people in Bolivia , Chile , and Peru

Äynu – ئەينۇ

  • Spoken in: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China

Azerbaijani – Azərbaycanca

  • Official language in: Azerbaijan and Dagestan , Russia
  • Spoken in: Iran , Turkey and Georgia

Azerbaijani Sign Language – Azərbaycan işarət dili

  • Signed in: Azerbaijan

Azoyu Me'phaa – me̱'pha̱a̱ tsíndíí

  • Spoken in: Guerrero , Mexico

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Babine – Witsuwit’en, ᗔᙣᗔᗥᐣ

  • Spoken in: British Columbia in Canada

Badaga – படக, ಬಡಗ, ബഡഗ

  • Spoken in: Tamil Nadu, India

Baga † – Barka

  • Formerly spoken in: Guinea

Bagheli – बघेली

  • Spoken in: Madhya Pradesh, India

Bagri – बागड़ी

  • Spoken in: North of Rajasthan, India

Bagvalal – багвалал мисӀсӀ

  • Spoken in: Southwestern Dagestan , Russia

Bahamian Creole – Bahamian

  • Spoken in: Bahamas

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

  • Spoken in: India and Nepal

Baki – Baki

  • Spoken in: Vanuatu

Balaibalan – باليبلن

  • Early constructed language from the 14th-16th century Middle East

Balinese – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Balinese';">ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ</span>

  • Spoken in: Bali , Indonesia

Balkan Gagauz Turkish – Rumeli Türkçesi

  • Spoken in: Turkey , Greece , Bulgaria , North Macedonia , Serbia , Kosovo

Balkan Romani – Balkaniko Romanes

  • Spoken in: the Balkans

Balochi – بلۏچی

  • Spoken in: Pakistan , Iran and Afghanistan

Balti – སྦལ་ཏིའི་སྐད་, بلتی

  • Spoken in: Baltistan, Pakistan and Ladakh, India

Baltic Romani – ?

  • Spoken in: Poland , Lithuania , Latvia , Belarus , Russia , Estonia , Finland , and Germany

Bambara – Bamanankan

  • Official language in: Mali

Bamileke – Bamiléké

  • Spoken in: the Western High Plateau, Cameroon

Banaban † – ?

  • Formerly spoken in: Banaba , Kiribati

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

Banjarese – basa Banjar, jaku Banjar, باس بنجر

  • Recognised Minority Language in: South Kalimantan , Central Kalimantan and East Kalimantan , Indonesia

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

Basaa – ɓasaá, ɓàsàa

  • Spoken in: Cameroon

Basa-Gumna † – Basa-Kaduna, Basa Kuta

  • Formerly spoken in: Chanchaga, Niger State, Nigeria

Bashkir – башҡорт Теле, Başqort Tele

  • Official language in: Bashkortostan , Russia

Basque – Euskara

  • Official language in: Basque Country and Navarre , Spain
  • Spoken in the French Basque Country, Pyrénées-Atlantiques , France , but with no legal status.

Bassa – Ɓǎsɔ́ɔ̀ (𖫢𖫧𖫳𖫒𖫨𖫰𖫨𖫱)

  • Spoken by: Liberian/Sierra Leonean Bassa People

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,

  • 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 in Germany , Austria and South Tyrol in Italy

Beaver – Dane-zaa Ẕáágéʔ (ᑕᓀᖚ ᖚᗀᐥ)

  • Spoken in: British Columbia and Alberta , Canada

Bedik – Ménik

  • Spoken in: Senegal

Beja – Bidhaawyeet, Tubdhaawi, تُبڈاوِ

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Eritrea and Sudan

Belarusian – Беларуская

  • Official language in: Belarus
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Ukraine

Belizean Creole – Belize Kriol, Kriol

  • Spoken in: Belize

Bemba – iciBemba

  • Official language in: Zambia

Bengali – বাংলা

  • Official language in: Bangladesh and India

Beothuk † – Beothuk

  • Formerly spoken in: the island of Newfoundland , Canada

Berber – Tamaziɣt, Tamazight, or <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Tifinagh';">ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ</span>

  • 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

  • Spoken in: Dagestan , Russia

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, 𞗘𞗪𞗢𞗑𞗜𞗥𞗰

  • Official language in: Jharkhand, India

Biak – wós Vyak, wós Kovedi

  • Spoken in: Indonesia

Biblical Hebrew –

  • 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 25px

Big Nambas – V'ənen Taut

  • Spoken in: Malakula, Vanuatu

Bihari – बिहारी भाषा

  • Spoken in: India and Nepal

Bijago – Kangaki-Kagbaaga-Kajoko Bidyogo

  • Spoken in: Guinea-Bissau

Bikol – Bikol

  • Spoken in: Bicol Region, Philippines

Bilen – ብሊን

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Eritrea

Bishnupriya Manipuri – বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী

  • Spoken in: Northeast India and Bangladesh

Bislama – Bislama

  • Official language in: Vanuatu

Blackfoot – ᑯᖾᖹ, ᓱᖽᐧᖿ

  • Spoken by: the American/Canadian Blackfoot Tribe

Bodo – बड़ो

  • Spoken in: India and Nepal

Boie'nen – [bɔ̆ɪ̆ɛ̋’n̆ə̆n]

  • Spoken in: Buhi, Camarines Sur of the Bicol Region of the Philippines

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

Bono – Abron

  • Spoken in: Ghana and Ivory Coast

Bontoc – Bontoc

  • Spoken in: Mountain Province, the Philippines

Bosnian – Босански, Bosanski

  • Official language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Albania , Kosovo , North Macedonia , and Serbia

Botlikh – Буйхалъи мицIцIи

  • Spoken in: Southwestern Dagestan , Russia

Bouyei – Haausqyaix

  • Spoken in: Chinese provinces of Guizhou, Yunnan and Sichuan and Vietnam

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

  • Spoken in: Brittany , France

British Sign Language – British Sign Language, Breetish Sign Leid, Iaith Arwyddion Prydain, Cànan Soidhnidh Bhreatainn, Teanga Chomharthaíochta na Breataine

  • Signed in: the United Kingdom

Bube – Bubi, Bohobé, Bube–Benga, Bobe

  • Spoken in: Bioko, Equatorial Guinea

Budu Dogon – Bunɔɡɛ

  • Spoken in: Mali

Budukh – Budad mez

  • Spoken in: Azerbaijan

Bugan – Pakan

  • Spoken in: Yunnan, China

Buginese – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Buginese';">ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ</span>

  • Spoken in: South Sulawesi , Indonesia

Bugun – Khowa

  • Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India

Buhid – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Buhid';">ᝊᝓᝑᝒᝇ</span>

  • Spoken in: Mindoro, Philippines

Bukharian – , бухорӣ, buxorī

  • Spoken in: Uzbekistan , Tajikistan and Afghanistan

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

Bunun – Bunun

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Taiwan

Burmese – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Myanmar';">မြန်မာစာ</span> or <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Myanmar';">မြန်မာစကား</span>

  • Official language in: Myanmar

Burushaski – بُرُݸشَسکݵ

  • Spoken in: Gilgit Division, Pakistan

Buryat – буряад хэлэн

  • Official language in: Buryatia , Russia

Bussa – Mossittaata, Mossiya, ሞስሲትቷታ or ሞስሲያ

  • Spoken in: Ethiopia

Buu – Nubabo

  • Spoken in: Cameroon

C

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, United States

Cajun French – Français cajun

  • Spoken in: Louisiana , United States

Caló – Caló

  • Spoken in: Spain , Portugal , and the southern area of France

Cameroonian Pidgin English – Wes Cos, Kamtok

  • Spoken in: Cameroon

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

Capiznon – Binisaya, Binisaya nga Capiznon, Bisaya, Capiceño

  • Spoken in: Capiz, Philippines

Carib – Kari'nja

  • Spoken in: Brazil , French Guiana (France ), Guyana , 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

  • Official language in: Northern Mariana Islands

Carpathian Romani – ?

  • Spoken in: Poland , Czech Republic , Slovakia , Austria , Ukraine , and Slovenia

Carrier – ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ

  • Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

Carrier (Southern) – ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ

  • Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

Catalan – Català

  • Official language in: Andorra ; the Balearic Islands ; Catalonia ; and the Valencian Community, Spain
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Pyrénées-Orientales France ; Sardinia, Italy ; and Aragón , Spain

Catalan Sign Language – Llengua de signes catalana

  • Signed in: Catalonia , Spain

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

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

  • Spoken in: Sabah and Labuan , Malaysia

Central Nahuatl – ?

  • Spoken in: Tlaxcala and Puebla , Mexico

Central Sama – Sinama

  • Spoken in: Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga City and Basilan, the Philippines and Sabah , Malaysia

Central Siberian Yupik – Yupigestun, Akuzipigestun, Юпик

  • Official language in: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , Russia and Alaska , the United States

Central Yambasa – Nuasua, Nuaswa

  • Spoken in: Cameroon

Central ǃKung – ǃXun

  • Spoken in: Grootfontein, Namibia

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 and Rakhine State , Myanmar

Chalcatongo Mixtec – Chalcatongo

  • Spoken in: Oaxaca in Mexico

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic – ܟܠܕܝܐ

  • Spoken by: Assyrians in the Assyrian homeland and globally by diaspora

Cham – ꨌꩌ

  • Spoken in: Cambodia

Chamalal – чамалалдуб мичӏчӏ

  • Spoken in: Southwestern Dagestan , Russia

Chamorro – Chamoru, Fino'Chamorro

  • Official language in: Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands

Charrúa † – ?

  • Formerly spoken in: Uruguay

Chavacano – Chabacano

  • Regional language in: the Philippines

Chechen – Нохчийн Mотт

  • Official language in: Chechnya and Dagestan , Russia

Chemakum † – Aqoʞúlo

  • Formerly spoken in: the Olympic Peninsula, Washington , the United States

Chenchu – చెంచు

  • Spoken in: the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India

Cherokee – ᏣᎳᎩ, ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ

  • Official language in: the Native American tribe of the Cherokee , in Oklahoma

Chewa – Nyanja

  • Official language in: Malawi and Zambia

Cheyenne – Tsėhesenėstsestotse, Tsisinstsistots

  • Spoken in: Montana and Oklahoma , United States

Chhattisgarhi – छत्तीसगढ़ी

  • Spoken in: India

Chibcha † – Muysc cubun

  • Formerly spoken in: Colombia

Chichimeca Jonaz – Úza’

  • Spoken in: Guanajuato , Mexico

Chickasaw – Chikasha

  • Spoken in: 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 ; and Wa State in Myanmar
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Malaysia , the Philippines , Brunei , and the United States

Chinese Sign Language – 中国手语

  • Signed in: China

Chinook Jargon – Chinuk Wawa

  • Spoken in: the United States and Canada

Chipewyan – ᑌᓀᓲᒢᕄᓀ, Dene Suline, Dëne Sųłiné

  • Spoken in: Canada

Chippewa – Anishinaabemowin, ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ

  • Spoken in: Upper Peninsula of Michigan , Wisconsin , Minnesota , and North Dakota , the United States

Chitkuli Kinnauri – चित्कुली किन्नौरी

  • Spoken in: Himachal Pradesh, India

Chitonga – ChiTonga

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Malawi

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

  • Spoken in: Chiapas , Tabasco , and Campeche in Mexico

Chʼortiʼ – čorti'

  • Spoken in: Guatemala , Honduras and El Salvador

Chug – Duhumbi

  • Spoken in: West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh in India

Chukchi – чаучу

  • Spoken in: Russia in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Chulym – Ось тили, тадар тили

  • Spoken in: Krasnoyarsk Krai and Tomsk Oblast, Russia

Chung – Cung

  • Spoken in: Cameroon

Church Slavonic – Црькъвьнословѣ́ньскъ ѩꙁꙑ́къ, Церковнославѧ́нскїй Ѧ҆зы́къ, ⱌⱃⰽⰲⰰⱀⱁⱄⰾⱁⰲⱑⱀⱄⰽⱜ ⰵⰸⰻⰽⱜ, ⱌⰹⱃⱏⰽⱏⰲⱏⱀⱁⱄⰾⱁⰲⱑⱀⱐⱄⰽⱏⰹ ⱗⰸⱏⰻⰽⱏ

  • Church Slavonic is a liturgical language used by the Eastern Orthodox Church 20px

Chuukese – Chuuk

  • Official language in: Chuuk , the Federated States of Micronesia

Chuvash – Чӑвашла, Çăvaşla

  • Official language in: Chuvashia , Russia

Cia-Cia – Bahasa Ciacia, 바하사 찌아찌아, بهاس چيا-چيا

  • Spoken in: Southeast Sulawesi , Indonesia

Cimbrian – Zimbrisch

  • Spoken in: Italy

Classical Arabic – العربية الفصحى

  • Formerly spoken in: Early Islamic Caliphates
  • Classical Arabic is a liturgical language of Islam 25px

Classical Armenian † – գրաբար

  • Formerly spoken in: the Armenian highlands

Classical Chinese – 古文 or 文言

  • Literary language used in: China , Taiwan , Vietnam , 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 25px

Classical Mongolian † – ?

  • Formerly spoken in: Mongolia , China and Russia

Classical Nahuatl † – Nāhuatlāhtōlli

  • Formerly spoken in: Aztec Empire

Classical Nepal Bhasa † – पुलाङु नेपाल भास

  • Formerly spoken in: Nepal , Bhutan , Tibet and India

Classical Tibetan † – ?

  • Formerly spoken in: Greater Tibet

Coastal Kadazan – Boos Kadazan (Bo'os Kadazan)

  • Spoken in: Sabah and Labuan , Malaysia

Cochimi † – Laymón

  • Formerly spoken in: Baja California , Mexico

Cocopah – Kwikapa

  • Spoken in: Baja California and Sonora , Mexico and Arizona , 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

Colombian Sign Language – Lengua de Señas Colombiana

  • Signed in: Colombia

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

  • Official language in: Cook Islands , New Zealand

Coptic – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Coptic';">ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ</span>

  • The Coptic language is a Coptic liturgical language 20px

Cora – naáyarite

  • Spoken in: Mexico

Cornish – Kernewek, Kernowek

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Cornwall , the United Kingdom

Corsican – Corsu

  • Recognised Minority Language in: France

Costa Rican Sign Language – Lengua de señas costarricense

  • Signed in: Costa Rica

Cowlitz † – ƛʼpúlmixq

  • Formerly spoken in: Washington , United States

Cree – ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ

  • Official language in: Northwest Territories , Canada

Crimean Tatar – qırımtatar tili, къырымтатар тили, قریم تاتار تلی

  • Official language in: Crimea , Ukraine

Croatian – Hrvatski

  • Official language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Croatia ; and Vojvodina , Serbia
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Burgenland , Austria ; Baranya County, Southern Transdanubia, Hungary ; Molise, 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

Cuitlatec † – Uhpɨnéʔlu

  • Formerly spoken in: Guerrero , Mexico

Cupeño † – Kupangaxwicham Pe'm<u>e</u>melki

  • Formerly spoken in: the southern area of California , United States

Cypriot Arabic – Σάννα, Sanna, سانا

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Cyprus

Cypriot Sign Language – Κυπριακή Νοηματική Γλώσσα

  • Signed in: Cyprus

Czech – Český jazyk, Čeština

  • Official language in: Czech Republic

Czech Sign Language – Český znakový jazyk

  • Signed in: Czech Republic

D

Dagaare – Dagaare

  • Spoken in: Ghana , Burkina Faso , and Ivory Coast

Dagbani – Dagbanli

  • Spoken in: Ghana and Togo

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

Dakpa – དག་པ་ཁ་

  • Spoken in: India , Bhutan , and Tibet (China )

Dalecarlian – Dalmål

  • Spoken in: Sweden

Dalmatian † – dalmato

  • Formerly spoken in: Dalmatia , Croatia

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

Dargwa – Дарган Mез

  • Official language in: Dagestan , Russia

Daza – Dazaga

  • Spoken in: Chad and Niger

Dazawa – Daza

  • Spoken in: Bauchi State, Nigeria

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

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

Dhivehi – ދިވެހި

  • Official language in: Maldives

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

Dimasa – Grao-Dima

  • Spoken in: Assam and Nagaland, India

Dinka – Thuɔŋjäŋ

  • Spoken in: South Sudan

Djambarrpuyngu – Djampbarrpuyŋu

  • Spoken in: Northern Territory , Australia

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

Domari – Dômarî

  • Spoken in: Middle East , North Africa and the Caucasus

Dombe – isiTonga

  • Official language in: Zimbabwe
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Zambia

Dominican Sign Language – ?

  • Signed in: Dominican Republic

Dong – lix Gaeml

  • Spoken in: Guizhou, Hunan, Guangxi, China

Doteli – डोटेली

  • Official language in: Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Karnali Province, Nepal

Drehu – Dehu, Lifou, Lifu, Qene Drehu

  • Official language in: Lifou, New Caledonia

Drung – Tvrung kvt

  • Spoken in: Yunnan and Tibet, China

Duala – Duala

  • Spoken in: Cameroon

Duhwa – Karfa

  • Spoken in: Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Dungan – 回族语言, Xуэйзў йүян

  • Spoken by: the Central Asian Dungan people

Durkha – тyъһа тыл

  • Spoken in: Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia

Dutch – Nederlands

  • Official language in: Aruba , Belgium Curaçao, , the Netherlands , Sint Maarten , and Suriname

Dutch Sign Language – Nederlandse Gebarentaal

  • Signed in: the Netherlands

Dutton World Speedwords – rapmotz

  • International auxiliary language

Dyula – Julakan

  • Spoken in: Ivory Coast , Burkina Faso and Mali

Dzao Min – Ba Pai

  • Spoken in: China

Dzongkha – རྫོང་ཁ་

  • Official language in: Bhutan

E

E – 誒

  • Spoken in: Guangxi in China

Early Modern English † – English

  • Formerly spoken in: England , Wales , Scotland , Ireland and English overseas possessions

Eastern Pwo – ဖၠုံ, ဖၠုံယှိုဝ်, ဖၠုံဘာႋသာ့ဆ်ုခၠါင်, ဖၠုံဆ်ုခၠါင်

  • Spoken in: Myanmar and Thailand

Ebira – èbìrà

  • Spoken in: Middle Belt, Nigeria

Ecclesiastical Latin – Latin

  • Ecclesiastical Latin is a liturgical language used by the Catholic Church 25px

Ecuadorian Sign Language – Lengua de señas ecuatoriana (de Ecuador)

  • Signed in: Ecuador

Edo – Ẹ̀dó

  • Spoken in: Edo State, Nigeria

Efik – Usem Efịk

  • Spoken in: Cross River State, Nigeria

Egyptian Arabic – مصرى

  • Spoken in: Egypt

Egyptian Sign Language – لغة الإشارة المصرية

  • Signed in: Egypt

Ekajuk – Ekajuk

  • Spoken in: Cross River State, Nigeria

Ekoka ǃKung – ǃXuun

  • Spoken in: South Africa and Namibia , originally also spoken in Angola

Ekpeye – ẹkpeye

  • Spoken in: Rivers State, Nigeria

Elamite † – ?

  • Formerly spoken in: Iran

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 Arabic – اللهجة الإماراتية

  • Spoken in: United Arab Emirates

Emirati Sign Language – لغة الإشارة الإماراتية

  • Signed in: United Arab Emirates

Enawene Nawe – Salumã

  • Spoken in: Mato Grosso , Brazil

Ende – ?

  • Spoken in: central Flores, Indonesia

Enets – Онэй база

  • Spoken in: Krasnoyarsk Krai , Russia

Enga – Enga

  • 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

  • Official language in: 57 countries, 31 non-sovereign entities and 25 international organizations

Enlhet – Enlhet

  • Spoken in: Presidente Hayes , Paraguay

Enu – Ximoluo

  • Spoken in: Yunnan, China

Enxet – Énxet nempeywa

  • Spoken in: Presidente Hayes , Paraguay

Eperara – epérã pedée, sía pedée

  • Spoken in: Colombia and Ecuador

Eranadan – ഏറനാടൻ ഭാഷ, ا٘يرَناڊَن

  • Spoken in: the region of Eranad in Malappuram district, Kerala, India

Eravallan – எரவல்லன்

  • Spoken in: Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India

Erromintxela – Erromintxela

  • Spoken by: the Romani in the Basque Country

Erzya – Эрзянь Kель

  • Official language in: Mordovia , Russia

Esan – Ishan

  • Spoken in: Nigeria

Esimbi – ?

  • Spoken in: Southwestern Cameroon

Esperanto – Esperanto

  • International auxiliary language

Estonian – Eesti

  • Official language in: Estonia

Estonian Sign Language – eesti viipekeel

  • Signed in: Estonia

Eton – Ìtón

  • Spoken in: Lekié, Centre Region, Cameroon

Etruscan † – 𐌓𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌍𐌀

  • Formerly spoken in: Central Italy

Eudeve † – Dóhmenerít

  • Formerly spoken in: Sonora , Mexico

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 Beninois/Togolese Ewe people 22px

Ewondo – Beti

  • Spoken in: Cameroon

Extremaduran – Estremeñu

  • Spoken in: Salamanca in Spain

Eyak † – I.ya.q

  • Official language in: the American state of Alaska

F

Fala – Fala

  • Spoken in: Val de Xálima 20px, Extremadura , Spain

Falam Chin – Lai ṭong

  • Spoken in: Falam Township, Chin State , Myanmar

Fang (Bantoid) – Fang

  • Spoken in: Cameroon

Fang (Bantu) – Faŋ, Paŋwe

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Equatorial Guinea and Gabon

Fante – Fante

  • Spoken in: Ghana

Faroese – Føroyskt

  • Official language in: Faroe Islands
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Denmark

Faroese Sign Language – Føroyskt teknmál

  • Signed in: Faroe Islands

Feʼfeʼ – Ghə̀ǝ̄ fèʼéfěʼè

  • Spoken in: Haut-Nkam, Cameroon

Fiji Hindi – फिजी बात or Fiji Baat

  • Official language in: Fiji

Fiji Sign Language – ?

  • Signed in: Fiji

Fijian – Na vosa vaka-Viti, Vakaviti

  • Official language in: Fiji

Filipino – Wikang Filipino

  • Official language in: the Philippines

Filipino Sign Language – Wikang pasenyas ng mga Pilipino

  • Official language in: the Philippines

Fingallian † – Fingallian

  • Formerly spoken in: Fingal, Ireland

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

  • Spoken in: Finland and Sweden

Finnish Sign Language – Suomalainen viittomakieli

  • Signed in: Finland

Flemish – Vlaams

  • Spoken in: the Belgian region of Flanders

Flemish Sign Language – Vlaamse Gebarentaal

  • Signed in: the Belgian region of Flanders

Foia Foia – Minanibai

  • Spoken in: Gulf Province , Papua New Guinea

Fon – Fon gbè, Fɔngbè

  • Spoken by: the Beninois/Nigerian Fon people

Forest Nenets – нешаӈ вата

  • Spoken in: Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-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

  • Official language in: 27 countries, 10 subnational entities, and 36 international organisations

French Belgian Sign Language – Langue des signes de Belgique francophone

  • Signed in: the Belgian region of Wallonia

French Guianese Creole – Kriyòl gwiyannen

  • Official language in: French Guiana , France

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 22px

Frisian (Saterland) – Seeltersk

  • Spoken in: the German municipality of Saterland

Frisian (West) – Frysk

  • Official language in: the Dutch province of Friesland

Friulian – Furlan

  • Spoken in: Friuli , Italy

Fula – Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular

  • Spoken in: Central Africa

Fur – For

  • Spoken in: Chad and Darfur, Sudan

Futuna-Aniwa – ?

  • Spoken in: the islands of Futuna and Aniwa, Vanuatu

Futunan – Faka futuna

  • Spoken in: Futuna, Wallis and Futuna , France

Fuyu Kyrgyz – Fuyü Gïrgïs, Gĭrgĭs

  • Spoken in: Heilongjiang, China

G

Ga – Gã

  • Official language in: Ghana

Gagauz – Gagauz

  • Official language in: in: Gagauzia in Moldova
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Ukraine

Galician – Galego

  • Official language in: the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia

Gallo – Galo

  • Recognised Minority Language in: France mainly: Brittany , Normandy

Gallurese – gadduresu

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Sardinia , Italy

Gan – 赣语, 贛語

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

Garhwali – गढ़वळि

  • Spoken in: Uttarakhand, India

Garifuna – Karif

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Belize , and Guatemala
  • Spoken in: Honduras , and Nicaragua

Garo – A·chikku, আ·চিক্কু

  • Official language in: Meghalaya, India

Garre – اف الخرّيي

  • Spoken in: Somalia , Ethiopia and Kenya

Gaulish † – ?

  • Formerly spoken in: Gaul

Gawri – گاوری

  • Spoken in: Behrain Tehsil, Pakistan

Gayo – Basa Gayo

  • Spoken in: Sumatra, Indonesia

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 – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Ethiopic';">ግዕዝ</span>

  • Spoken in: Eritrea , Ethiopia , and Israel

Georgian – ქართული

  • Official language in: Georgia

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 20px, 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

Gikuyu – Gĩkũyũ

  • Spoken in: the Kenyan Central Province

Gilaki – گیلٚکی زٚوان

  • Spoken in: Gilan Province, Iran

Gilbertese – Taetae ni Kiribati

  • Official language in: Kiribati

Gitonga – Gitonga

  • Spoken in: Mozambique

Gitxsan – Gitxsanimaax, Gitxsanimx

  • Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

Godoberi – ГъибдилӀи Mицци, Ɣibdiƛi Micci

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

Gondi – गोण्डि, గోణ్డి

  • Spoken in: India

Gongduk – དགོང་འདུས་

  • Spoken in: Bhutan

Gorani – گۆرانی

  • Spoken in: Iraq and Iran

Gorontalo – Bahasa Hulontalo

  • Spoken in: Gorontalo , Indonesia

Gothic † – 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺

  • Formerly spoken in: pre-18th Century Europe

Gourmanché – Migulimancema

  • Spoken in: Burkina Faso , Togo , Benin , Niger , Ghana , and Nigeria

Grebo – Kréébo

  • Spoken in: Liberia

Greek – Ελληνικά

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

Greek Sign Language – Ελληνική νοηματική γλώσσα

  • Signed in: Greece

Greenlandic – Kalaallisut

  • Official language in: Greenland

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

Guaraní – Avañe'ẽ or Javy ju

  • Official language in: the Argentinian province of Corrientes , Bolivia , and Paraguay

Guatemalan Sign Language – Lengua de señas guatemalteco

  • Signed in: Guatemala

Guernésiais – Guernésiais

  • Spoken in: Guernsey

Guerrero Nahuatl – Nawatlajtoli

  • Spoken in: Guerrero , Mexico

Guinea-Bissau Creole – Ginensi, kiriol

  • Spoken in: Guinea-Bissau

Guiyang Miao – Hmong

  • Spoken in: Guizhou, China

Gujarati – ગુજરાતી

  • Official language in: the Indian union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and the Indian state of Gujarat

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 and Georgia , United States

Gumuz – Bega

  • Spoken in: the Benishangul-Gumuz Region , Ethiopia

Gun – gungbe

  • Official language in: Benin

Guna – Dulegaya

  • Spoken in: Guna Yala , Panama and Chocó , Colombia

Gurung – तमु क्यी

  • Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim

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

  • Spoken in: Sichuan, China

H

Hachijō – 島言葉

  • Spoken in: Southern Izu Islands and the Daitō Islands, Japan

Hadhrami Arabic – اللهجة الحضرمية

  • Spoken in: Hadhramaut, Yemen

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

  • Spoken in: the Chinese province of Hainan

Haisla – X̄a'islak̓ala, X̌àh̓isl̩ak̓ala

  • Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

Haitian Creole – Kreyòl Ayisyen

  • Official language in: Haiti

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

Halkomelem – Halq̓eméylem, Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓, hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓

  • Spoken in: Southwestern British Columbia , Canada and Northern Washington , the United States

Hän – Häł gołan

  • Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Hani – Haqniqdoq

  • Spoken in: Laos , Myanmar , South China , and Vietnam

Harari – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Ethiopic';">ሃራሪ</span>

  • Spoken in: the Ethiopian kilil of the Harari Region

Ḥarsusi – Ḥersīyet

  • Spoken in: Oman

Haryanvi – हरयाणवी

  • Spoken in: Haryana in India

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

  • Official language in: Hawaii , United States

Hawaiian Pidgin – Hawaiʻi Creole English, Pidgin, ʻŌlelo Paʻi ʻAi

  • Spoken in: Hawaii , United States

Hebrew –

  • Official language in: Israel

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

  • Spoken in: Botswana and Namibia

Hidatsa – hiraaciré’

  • Spoken in: North Dakota , Montana and South Dakota , the United States

Hiligaynon – Ilonggo

  • Spoken in: the provinces of Iloilo and in Negros Occidental in the Philippines

Hill Mari – Мары йӹлмӹ

  • Official language in: Mari El , Russia

Himarimã – Hi-Merima

  • Spoken in: Amazonas , Brazil

Himba – Omuhimba, Simba

  • Spoken in: Gabon

Hindi – हिन्दी

  • Official language in: India

Hindustani – ہندوستانی, हिन्दुस्तानी

  • Spoken in: India and Pakistan

Hinuq – гьинузас мец

  • Spoken in: Dagestan , Russia

Hiri Motu – Hiri Motu

  • Official language in: Papua New Guinea

Hittite † – 𒌷𒉌𒅆𒇷, nešili

  • Formerly spoken in: Anatolia

Hmong – lol Hmongb, lus Hmoob, lug Moob, 𖬌𖬣𖬵

  • Spoken in: China , French Guiana (France ), Laos , Thailand , United States , Vietnam , and Australia

Hmu – hveb Hmub

  • Spoken in: Guizhou, China

Ho – 𑢹𑣉𑣉 𑣎𑣋𑣜, हो जगर, ହୋ ଜାଗାର, হো জাগার

  • Official language in: Jharkhand, India

Ho-Chunk – Hoocą́k hoit'éra

  • Spoken in: Nebraska and Wisconsin , United States

Hobyót – Weyheybyot

  • Spoken in: Yemen and Oman

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

  • Signed in: Hong Kong , China

Hopi – Hopilàvayi or Hopílavayi

  • Spoken in: the northeastern area of Arizona , United States

Hruso – Aka, Angka(e)

  • Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India

Huasteca Nahuatl – Mexkatl

  • Spoken in: the Mexican states of San Luis Potosí , Hidalgo , Puebla , Veracruz

Huave – Ombeayiiüts, Umbeyajts

  • Spoken in: Oaxaca , Mexico

Huaylas Quechua – Nunashimi, Qichwa

  • Spoken in: the Callejón de Huaylas and in the western slope of the Cordillera Negra, Peru

Huichol – Wixárika, Wixárika Niukiyari

  • Spoken in: Mexico

Huishui Miao – Mhong

  • Spoken in: Guizhou, China

Huizhou – 徽州话

  • Spoken in: Chinese provinces of Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangxi

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

  • Spoken in: Southern Dagestan , Russia

Hupa † – Na꞉tinixwe Mixine꞉wheʼ

  • 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

Iatê – Yaa:thê

  • Spoken in: Pernambuco , Brazil

Iban – Jaku Iban

  • Spoken in: Malaysia , Brunei and Indonesia

Ibanag – Ybanag, Ibanak

  • Regional language in: the Philippines

Ibibio – Usem Ibibio

  • Spoken in: Abia State, Akwa Ibom State, Rivers State and Cross River State, Nigeria

Icelandic – Íslenska

  • Official language in: Iceland

Icelandic Sign Language – Íslenskt táknmál

  • Signed in: Iceland

Ido – Ido

  • International auxiliary language 25px

Igala – Igala

  • Spoken in: Nigeria

Igbo – Asụsụ Igbo

  • Official language in: Nigeria
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Equatorial Guinea

Ik – Icetot

  • Spoken in: Uganda

Ili Turki – İlı turkeşi, И̇лı туркес̧и, ي̇لي تۋركەسي

  • Spoken in: China

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

Indonesian – Bahasa Indonesia

  • Official language in: Indonesia

Indonesian Sign Language – Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia

  • Signed in: Indonesia

Indo-Pakistani Sign Language – ?

  • Signed in: India , Pakistan , and Bangladesh

Ingrian – ižoran keeli

  • Spoken in: Ingria , Russia

Ingush – ГӀалгӀай мотт

  • Official language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Ingushetia

Interlingua – Interlingua

  • International auxiliary language 25px

Interlingue (Occidental) – Interlingue

  • International auxiliary language 25px

Interslavic – Medžuslovjansky, Меджусловјанскы

  • Zonal auxiliary language for Slavs border|25px

Inuinnaqtun – ᐃᓄᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓐ‎

  • Official language in: Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Canada

Inuit Sign Language – Atgangmuurngniq, <small>ᐊᑦᒐᖕᒨᕐᖕᓂᖅ or ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᓯᖏᑦ</small>

  • Signed in: Nunavut in Canada

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

  • Official language in: Northwest Territories , Canada

Iowa-Otoe-Missouria † – Báxoje-Jíwere-Nyútʼachi, Báxoje ich'é, Jíwere ich'é

  • Formerly spoken in: Oklahoma , Missouri , and Kansas , United States

Iraqi Arabic – اللهجة العراقية

  • Spoken in: Iraq , as well as in Syria , Turkey , and Iran

Iraqi Sign Language – لغة الإشارة العراقية

  • Signed in: Iraq

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

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Thailand

Isoko – Isoko

  • Spoken in: Nigeria

Israeli Sign Language –

  • Signed in: Israel

Isthmus Nahuatl – Mela'tájtol

  • Spoken in: the Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz

Isthmus Zapotec – diidxazá

  • Spoken in: Oaxaca , Mexico

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

Iu Mien – Iu Mienh

  • Spoken in: China , Vietnam , Laos , Thailand , Communities in United States , and France

Ivatan – Chirin nu Ibatan

  • Spoken in: Batanes, Philippines

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

Jalaa † – bàsàrə̀n dà jàlààbè̩

  • Formerly spoken in: Nigeria

Jamaican Patois – Patwa

  • Spoken in: Jamaica

Jambi Malay – bahaso Jambi, baso Jambi, بهاس جمبي

  • Spoken in: Jambi , Indonesia

Jamtlandic – jamska

  • Spoken in: Jämtland , Sweden

Japanese – 日本語

  • National language in: Japan

Japanese Sign Language – 日本手話

  • Signed in: Japan

Jarai – Tơlơi Jrai

  • Spoken in: Central Highlands, Vietnam and Ratanakiri province, Cambodia

Jarawa – Aongəŋ

  • Official language in: Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Javanese – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Javanese';">ꦧꦱꦗꦮ</span>

  • Spoken in: the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Java, New Caledonia , and Suriname

Javindo – Javindo

  • Spoken in: Java, Indonesia

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

Juba Arabic – arabi juba, luġa

  • Spoken in: South Sudan

Judaeo-Georgian – ყივრული

  • Spoken in: Georgia , Israel , Russia , Belgium , and United States

Judaeo-Spanish – , Ladino

  • Spoken by: the Sephardim Jewish Diaspora 25px

Judeo-Arabic –

  • Spoken by: Jews 25px in North Africa and the Fertile Crescent

Judeo-Persian – Fārsi

  • Spoken by: Jews 25px in Iran and Central Asia

Judeo-Tat – Cuhuri, Жугьури,

  • Spoken in: Azerbaijan , Russia , Israel and the United States of America

Jutish – Jydsk

  • Spoken in: Denmark

Juǀʼhoan – ǃXun, Ju

  • Spoken in: northeastern Namibia and northwestern Botswana near the border with Angola

K

Kabardian – Адыгэбзэ

  • Official language in: the Russian autonomous republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia

Kabiye – kabɩyɛ

  • Official language in: Togo
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Benin

Kabyle – ⵜⴰⵇⴱⴰⵢⵍⵉⵜ / ثاقبايليث

  • Spoken in: Algeria

Kachin – ဈိာင်ဖေါစ်

  • Spoken in: Official in Kachin State and Yingjiang County; Myanmar , China , India

Kaingang – Kanhgág

  • Spoken in: Brazil

Kaitag – хайдакьан кув

  • Spoken in: Dagestan , Russia

Kaixana – Kawishana, Cawishana

  • Spoken in: Brazil

Kalanga – TjiKalanga/Ikalanga

  • Official language in: Zimbabwe

Kalau Lagau Ya – Mabuiag

  • Spoken in: Western and Central Torres Strait Islands , Queensland , Australia

Kalenjin – Kalenjin

  • Spoken in: Western Kenya , Eastern Uganda , and Northern Tanzania

Kalinago † – Kalhíphona

  • Formerly spoken in: Guadeloupe , Dominica , Martinique , Saint Lucia , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , and Grenada

Kalmyk – хальмг келн

  • Official language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Kalmykia

Kamba – Kikamba

  • Spoken in: Kenya and Tanzania

Kanakanavu – Kanakanabu

  • Spoken in: Maya Village in Namasia District, Kaohsiung , Taiwan

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 and Oklahoma , the United States

Kanuri – Kanuri

  • Spoken in: Cameroon , Chad , Niger , and Nigeria

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

  • Official language in: Karakalpakstan , Uzbekistan

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

  • Spoken in: Dagestan , Russia

Karbi – Arlêng

  • Spoken in: Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh, India

Karelian – Karjalan Kieli

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Finland and Karelia , Russia

Karen – ကညီကျိာ်

  • Spoken in: Karen State, Myanmar and Thailand

Karenni – ꤊꤢꤛꤢ꤭ ꤜꤟꤤ꤬

  • Spoken in: Karenni State, Myanmar , Thailand , United States

Karian – Bilakura

  • Spoken in: Madang Province , Papua New Guinea

Karipuna † – Jaũn Àvo

  • Formerly spoken in: Rondônia , Brazil

Kashmiri – كٲشُر, कॉशुर, Kạ̄šur, Koshur

  • Official language in: India

Kashubian – Kaszëbsczi Jãzëk

  • Official language in: Some communes in the Polish voivodeship of Pomerania

Kaska – Dene Zágéʼ

  • Spoken in: Canada

Kassonke – Xaasongaxango

  • Official language in: Mali

Kaurna – Kaurna Warra

  • Spoken in: South Australia , Australia

Kavalan – kbaran, kebalan

  • Spoken in: Taiwan

Kawésqar – Kawésqar, Qawasqar

  • Spoken in: Chile

Kawi † – ᬚᬯ

  • Formerly spoken in: the island of Java in Indonesia

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

  • Spoken in: the Malaysian states of Kedah , Penang , Perlis , and the northern area of Perak

Kelantanese Malay – بهاس ملايو كلنتن or Baso Kelate

  • Spoken in: Kelantan , Malaysia

Kendeje – Kendeje

  • Spoken in: Ouaddaï Region, Chad

Kenyah – Bakung

  • Spoken in: the island of Borneo in Indonesia and Malaysia

Kenyan Sign Language – Kenyan Sign Language

  • Signed in: Kenya and Somalia

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

  • Spoken in: the Russian autonomous republic of Khakassia

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

  • Official language in: Jharkhand, India

Khasi – Ka Ktien Khasi, ক ক্ত্যেন খসি

  • Official language in: Meghalaya, India

Khetrani – ?

  • Spoken in: Balochistan , Pakistan

Khinalug – каьтш мицI, kätš micʼ

  • Spoken in: Azerbaijan

Khitan † – 35px, 33px

  • Formerly spoken in: China , Mongolia , and eastern Siberia , Russia

Khmer – ភាសាខ្មែរ

  • Official language in: Cambodia

Khmu – Kmhmu

  • Spoken in: Laos , Vietnam , Thailand , China

Khoekhoe – Khoekhoegowab

  • National language in: Namibia

Khoemana – Griqua, Korana, ǃOra, Kora, Xri, ǃOrakobab

  • Spoken in: South Africa

Khorasani Turkic – خراسان تركچیسی

  • Spoken in: North Khorasan Province, Iran

Khortha – खोरठा

  • Official language in: Jharkhand, India

Khowar – کھوار

  • Spoken in: Chitral, Pakistan

Khwarshi –

  • Spoken in: Southwestern Dagestan , Russia

Kʼicheʼ – Qatzijobʼal

  • Official language in: Mexico
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Guatemala

Kichwa – Kichwa Shimi, Runa Shimi

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Ecuador

Kickapoo – Metotheeneniaatoweeheni

  • Spoken in: the United States and Mexico

Kiga – Orukiga

  • Spoken in: Uganda and Rwanda

Kikai – しまゆみた

  • Spoken in: Kagoshima Prefecture , Japan

Kimbundu – Kimbundu

  • Official language in: Angola

Kimki – Sukubatom

  • Spoken in: Indonesia

Kinaray-a – Kinaray-a

  • Regional language in: the Philippines

Kinnauri – 𑚊𑚝𑚦𑚤𑚮𑚎𑚨𑚶𑚊𑚛, Kanawaringskad, ཀནབརིངསྐད

  • Spoken in: Himachal Pradesh, India

Kinyarwanda – Ikinyarwanda or Runyarwanda

  • Official language in: Rwanda

Kiowa – Ǥáuiđòᵰ꞉gyà, [Gáuiđòñ꞉gyà

  • Spoken in: Oklahoma , the United States

Kishtwari – کشتواڑی, किश्तवाड़ी

  • Spoken in: Jammu and Kashmir, India

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, <span style="font-family:'Klingon';"> </span>

  • Constructed language spoken by a fictional alien race called the Klingons in the Star Trek universe 25px

Kodava – ಕೊಡವ ತಕ್ಕ್ கூடகு எழுத்து

  • Spoken in: Karnataka, India

Kohistani – کوستَیں

  • Spoken in: Pakistan

Kohistani Shina – ݜݨیاٗ کستِین٘و زبان ,ݜݨیاٗ زبان

  • Spoken in: Pakistan

Kokborok – ককবরক‎

  • Official language in: Tripura, India

Komering – Basa Kumoring, باس كوموريڠ

  • Spoken in: South Sumatra , Indonesia

Komi – Коми

  • Official language in: Komi Republic , Russia

Komi-Permyak – коми-пермяцкӧй кыв

  • Spoken in: Perm Krai and Kirov Oblast , Russia

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

  • Spoken in: Ghana and Togo

Korean – 한국어, 조선말

  • Official language in: North Korea , South Korea , and the Chinese autonomous prefecture of Yanbian

Korean Sign Language – 한국 수화 언어

  • Official language in: South Korea

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

  • International auxiliary language 25px

Koyraboro Senni – كࣷيْرَبࣷرࣷ سٜنِّ

  • Spoken in: east of Timbuktu, Mali

Koyukon – Denaakkenaageʼ, Denaakkʼe, Dinaak̲'a

  • Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Kpelle – Kpɛlɛwoo

  • Spoken in: Liberia , Guinea and Ivory Coast

Kposo – Ikpɔsɔ

  • Spoken in: Togo and Ghana

Krio – Krio

  • Spoken in: Sierra Leone

Krio Dayak – Kereho

  • Spoken in: West Kalimantan , Indonesia

Krymchak – кърымчах тыльы

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Ukraine

Kryts – кърыцIаь мез, ġrəċä mez, qryc’ä mez

  • Spoken in: Azerbaijan

Kuanua – Tinata Tuna

  • Spoken in: East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea

Kuliak – Rub

  • Spoken in: Uganda

Kulino – Kulina Pano

  • Spoken in: Amazonas , Brazil

Kumaoni – कुमाऊँनी

  • Spoken in: Uttarakhand, India and Sudurpashchim Province, Nepal

Kumeyaay – Kumiai

  • Spoken in: California , the United States and Baja California , Mexico

Kumyk – Къумукъ Tил

  • Official language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Dagestan

Kunama – Baada, Baazayn, Diila

  • Spoken in: Eritrea and Ethiopia

Kunigami – 山原言葉, ヤンバルクトゥーバ

  • Spoken in: Okinawa Prefecture , Japan

Kunza † – Likanantaí, Ckunsa

  • Formerly spoken in: Chile and Peru

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

  • Spoken in: Iran and Iraq

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

  • Spoken in: Turkey , Iran , Iraq , and Syria

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

  • Spoken in: Kutch, India

Kutenai – Ktunaxa

  • Spoken in: the United States and Canada

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

  • Spoken in: Rondônia , Brazil

Kyrgyz – Кыргыз тили

  • Official language in: Kyrgyzstan and the Russian autonomous republic of the Altai Republic

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Láadan – Láadan

  • A gynocentric constructed language

Laal – yəw láà:l

  • Spoken in: Chad

Laarim – Narim

  • Spoken in: South Sudan

Lacandon – Jach-tʼaan

  • Spoken in: Chiapas , Mexico

Ladakhi – ལ་དྭགས་སྐད།

  • Spoken in: China , India , and Pakistan

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

  • Official language in: Dagestan , Russia

Lakha – ལ་ཁ་

  • Spoken in: Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa, Bhutan

Laki – لەکی, Lekî

  • Spoken in: Iran and Turkey

Lakon – Lakona, Vure

  • Spoken in: Gaua, Vanuatu

Lakota – Lakȟótiyapi

  • Spoken by: the Lakota people 25px

Lama – Lamba

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Benin

Lamaholot – Lamaholot, Solor

  • Spoken in: Flores and Solor, 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

  • Spoken by: the Banjara in India

Lambya – Ichilambya

  • Spoken in: Tanzania and Malawi

Lamkang – Ksen

  • Spoken in: Manipur, India

Lampung – cawa Lampung

  • Spoken in: Lampung and South Sumatra , Indonesia

Lango (South Sudan) – Laŋgo

  • Spoken in: South Sudan

Lango (Uganda) – Lëblaŋo

  • Spoken in: Lango sub-region, Uganda

Lao – ພາສາລາວ

  • Official language in: Laos

Lapaguía Zapotec – ?

  • Spoken in: Oaxaca , Mexico

Lashi – လချစ်, Lacid

  • Spoken in: Myanmar and China

Lasi – لاسی

  • Spoken in: Lasbela, Pakistan

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

  • Official language in: Latvia

Latvian Sign Language – Latviešu zīmju valoda

  • Signed in: Latvia

Laz – ლაზური ნენა

  • Spoken in: Georgia and Turkey

Leco – Burua

  • Official language in: Bolivia

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

Lembena – ?

  • Spoken in: East Sepik Province , Papua New Guinea

Lenakel – Netvaar

  • Spoken in: Tanna Island, Vanuatu

Lenje – Chilenje

  • Spoken in: central Zambia

Leonese – Llïonés

  • Official language in: the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León

Lepcha – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Lepcha';">ᰛᰩᰵ་ᰛᰧᰶᰵ</span>

  • Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim

Lese – Efé

  • Spoken in: northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Levantine Arabic – شامي

  • Spoken in: Syria , Jordan , Lebanon , Palestine , Israel , and Turkey

Levantine Arabic Sign Language – لغة الإشارة العربية الشرقية

  • Signed in: Syria , Jordan , Lebanon , and Palestine

Lezgian – лезги чӏал

  • Official language in: Dagestan , Russia

Lhokpu – Lhobikha

  • Spoken in: southwest Bhutan

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

Lillooet – St̓át̓imcets, Sƛ̓aƛ̓imxǝc, Ucwalmícwts, Lil̓wat7úlmec

  • Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

Limbu – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Limbu';">ᤕᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ</span>

  • Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim

Limburgish – Lèmburgs

  • Official language in: the Netherlands

Lingala – Lingála

  • Official language in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo

Lingua Franca Nova – lingua franca nova

  • International auxiliary language 25px

Lingwa de Planeta – Lidepla

  • International auxiliary language 25px

Lipo – Lolopo, Lolongo

  • Spoken in: China

Lish – Lishpa, Khispi

  • Spoken in: West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh in India

Lisu – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Lisu';">ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ</span> or <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Lisu';">ꓡꓲꓢꓴ</span>

  • Official language in: the Chinese autonomous prefecture of Nujiang Lisu and the Chinese autonomous county of Weixi Lisu

Lithuanian – Lietuvių

  • Official language in: Lithuania
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Poland

Lithuanian Sign Language – Lietuvių gestų kalba

  • Signed in: Lithuania

Livonian – Līvõ Kēļ or Rāndakēļ

  • Spoken in: Latvia

Livvi-Karelian – Livvi

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Finland and Karelia , Russia

Lobi – Lobiri

  • Spoken in: Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast and Ghana

Lojban – la .lojban.

  • A logical constructed language 25px

Lolopo – Loxrlavu

  • Spoken in: China

Loma – Lɔ̀ɔ̀màgòòi, Löömàgòòi, Löghömàgòòi

  • Spoken in: Liberia and Guinea

Lomavren – Լոմավրեն

  • Spoken by: the Lom in Armenia

Lombard – lombard, lumbard, lumbart, lombart

  • Official language in: Lombardy , Italy
  • Also spoken in: the Swiss cantons of Grisons and Ticino

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: the State of Brandenburg in Germany

Lower Tanana – Menhti Kenaga

  • Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Lozi – Rozi, Silozi

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Zambia and Namibia

Luba-Kasai – Tshiluba

  • Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Luba-Katanga – Kiluba

  • Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lucumí – Lucumí

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Cuba (a liturgical language)

Ludic – Luudi, Lyydi or lüüdi

  • Spoken in: Karelia , Russia

Luganda – Luganda, LùGáànda, Oluganda

  • Spoken in: Uganda

Lugbara – ?

  • 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 25px, Chaco , Argentina

Lunda – Chilunda

  • Spoken in: Zambia , Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Luo – Kavirondo or Dholuo

  • Spoken in: Kenya and Tanzania

Luobohe Miao – A-Hmyo, Ā-hmiò

  • Spoken in: central Guizhou, China

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

Luxembourgish – Lëtzebuergesch

  • Official language in: Luxembourg
  • Recognised Minority Language in: the Belgian community of the French Community of Belgium

M

Maale – Maale, Male

  • Spoken in: South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

Maasai – ɔl Maa

  • Spoken by: the Kenyan/Tanzanian Maasai people

Macanese – Patuá

  • Spoken in: Macau , China

Macau Sign Language – 澳門手語

  • Signed in: Macau , China

Macedonian – Mакедонски

  • Official language in: North Macedonia
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Albania , Romania , and Serbia

Macedonian Sign Language – македонски знаковен јазик, makedonski znakoven jazik

  • Signed in: North Macedonia

Maʼdi – Maʼdi ti

  • Spoken in: Uganda and South Sudan

Madí – Jamamadí

  • Spoken in: Amazonas , Brazil

Madurese – Basa Mathura

  • Official language in: East Java in Indonesia

Magahi – मगही

  • Spoken in: India and Nepal

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', <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Buginese';">ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ</span>

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

Makhuwa – Emakuana

  • Spoken in: northern Mozambique and southern Tanzania

Malagasy – Malagasy

  • Official language in: Madagascar

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

Maltese – Malti

  • Official language in: Malta

Maltese Sign Language – Lingwa tas-Sinjali Maltija

  • Signed in: Malta

Mam – Qyool Mam, Ta yol Mam

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Mexico and Guatemala

Manado Malay – Bahasa Manado

  • Spoken in: Manado, North Sulawesi , Indonesia

Manchu –

  • Spoken by: the Manchu people

Mandan † – Nų́ų́ʔetaa íroo

  • Formerly spoken in: the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota , the United States

Mandar – Mandar

  • Spoken in: the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia

Mandarin – 國語

  • Spoken in: Most of China

Mandinka – Mandinka kaŋo

  • Spoken in: Senegal , The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau

Mangareva – te reo magareva

  • Spoken in: Gambier Islands in French Polynesia

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

  • Official language in: New Zealand

Mapuche – Mapudungun

  • Official language in: the communes of Galvarino, Padre Las Casas and Temuco in Chile

Mara – Mara reih

  • Spoken in: southern Mizoram, India and Chin State , Myanmar

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

  • Formerly spoken in: Batavia (modern-day Jakarta ), Indonesia

Margi – Marghi

  • Spoken in: the states of Adamawa, Borno, Gombe, and Yobe, Nigeria

Mari – марий йылме

  • Official language in: Mari El , Russia

Maria – Madiya

  • Spoken in: 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

  • Official language in: Marshall Islands

Marwari – मारवाड़ी, مارواڑی

  • Spoken in: Rajasthan, India

Masalit – kana masara

  • Spoken in: Dar Masalit, Darfur, Sudan

Mator † – Motor

  • Formerly spoken in: the northern Sayan Mountains, Russia

Mauritian Creole – kreol morisien, morisien

  • Official language in: Mauritius

Mayo – Caíta

  • Official language in: Mexico

Mazanderani – مازِرونی

  • Spoken in: Mazandaran Province, Iran

Mbuk – Mboko

  • Spoken in: Cameroon

Mbukushu – Thimbukushu

  • Spoken in: Namibia , Angola , Botswana , and Zambia

Mbuun – Mpuun

  • Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Meadow Mari – олык марий

  • Official language in: Mari El , Russia

Megleno-Romanian – vlăhește

  • Spoken in: Greece , North Macedonia , Romania , Turkey and Serbia

Mehri – مهريّت

  • Spoken in: Yemen , Oman

Meitei – ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ, মনিপুরি, মৈতৈলোল্, মৈতৈলোন্, মৈথৈ

  • Official language in: the Indian state of Manipur

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

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 in: Canadian Prairies, Canada

Michoacán Nahuatl – Pómaro Nahuatl

  • Spoken in: Mexico

Middle Armenian † – Հայերէն

  • Formerly spoken in: the Armenian highlands and Cilicia

Middle Chinese † – 漢語, hɑn<sup>H</sup> ŋɨʌ<sup>X</sup>

  • 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 and Prince Edward Island , Canada

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

  • Spoken in: Mingrelia and Abkhazia , Georgia

Mirandese – mirandés, lhéngua mirandesa, léngua mirandesa

  • Spoken in: Terra de Miranda, Portugal

Miraya Bikol – Miraya

  • Spoken in: Daraga, Albay, the Philippines

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

  • Spoken in: Oaxaca , Puebla , and Guerrero , Mexico

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

  • Official language in: Mizoram, India

Mòcheno – Bersntolerisch, Bersntoler sproch

  • Spoken in: Bersntol in Trentino , Italy

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

Mokati – Wanambre

  • Spoken in: Madang Province , Papua New Guinea

Moksha – мокшень кяль

  • Official language in: Mordovia , Russia

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 – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Myanmar';">ဘာသာ မန်</span>

  • Spoken in: the Myanma delta of the Irrawaddy River

Mongo – Lomongo

  • Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mongolian – Монгол Хэл,

  • Official language in: the Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia and Mongolia

Mongolian Sign Language – Монгол дохионы хэл

  • Signed in: Mongolia

Monguor – moŋɡuer

  • Spoken in: Chinese provinces of Qinghai and Gansu

Montagnais – Innu-aimun

  • Spoken in: Quebec province and Labrador region, Canada

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

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

  • Official language in: Burkina Faso

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

Mundabli-Mufu – Ji

  • Spoken in: Cameroon

Mundari – मुंडारी, মুন্ডারি, ମୁଣ୍ଡାରୀ, 𞓧𞓟𞓨𞓜𞓕𞓣𞓚

  • Official language in: Jharkhand, India

Mường – thiểng Mường

  • Spoken in: Northwestern Vietnam

Muscogee Creek – Mvskoke, Mvskokē

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

Musgu – Mulwi

  • Spoken in: Cameroon and Chad

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 and Emira Island part of Papua New Guinea

N

N'Ko – ߒߞߏ

  • Spoken in: West Africa

Nagumi † – Gong or Ngong

  • Formerly spoken in: Cameroon

Nahuatl – Māsēwallahtōlli, Mexicano, or Nāhuatlahtōlli

  • Official language in: Mexico

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

  • Signed in: Namibia and Angola

Nanai – на̄най, на̄ни

  • Spoken in: Russia and China

Naskapi – ᓇᔅᑲᐱ, ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ

  • Spoken in: Quebec province and Labrador region, Canada

Natchez † – Na·šceh

  • Formerly spoken in: Louisiana , Mississippi , and Oklahoma , United States

Naukan Yupik – Нывуӄаӷмистун

  • Spoken in: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , Russia

Nauruan – Dorerin Naoero, Ekaiairũ Naoero

  • Official language in: Nauru

Navajo – Diné bizaad

  • Spoken on the Navajo Nation

Naʼvi – Lìʼfya leNaʼvi

  • Constructed language spoken by the Naʼvi in the Avatar film franchise

Naxi – Naqxi geezheeq

  • Official language in: Yulong Naxi Autonomous County in Yunnan province, China

Ndau – chiNdau

  • Official language in: Zimbabwe

Ndyuka – x12px

  • Spoken in: French Guiana , France and Suriname

Neapolitan – napulitano

  • Spoken in: Campania , Italy

Negerhollands † – Negerhollands

  • Formerly spoken in: US Virgin Islands

Nenets – ненэця’ вада, нешаӈ вата

  • Spoken in: Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , Russia

Nengone – ?

  • Official language in: Maré, New Caledonia

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 the Darjeeling district , 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

  • Official language in: New Zealand

Nez Perce – niimiipuutímt

  • Spoken in: Idaho , United States

Ngaanyatjarra – Ngaanyatjarra

  • Spoken in: Warburton, Western Australia in Australia

Ngaju – Ngaju

  • Spoken in: Central Kalimantan , Indonesia

Nganasan – ня” сиәде

  • Spoken in: Taymyr Autonomous Okrug , Krasnoyarsk Krai , Russia

Ngarinyin – Ungarinjin

  • Spoken in: Kimberley, Northern Territory , Australia

Ngbaka – Ngbaka

  • Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ngbee † – Lingbee

  • Formerly spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ngizim – Ngizmawa, Ngezzim, Ngódṣin

  • Spoken in: Yobe State, Nigeria

Ngoni (Mozambique) – Xingoni

  • Spoken in: Mozambique

Ngoni (Tanzania) – Chingoni

  • Spoken in: Songea, Tanzania

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 Indonesia

Nicaraguan Sign Language – Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua

  • Signed in: Nicaragua

Nigerian Pidgin – Naijá

  • Spoken in: Nigeria

Nigerian Sign Language – Nigerian Sign Language

  • Signed in: Nigeria and Chad

Nihali – निहाली

  • Spoken in: Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in India

Nisga'a – Nisg̱a’a, nisqáʔamq

  • Spoken in: Northwest British Columbia , Canada

Niuean – ko e vagahau Niuē

  • Official language in: Niue , New Zealand

Nivkh – нивх диф, нивх туғс

  • Spoken in: Khabarovsk Krai and Sakhalin Oblast , Russia

Noakhali – নোয়াখাইল্লা

  • Spoken in: Noakhali District in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh and the southern area of Tripura, India

Nobiin – Nòbíín, Ⲛⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ, نُـٰوبين

  • Spoken in: Egypt and Sudan

Nogai – ногай тили, nogay tili

  • Official language in: Dagestan and Karachay-Cherkessia in Russia

Nooksack – Lhéchelesem

  • Spoken in: Whatcom County, Washington , United States

Noongar – Nyungar

  • Spoken in: Western Australia , Australia

Norfuk – Norfuk, Norf'k

  • Official language in: Norfolk Island , Australia

Norman – Normaund

  • Spoken in: Normandy , France

Norn † – norn

  • Formerly spoken in: Orkney , Shetland and Caithness in Scotland

North Korean Sign Language – 조선수화

  • Signed in: North Korea

North Mesopotamian Arabic – لهجة موصلية

  • Spoken in: Iraq , Syria , and Turkey

North Straits Salish – xʷsenəčqən

  • Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada and Washington , the United States

Northern Emberá – Cholo

  • Spoken in: Darién Gap in Panama and in Colombia

Northern Khmer – เขมรถิ่นไทย‎

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Thailand

Northern Ndebele – isiNdebele

  • Official language in: Zimbabwe

Northern Paiute – Numu, nɨɨmɨ

  • Spoken in: Nevada , California , Oregon , and Idaho , the United States

Northern Qiang – Rrmearr

  • Spoken in: Sichuan, China

Northern Sotho – Sesotho sa Leboa

  • Official language in: South Africa

Northern Thai – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Tai Tham';">ᨣᩴᩤᨾᩮᩥᩬᨦ</span>

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

Northern Tutchone – Dän kʼí

  • Spoken in: Yukon , Canada

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

  • Spoken in: the Mexican states of Hidalgo , Querétaro and México

Norwegian – Norsk

  • Official language in: Norway

Norwegian Sign Language – norsk tegnspråk, norsk teiknspråk

  • Signed in: Norway

Nottoway – Cheroenhaka

  • Spoken in: Virginia in the United States

Novial – novial

  • International auxiliary language 25px

Nubi – Kinubi, كي-نوبي

  • Spoken in: Uganda and Kenya

Nuer – Thok Naath

  • Spoken in: South Sudan and Gambela Region , Ethiopia

Nung – Nùng

  • Spoken in: Vietnam , China and Laos

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

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

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 in France , 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

  • Spoken in: Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania

Oirat – ᡆᡕᡅᠷᠠᡑ ᡘᡄᠯᡄᠨ

  • Spoken in: Russia Mongolia and China

Oirata – Maaro

  • Spoken in: Indonesia

Ojibwe – ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ

  • Spoken by: the Ojibwe people

Oji-Cree – ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᒧᐏᐣ

  • Spoken by: the Oji-Cree people

Okanagan – n̓səl̓xčin̓, n̓syil̓xčn̓

  • Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada and Washington , the United States

Okinawan Japanese – ウチナーヤマトゥグチ

  • Recognised Regional Language in: Japan

Okinawan (Ryukyuan) – 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, <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Glagolitic';">ⰔⰎⰀⰂⰑⰐⰊⰍ</span>

  • Formerly spoken in: Eastern Europe

Old Dutch † – thiudisc

  • Formerly spoken in: the Low Countries

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

  • Formerly spoken in: England , Scotland and Wales

Old French † – Franceis, François, Romanz

  • Formerly spoken in: France and Wallonia , Belgium

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 Tupi † – abáñe'enga

  • Formerly spoken in: the Coastline of Brazil

Old Udi † – 𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔼𐕎 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐔵

  • Formerly spoken in: Caucasian Albania

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

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

  • Official language in: Oromia in Ethiopia
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Kenya

Ortatürk – Öztürk tili, Öztürkçe

  • Zonal auxiliary language for Turkic peoples

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

  • Spoken in: Angola and Namibia

Oy – Oi, The

  • Spoken in: Attapeu province, Laos

Ozomatlán Totonac – ?

  • Spoken in: Puebla , Mexico

P

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 – ?

  • Official language in: New Caledonia

Paipai – Akwa'ala

  • Spoken in: Mexico

Paiwan – Vinuculjan, Pinayuanan

  • Official language in: Taiwan

Pakpak – Kata Pakpak, Batak Dairi

  • Spoken by: the Pakpak and Singkil people of North Sumatra , Indonesia

Palauan – a tekoi er a Belau

  • Official language in: Palau

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 25px

Palikúr – Pa'ikwené, Pa'ikwaki

  • Spoken in: Brazil and French Guiana , France

Palula – پالُولا

  • Spoken in: the Pakistani district of Chitral

Pamona – Poso, Bare’e

  • Spoken in: Central and South Sulawesi , Indonesia

Panamanian Sign Language – Lengua de señas panameñas

  • Signed in: Panama

Panará – panãra pẽẽ

  • Spoken in: Mato Grosso , Brazil

Panare – Eʼñapa Woromaipu

  • Spoken in: Bolívar , Venezuela

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

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Myanmar

Papiamento – Papiamentu

  • Official language in: Aruba , Bonaire and Curaçao

Papua New Guinean Sign Language – Papua New Guinean Sign Language

  • Official language in: Papua New Guinea

Para – Jaijairai

  • Spoken in: Myanmar and India

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

  • Official language in: Afghanistan
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Pakistan

Pataxó-Hãhãhãe † – Hahaháy, Pataxó, Hãhãhãe

  • Formerly spoken in: Minas Gerais and Bahia , Brazil

Pattani Malay – بهاس جاوي, Bahasa Jawi, or ภาษายาวี

  • Spoken in: Narathiwat , Pattani , Songkhla , and Yala , Thailand

Pazeh – Pazih, Pazéh, Kaxabu

  • Spoken in: Taiwan

Pennsylvania German – Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch

  • Spoken by: the Pennsylvania German people in the United States and Canada

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 † – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Phoenician';">𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍𐤉𐤌</span>

  • Formerly spoken in: the Near East

Piapoco – Cháse

  • Spoken in: Colombia and Venezuela

Picard – picard

  • Recognised Minority Language in: the French Community of Belgium

Pichinglis – Pichi

  • Spoken in: Bioko, Equatorial Guinea

Pictish † – ?

  • Formerly spoken in: Scotland

Piedmontese – piemontèis

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Piedmont , Italy

Pijin – Pijin

  • Spoken in: Solomon Islands

Piman – Tepiman

  • Spoken in: Arizona , United States and Durango , Mexico

Pinghua – 平话

  • Spoken in: China , Vietnam

Pintupi-Luritja – Pintupi-Luritja

  • Spoken in: Western Australia and Northern Territory , Australia

Pipil – Náhuat or Nawat

  • Spoken in: the Salvadoran cities of San Salvador and Sonsonate; and the Salvadoran department of La Libertad

Pirahã – xapaitíiso

  • Spoken in: the Brazilian state of Amazonas .

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

Plautdietsch – Plautdietsch

  • Spoken in: Eastern Europe, with some scattered speakers in the Americas

Pochutec † – Naguál, nawal

  • Formerly spoken in: Oaxaca , Mexico

Pohnpeian – Mahsen en Pohnpei, Lokaiahn Pohnpei

  • Official language in: Pohnpei , Federated States of Micronesia

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

  • Spoken in: Pontus, Turkey

Popoloca – Popoloca

  • Spoken in: Puebla , Mexico

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 and Maryland , 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: Cook Islands

Punic † – ?

  • Formerly spoken in: Ancient Carthage

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 – ?

  • Spoken in: Puno , Peru

Purépecha – Pʼurhépecha

  • Spoken in: Michoacán , Mexico

Purgi – པུ་རིག་་སྐད།, پُرگِی

  • Spoken in: Baltistan, Pakistan and Ladakh, India

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

Qʼanjobʼal – Kanjobal

  • Spoken in: Huehuetenango, Guatemala and Chiapas , 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 and Oklahoma , United States

Quebec Sign Language – Langue des signes québécoise

  • Signed in: Quebec , and parts of Ontario and New Brunswick , Canada

Quechua – Runasimi

  • Spoken by: the Quechuan people in Argentina , Bolivia , Colombia , Ecuador , and Peru

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

Raga – Hano

  • Spoken in: the Pentecost Island, Vanuatu

Rajasthani – राजस्थानी

  • Spoken in: the Indian state of Rajasthan

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: North Bengal

Rapa – Rapa, Mangaia

  • Spoken in: Rapa Iti, French Polynesia

Rapa Nui – Vānaŋa Rapa Nui, Te reʻo Rapa Nui

  • Official language in: Easter Island , Chile

Rejang – Miling Hejang, Miling Jang

  • Spoken in: Bengkulu , Indonesia

Rennell-Bellona – Te hegeunga a Mugaba ma Mugiki

  • Spoken in: Rennell and Bellona , Solomon Islands

Réunion Creole – kréol rénioné

  • Official language in: Réunion , France

Rinconada Bikol – Rinconada

  • Spoken in: Camarines Sur, Philippines

Rodriguan Creole – Kreol rodrige

  • Spoken in: Rodrigues , Mauritius

Rohingya – 𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝

  • Official language in: the Rakhine State , Myanmar , and southeastern Chittagong Division, Bangladesh

Romagnol – Rumagnòl

  • Spoken in: Eastern Emilia-Romagna , Italy and San Marino

Romani – Romani Ćhib

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

Romanian – Română

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

Romanian Sign Language – Limba semnelor române

  • Signed in: Romania

Romansh – romontsch, rumantsch, rumauntsch, rumàntsch

  • Official language in: Switzerland

Rotokas – Rotokas

  • Spoken in: Bougainville part of Papua New Guinea

Rotuman – Fäeag Rotuạm

  • Official language in: Rotuma , Fiji

Rukai – drekai / drekay

  • Spoken in: Pingtung , Kaohsiung , and Taitung counties, Taiwan

Rundi – Ikirundi

  • Official language in: Burundi

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

  • Official language in: Dagestan , Russia

Ruuli – Luduuli

  • Spoken in: Uganda

S

Saanich – SENĆOŦEN, Sənčáθən

  • Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada and Washington , the United States

Saaroa – Lhaʼalua

  • Spoken in: Taiwan

Sadri – सादरी (नागपुरी), ସାଦ୍ରୀ, সাদরি

  • Official language in: India

Saek – แถร̄ก

  • Spoken in: Laos and Thailand

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 and Washington , 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 20px

Samaritan Hebrew – ࠏࠁࠓࠉࠕ, Îbrit

  • Formerly spoken in: Israel and Palestine
  • The Samaritan Hebrew language is a liturgical language used by Samaritans 20px

Sambal – Sambali

  • Regional language in: the Philippines

Sambalpuri – ସମ୍ବଲପୁରୀ

  • Spoken in: Western Odisha, India

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

  • Spoken in: Samogitia , Lithuania

San Andrés–Providencia Creole – ?

  • Spoken in: San Andrés and Providencia , Colombia

Sandawe – Sàndàwé kì’ìng

  • Spoken in: Tanzania

Sango – yângâ tî sängö

  • Official language in: the Central African Republic
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sanskrit – संस्कृतम्, संस्कृता वाक्

  • Official language in: India

Santali – ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ

  • Official language in: India

Sanumá – Sanöma

  • Spoken in: Bolívar , Venezuela and Roraima , Brazil

Sãotomense Creole – forro, santomense

  • Spoken in: São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe

Saramaccan – Saamáka

  • Spoken in: Suriname and French Guiana , France

Sardinian – Sardu

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

Sarikoli – تۇجىك زىڤ ,سەرىقۇلى زىڤ

  • Official language in: Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, China

Sartang – But(pa)

  • Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India

Sasak – ᬪᬵᬲᬵᬲᬓ᭄ᬱᬓ᭄

  • Spoken in: West Nusa Tenggara , Indonesia

Sassarese – sassaresu, turritanu

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Sardinia , Italy

Saudi Sign Language – لغة الإشارة السعودية

  • Signed in: Saudi Arabia

Sauk – Thâkiwâtowêweni

  • Spoken by: the Sauk people

Saurashtra – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Saurashtra';">ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬꢵ</span>

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

Scandoromani – ?

  • Spoken in: Norway and Sweden

Scots – Scots, Scottis, Scots leid, Lallans

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Northern Ireland and Scotland

Scottish Gaelic – Gàidhlig

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Scotland

Sechelt – sháshíshalh-em

  • Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

Seediq – Kari Seediq, Taroko

  • Spoken in: Taiwan

Sekani – Tse’khene

  • Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

Selkʼnam † – Selkʼnamčan

  • Formerly spoken in: Argentina and Chile

Selkup – чу́мэл шэ, тюйкуй келл, шё̄шӄуй шэ̄, сӱ̄ссыӷӯй сэ̄, шöйӄумый эты

  • Spoken in: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , Russia

Senaya – ܣܢܝܐ ,ܣܘܪܝ

  • Spoken in: Tehran and Qazvin, Iran

Seneca – Onöndowaʼga꞉ʼ Gawë꞉noʼ

  • Spoken in: Western New York , the United States and the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve , Ontario , Canada

Sentinelese – ?

  • Spoken in: North Sentinel Island

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 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

  • Spoken in: Gambia and the Senegal

Seri – cmiique iitom

  • Spoken in: Sonora , Mexico

Serrano † – Maarrênga'twich

  • Formerly spoken in: Southern California , the United States

Seychellois Creole – kreol, seselwa

  • Official language in: Seychelles

Shabo – Mikeyir

  • Spoken in: the eastern part of the South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region , Ethiopia

Shan – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Myanmar';">လိၵ်ႈတႆး</span>

  • 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

  • Spoken in: Nanping in Fujian, China

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

Sherdukpen – Mey, Ngnok

  • Spoken in: West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh in India

Sherpa – शेर्पा, ཤེར་པཱ།

  • Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim

Shilha – Taclḥiyt, ⵜⴰⵛⵍⵃⵉⵢⵜ, تاشلحيت

  • Spoken in: Morocco

Shina – ݜݨیاٗ زبان ,ݜݨیاٗ گلیتوࣿ زبان

  • Spoken in: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Shipibo-Conibo – Shipibo

  • Spoken in: Ucayali Region , Peru

Shona – Shona

  • Official language in: Zimbabwe

Shor – шор тили, тадар тили

  • Spoken in: Kemerovo Oblast , Russia

Shoshoni – Sosoni' ta̲i̲kwappe, Neme ta̲i̲kwappeh

  • Spoken in: Wyoming , Utah , Nevada and Idaho , the United States

Shua – Shwakhwe

  • Spoken in: Botswana

Shuar – Shiwar chicham

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Ecuador

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

Siberian Tatar – Себертатарца

  • Spoken in: Western Siberia , Russia

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: and

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

  • Official language in: Sri Lanka

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

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

  • Zonal auxiliary language for Slavs

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

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

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

  • Official language in: Sonsorol , Palau

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

  • Spoken in: Iran and Iraq

Sotho – Sesotho

  • Official language in: Lesotho and South Africa

South African Sign Language – Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal

  • Official language in: South Africa

South Azerbaijani – آذربایجان دیلی

  • Spoken in: Iranian Azerbaijan, Iran

South Barisan Malay – ?

  • Spoken in: Bengkulu , South Sumatra , and Lampung , Indonesia

Southeastern Puebla Nahuatl – nawatlajtole

  • Spoken in: Tehuacán, Puebla , Mexico

Southern Ndebele – isiNdebele

  • Official language in: South Africa

Southern Qiang – ?

  • Spoken in: Sichuan, China

Southern Quechua – Urin Qhichwa

  • Spoken in: Bolivia , Peru , Chile and Argentina

Southern Thai – ภาษาไทยถิ่นใต้

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

Southern Tutchone – Dän kʼè

  • Spoken in: Yukon , Canada

Southern Uzbek – اۉزبېکچه ,اۉزبېکی ,اۉزبېک تورکچه‌سی

  • Spoken in: Afghanistan

Southern Yukaghir – Одун ажуу

  • Spoken in: Sakha Republic and Magadan Oblast , Russia

Spanish – Español

  • Official language in: 21 countries, 1 dependant entity, and 26 international organisations

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

  • Spoken in: Alberta , Canada

Sudanese Arabic – لهجة سودانية

  • Spoken in: Sudan

Sudovian † – Sūdaviskai

  • Formerly spoken in: Lithuania and Poland

Sukuma – Kɪsukuma, Kisukuma

  • Spoken in: Tanzania

Sumerian † – 𒅴𒂠 (EME.G̃IR<sub>15</sub>)

  • Formerly spoken in: Southern Iraq and Southeastern Iran

Sumo – Sumu

  • Spoken in: Nicaragua and Honduras

Sunam – sunnampakad

  • Spoken in: Himachal Pradesh, India

Sundanese – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Sundanese';">ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ</span>

  • Official language in: the Indonesian province of West Java

Sunwar – सुनुवार, कोइँच, किराँती-कोइँच, मुखिया

  • Official language in: Sikkim, India

Surajpuri – सुरजापुरी, সুরজাপুরী

  • Official language in: India

Suret – ܣܘܪܝܬ

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Iraq

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

  • Official language in: Sweden

Swiss German – Schwyzerdütsch

  • Spoken in: the Austrian state of Vorarlberg , the Italian regions of the Aosta Valley and Piedmont , 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 20px

T

Taa – ǃXóõ

  • Spoken in: Ghanzi , Kgalagadi , Kweneng , Southern Districts and Hardap

Tabasaran – табасаран чIал

  • Official language in: Dagestan , Russia

Tagalog – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Tagalog';">ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔</span>, Wikang Tagalog

  • Official language in: the Philippines

Tagish † – Tā̀gish

  • Formerly spoken in: the Northwest Territories and Yukon , Canada

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 – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Tai Viet';">ꪼꪕꪵꪒꪉ</span>

  • Spoken in: Northwestern Vietnam and Northeastern Laos

Tai Dam – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Tai Viet';">ꪺꪕꪒꪾ</span>

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

Tai Dón – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Tai Viet';">ꪼꪕ ꪒ꪿ꪮꪙ</span>

  • 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 – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans New Tai Lue';">ᦑᦺᦟᦹᧉ</span>

  • Spoken in: Yunnan Province, China

Tai Nüa – ᥖᥭᥰᥖᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ

  • Official language in: the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, China

Taíno † – Tainonaíki

  • Formerly spoken in: the Antilles

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

  • Official language in: Taiwan

Taʽizzi-Adeni Arabic – لهجة تعزية عدنية

  • Spoken in: Taiz and Aden, Yemen

Tajik – Тоҷикӣ

  • Official language in: Tajikistan

Takpa – དག་པ་ཁ་

  • Spoken in: India , Bhutan and Tibet, China

Talossan – el glheþ Talossan

  • A constructed language that was invented by Robert Ben Madison for his micronation of Talossa 25px

Talysh – Tolışə zıvon, Tолышә зывон, تؤلشه زوؤن

  • Spoken in: Iran and Azerbaijan

Tamang – तामाङ

  • Official language in: Sikkim, India and Nepal

Tamasheq – Tamashek

  • Official language in: Mali

Tamazight – ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ, أمازيغية أطلس الأوسط

  • Official language in: Morocco

Tamil – தமிழ்

  • Official language in: the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, union territories of Pondicherry 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 ; Mizoram and Tripura, India ; Rakhine State , Myanmar

Tangut † –

  • Formerly the Official language in: the Tangut Empire (Western Xia)

Tarahumara – Rarámuri ra'ícha

  • Official language in: Mexico

Tarifit – Tmaziɣt, ⵜⴰⵔⵉⴼⵉⵜ, الريفية

  • Spoken in: the Rif region in northern Morocco and Melilla , Spain

Tat – zuhun tati, зугьун тати

  • Official language in: Dagestan , Russia

Tatar – تاتارچا, Tatarça, Tатарча

  • Official language in: Tatarstan , Russia

Tausug – Bahasa Sūg

  • Spoken in: Sulu, Philippines

Tawellemmet – Tawəlləmmət, ⵜⵓⵍⵎⵓⵜ, تَاوَلَّمَّتْ

  • Spoken in: Mali and Niger

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

  • Spoken in: Chad , Libya , and Niger

Tehuelche † – Aonekko ʼaʼien

  • Formerly spoken in: Argentina , Chile

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

Tembagla – Bo-Ung

  • Spoken in: Southern Highlands Province , Papua New Guinea

Temne – KʌThemnɛ

  • Spoken in: Sierra Leone and Guinea

Tepes – Soo

  • Spoken in: Uganda

Terêna – Etelena

  • Spoken in: 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 Puntarenas , and the Panamanian provinces of Bocas del Toro and Chiriquí

Tetum – Lia-Tetun

  • Official language in: Timor-Leste
  • Recognised Minority Language in: East Nusa Tenggara , Indonesia

Thai – ภาษาไทย

  • Official language in: Thailand

Thai Sign Language – ภาษามือไทย

  • Signed in: Thailand

Thangmi – Thāmī

  • Spoken in: Nepal and India

Thao – Thau a lalawa

  • Spoken in: Taiwan

Thompson – Nłeʔkepmxcín

  • Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada and Washington , the United States

Tibetan – དབུས་སྐད་

  • Official language in: the Tibet Autonomous Region, China and Upper Mustang , Nepal

Tibetan Sign Language – བོད་ཀྱི་ལག་བརྡའི་བརྡ་སྤྲོད།

  • Signed in: Tibet Autonomous Region, China

Tigre – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Ethiopic';">ትግሬ</span>, <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Ethiopic';">ትግራይት</span>

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Eritrea and Sudan

Tigrinya – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Ethiopic';">ትግርኛ</span>

  • Official language in: Eritrea and Ethiopia

Tillamook † – Hutyáyu, Hutyéyu

  • Formerly spoken in: Oregon , United States

Timucua † – ?

  • Formerly spoken in: Georgia and Florida , United States

Tindi – Идараб мицци

  • Spoken in: Southern Dagestan , Russia

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

Tobagonian Creole – ?

  • Spoken in: Tobago part of Trinidad and Tobago

Tobati – Yotafa

  • Spoken in: Papua , Indonesia

Tobian – Ramarih Hatohobei

  • Official language in: Hatohobei , Palau

Toda – தோடா

  • Spoken in: Western Tamil Nadu, India

Tofa – Тоъфа дыл

  • Spoken in: Irkutsk Oblast , Russia

Tok Pisin – Tok Pisin

  • Official language in: Papua New Guinea

Tokelauan – gagana Tokelau

  • Official language in: Tokelau , New Zealand

Toki Pona – toki pona

  • Constructed language spoken worldwide 20px

Tokunoshima – シマユミィタ

  • Spoken in: Kagoshima Prefecture , Japan

Tongan – Lea faka-Tonga

  • Official language in: Tonga

Tongva † – Gabrielino

  • Formerly spoken in: the City of Los Angeles , United States

Tooro – Orutooro

  • Spoken in: Uganda

Torres Strait Creole – Yumplatok

  • Spoken in: Torres Strait Islands , Queensland , Australia

Torwali – توروالی

  • Spoken in: Pakistan

Trinidadian Creole – ?

  • Spoken in: Trinidad in Trinidad and Tobago

Tsakhur – цӀаӀхна миз, ts'əxna miz

  • Official language in: Dagestan , Russia

Tsakonian – τσακώνικα

  • Spoken in: Tsakonia, Peloponnese, Greece

Tsetsaut † – Wetaŀ, Wetaɬ, Wetał

  • Formerly spoken in: Alaska , the United States ; British Columbia , Canada

Tsez – Цез Мец, Цезяс Мец

  • Spoken in: Dagestan , Russia

Tsimshian – Sm'algya̱x

  • Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Tsoa – Hiechware

  • Official language in: Zimbabwe

Tsonga – Xitsonga

  • Official language in: South Africa and Zimbabwe
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Mozambique

Tsou – Cou

  • Spoken in: Alishan Range, Taiwan

Tsuutʼina – Tsúùtʼínà Gūnáhà

  • Spoken in: the Tsuutʼina Nation in Alberta , Canada

Tswa – Xitswa

  • Spoken in: Mozambique

Tswana – Setswana

  • Official language in: Botswana , South Africa , and Zimbabwe
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Namibia

Tuamotuan – Reo Pa’umotu, Reko Pa’umotu

  • Spoken in: Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia

Tuareg – Tamahaq, Tamajaq, Tamasheq, or <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Tifinagh';">ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵌⴰⵆ</span>

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Mali and Niger

Tübatulabal – Pakaːnil

  • Spoken in: California

Tujia – Bifzixsar, Mongrzzirhof

  • Spoken in: Northwestern Hunan Province, China

Tulu – ತುಳು ಬಾಸೆ, തുളു ബാസെ, or 75px

  • 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 Nenets – ненэця' вада

  • Spoken in: Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , Russia

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

  • Spoken in: Kenya and Ethiopia

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

  • Official language in: Turkmenistan
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Afghanistan

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

Tuvaluan – Te Ggana Tuuvalu

  • Official language in: Tuvalu

Tuvan – тыва дыл

  • Spoken in: Tuva , Russia

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

  • Spoken in: Chiapas , Mexico

Tzotzil – Batsʼi kʼop

  • Spoken in: Chiapas , Mexico

U

Uab Meto – Uab Metô

  • Spoken in: West Timor, Indonesia
  • Recognized Minority Language in: Timor-Leste

Ubykh † – twaxəbza

  • Formerly spoken in: Turkey

Udi – удин муз, udin muz, 𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔼𐕎 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐔵

  • Spoken in: Azerbaijan , Russia , and Georgia

Udmurt – Удмурт кыл

  • Official language in: Udmurtia , Russia

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

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom

Umbrian † – Iuku Umbriu

  • Formerly spoken in: central Italy

Umbundu – Umbundu

  • Official language in: Angola

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 and Washington , the United States

Upper Kuskokwim – Dinakʼi

  • Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Upper Sorbian – Hornjoserbsce

  • Spoken in: the State of Saxony in Germany

Upper Tanana – Nee'aanèegn'

  • Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Urdu – اُردُو

  • Official language in: Pakistan and the Indian states of Bihar, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir , 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: Ukraine

Uspanteco – uspantek

  • Spoken in: Guatemala

Uyghur – ئۇيغۇر تىلى

  • Official language in: the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang and Recognised Minority Language of Kazakhstan

Uzbek – اوزبیک, Ўзбек, Oʻzbek

  • Official language in: Uzbekistan

V

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

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Karelia , Russia

Vietnamese – tiếng Việt

  • Official language in: Vietnam
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Czech Republic and Slovakia

Vietnamese Sign Language – Ngôn ngữ ký hiệu Việt Nam

  • Signed in: Vietnam

Vincentian Creole – ?

  • Spoken in: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Viossa – Viossa, Vjosa, Vjossa, Vyossa

  • An engineered constructed language created as an artificial pidgin 28px

Virgin Islands Creole – ?

  • Spoken in: British Virgin Islands , US Virgin Islands, , Spanish Virgin Islands (Puerto Rico ), Saba , Sint Eustatius , Saint Martin , and Sint Maarten

Vlax Romani – řomani čhib

  • Generally spoken in: Southeastern Europe

Volapük – Volapük

  • International auxiliary language 30px invented by Johann Martin Schleyer

Võro – Võro Kiil

  • Spoken in: Southern Estonia 20px

Voro (Adamawa) – Vɔrɔ

  • Spoken in: Adamawa State, Nigeria

Votic – Vaddja

  • Spoken in: Ingria in Russia

W

Wa – Va

  • Sopken in: China , Laos , Myanmar , Thailand

Waimiri-Atroarí – Kinja Iara

  • Spoken in: the northern part of Amazonas and the southern part of Roraima , Brazil

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

Walloon – Walon

  • Spoken in: the Belgian region of Wallonia

Wampanoag † – Wôpanâak

  • Formerly spoken in: Massachusetts , United States

Waorani – Wao Terero

  • Spoken in: Ecuador and Peru

Wapan – Jukun Wapan

  • Spoken in: Taraba State, Plateau State, and Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Warao – Guarauno, Warrau

  • Spoken in: Venezuela , Guyana and Suriname

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 and Nevada , the United States

Waziri – وزیری

  • Spoken in: Waziristan, Pakistan

Wayuu – Wayuunaiki

  • Spoken in: Venezuela and Colombia

Welsh – Cymraeg

  • Official language in: the British country of Wales
  • Recognised Minority Language in: Y Wladfa , Chubut , Argentina and the United Kingdom

West Coast Bajau – Bajau Sama

  • Spoken in: Sabah , Malaysia

Western Neo-Aramaic – ܣܪܝܘܢ (ܐܰܪܳܡܰܝ)

  • Spoken in: Syria

Wintu – wintʰuːh

  • Spoken in: California

Wiradjuri – Wiradhuray, Wiradyuray

  • Spoken in: New South Wales , Australia

Wiyot † – Soulatluk

  • Formerly spoken in: Northwestern California , the United States

Wolaytta – Wolayttatto Doonaa

  • Official language in: Wolayita Zone, Ethiopia

Wolof – Wolof

  • Spoken in: the Gambia ,Mauritania , and Senegal

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

Wymysorys – Wymysiöeryś

  • Spoken in: Wilamowice, Silesian Voivodeship , Poland

X

Xaracuu – Kanala, Xârâcùù

  • Spoken in: the French special collectivity of New Caledonia

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 –

  • Spoken in: the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang

Xinca † – ?

  • Formerly spoken in: southeastern Guatemala , parts of El Salvador , and Honduras

Xipaya – ?

  • Spoken in: Altamira 22px, Pará , Brazil

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: Brazil

Y

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 and Tierra del Fuego , Argentina

Yakan – Yakan

  • Regional language in: the Philippines

Yakkha – याक्खा

  • Spoken in: Nepal and Sikkim, India

Yakut – Саха тыла

  • Official language in: Yakutia or Sakha in Russia

Yalunka – Jalonke, Dialonke

  • 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

  • Spoken in: the Peruvian department of Pasco

Yangum – Aiku

  • Spoken in: Sandaun Province , Papua New Guinea

Yanomamö – Yąnomamɨ

  • Spoken in: Venezuela and Brazil

Yao – chiYao

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Malawi
  • Also spoken in: Mozambique and Tanzania

Yapese – Thin nu Waqaab

  • Official language in: Yap , the Federated States of Micronesia

Yaqui – Yoem Noki

  • Spoken in: Sonora , Mexico and Arizona , the United States

Yasa – Iyasa

  • Spoken in: Cameroon , Equatorial Guinea , and Gabon

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

Yevanic – ,

  • Spoken in: Greece , Israel , Turkey , United States

Yiddish –

  • 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

Yola † – Yola

  • Formerly spoken in: County Wexford, Ireland

Yoloxóchitl Mixtec – ?

  • Spoken in: Guerrero , Mexico

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

  • Official language in: Nigeria

Youjiang Zhuang – Gangjdoj

  • Spoken in: Guangxi, China

Yucatec Maya – mayaʼ tʼaan, maayaʼ tʼaan

  • Official language in: Mexico

Yucatec Maya Sign Language – ?

  • Signed in: Yucatán , Mexico

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

Yurok – Pueleekla’

  • Spoken in: Northwestern California , the United States

Z

Zaghawa – Beria

  • Spoken in: Sudan and Chad

Zaiwa – Tsaiwa, Tsaiva

  • Spoken in: southwestern area of China and Myanmar

Zande – Pazande

  • Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Central African Republic and South Sudan

Zapotec – Diidxazá, Dizhsa

  • Spoken in: the Mexican states of Oaxaca , Veracruz , Guerrero and Puebla

Zarma – Zarma ciine, Zarma sanni, زَرْمَ ݘِينٜ ,زَرْمَ سَنِّ

  • Spoken in: Niger , Mali , Burkina Faso , Nigeria

Zauzou – Rouruo

  • Spoken in: Yunnan, China

Zaza – Zazaki

  • Spoken in: Tunceli , Bingöl and parts of Elazığ , Erzincan and Diyarbakır

Zeelandic – Zeêuws

  • Spoken in: Zeeland , the Netherlands

Zenaga – ⵜⵓⵥⵥⵓⵏⴳⵉⵢⵢⴰ

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Mauritania

Zhuang – Vahcuengh, 話壯

  • Spoken in: the southern areas of China

Zimbabwean Sign Language – Zimsign

  • Official language in: Zimbabwe

Zoroastrian Dari – فارسی ,دری ,دريلو, or Yazdi

  • The Dari language is used by some Zoroastrians 45px 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

Zulu – isiZulu

  • Official language in: South Africa

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

ǀXam † – ǀKham, ǀKhuai

  • Formerly spoken in: South Africa and Lesotho

ǁ

ǁXegwi † – giǁkxi꞉gwi

  • Formerly spoken at: Lake Chrissie, South Africa

ǂ

ǂʼAmkoe – ǂʼAmkoe, ǂHoan

  • Spoken in: Kweneng District, Botswana

Alphabets and scripts

† = Extinct script or alphabet

'

'Phags-pa † –

  • Formerly Used in: China , India , Mongolia , and Greater Tibet

A

Abkhaz – Aҧсшәа

  • Used in: Abkhazia and the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia

Adlam – 𞤀𞤣𞤤𞤢𞤥 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪

  • Used in: West Africa

Afaka – 80px

  • Used in: Suriname

Ahom † – 𑜒𑜑𑜪𑜨

  • Formerly used in: Assam, India

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 – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Armenian';">Հայկական Այբուբեն</span>

  • Used in: Armenia , Cyprus , Iran , Poland , Romania , and the United States

Aurebesh – <span style="font-family:'Aurebesh';">Aurebesh</span>

  • Constructed script used for Galactic Basic, a fictional lingua franca

Avestan – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Avestan';">𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥</span>

  • Formerly used in: the Eastern Iranian Plateau
  • The Avestan alphabet is a Zoroastrian liturgical script 45px

B

Balinese – ᬅᬓ᭄ᬱᬭᬩᬮᬶ

  • Used in: Bali , Indonesia

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 – 15px

  • 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

Canadian Aboriginal syllabics – ᖃᓂᐅᔮᖅᐸᐃᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᖅ ᓄᑖᖅ, ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ, ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ, ᑯᖾᖹ ᖿᐟᖻ ᓱᖽᐧᖿ, ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ

  • Used in: Canada

Carian † – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Carian';">𐊴𐊠𐊥𐊹𐊠𐊵</span>

  • 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

  • Used in: Cambodia and the southern area of Vietnam

Cherokee – ᏣᎳᎩ

  • Used in: Cherokee Nation , Oklahoma , the United States

Chinese – 汉语, 漢語

  • Used in: the Sinosphere

Cirth – 35px

  • Constructed script used by the Elves in the Middle-earth

Coptic † – ϯⲙⲉⲧⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ

  • Liturgically used by: Copts 25px

Cuneiform † – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Cuneiform';">𒋾𒀝𒁇</span>

  • Formerly used in: the Ancient Near East

Cypriot † – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Cypriot';">𐠀𐠜𐠍𐠚</span>

  • Formerly used in: Arcadia and Cyprus

Cyrillic – Кѷрїлловица, Кирилица, Кириллица

  • Used in: Bulgaria , North Macedonia , Serbia , Montenegro , Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina ), Russia , Ukraine , Belarus , Transnistria , other Post-Soviet states, the European Union , the United Nations and elsewhere

D

Deseret – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Deseret';">𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻</span>

  • 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

Egyptian hieroglyphs † –

  • 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

Fraser – ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ

  • Used in: Yunnan, China

G

Garay – 𐵹𐵊𐵾𐵊𐵼

  • Used in: Senegambia (Senegal and The Gambia )

Geʽez – ግዕዝ

  • Used in: Ethiopia and Eritrea

Georgian – ქართული

  • Used in: Georgia

Glagolitic † – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Glagolitic';">ⰍⱛⰓⰊⰎⰎⰑⰂⱄⰜⰀ</span>

  • 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

Hangul – 한글, 조선글

  • Used in: South Korea , North Korea and Baubau in Southeast Sulawesi , Indonesia

Hanifi Rohingya – 𐴌𐴟𐴇𐴥𐴝𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝 𐴇𐴝𐴕𐴞𐴉𐴞 𐴓𐴠𐴑𐴤𐴝

  • Used in: Rakhine State , Myanmar and in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh

Hanunó'o – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Hanunoo';">ᜱᜨᜳᜨᜳᜢ</span>

  • Used in: Mindoro, the Philippines

Hebrew – אָלֶף־בֵּית עִבְרִי

  • Used by: the Jews in Israel and worldwide 25px

Hiragana – 平仮名, ひらがな

  • Used in: Japan

I

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

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

Kannada – ಕನ್ನಡ

  • Used in: Karnataka and the extremely northern area of Kerala, India

Katakana – 片仮名, カタカナ

  • Used in: Japan
  • Formerly used in: Palau

Kayah Li – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Kayah Li';">ꤊꤢꤛꤢꤟ ꤜꤤ</span>

  • Used in: the Kayah State , Myanmar

Khitan (Large) † – 35px

  • Formerly used in: China , Mongolia , and eastern Siberia , Russia

Khitan (Small) † – 33px

  • Formerly used in: China , Mongolia , and eastern Siberia , Russia

Khmer – អក្សរខ្មែរ

  • Used in: Cambodia

Kulitan † – 20px

  • Formerly used in: Pampanga, Philippines

L

Lao – ອັກສອນລາວ

  • Used in: Laos

Latin – Latina, Romana, Latin

  • Used in: Most parts of the world
  • Originated in: Latium (modern-day Rome )

Lepcha – ᰛᰩᰵᰛᰧᰵ

  • Used in: Sikkim, India

Limbu – ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ

  • Used in: Koshi Province, Nepal and Sikkim, India

Lontara – ᨒᨚᨈᨑ

  • Used in: South Sulawesi , West Sulawesi and West Nusa Tenggara , Indonesia

M

Malayalam – മലയാളലിപി

  • Used in: Kerala, Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahe district), India

Mandaic – ࡓࡀࡈࡍࡀ

  • Liturgically used by: the Mandaeans 25px

Mandombe – 50px

  • Used in: West Africa

Masaram Gondi – 𑴤𑴫𑴦𑴱𑴤 𑴎𑴽𑵀𑴘𑴳

  • Used in: the Gondwana region, India

Meitei Mayek – ꯃꯩꯇꯩ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ

  • Used in: Manipur and Assam, India

Mende Kikakui – 𞠀𞠁𞠂

  • Used in: Sierra Leone , Liberia , and Guinea

Mon–Burmese – မွန်မြန်မာအက္ခရာ

  • Used in: Myanmar

Mongolian –

  • Used in: Mongolia , Inner Mongolia and other parts of northern China

Mru – 𖩃𖩓𖩑

  • Used in: Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh and in Rakhine State , Myanmar

N

New Tai Lue – ᦟᦲᧅᦷᦎᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ

  • Used in: Southeast Asia

Newar – 𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑐮 𑐮𑐶𑐥𑐶

  • Used in: Nepal

N'Ko – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans NKo';">ߒߞߏ</span>

  • Used in: West Africa, specifically Burkina Faso , The Gambia , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Ivory Coast , Mali , and Senegal

Nüshu † – 𛆁𛈬‎

  • Formerly used in: Jiangyong, Hunan, China

Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong – 𞄀𞄩𞄰𞄁𞄓𞄱𞄂𞄤𞄳𞄬𞄃𞄤𞄳

  • Used in: China , Vietnam , Laos , Myanmar and Thailand

O

Odia – ଓଡ଼ିଆ

  • Used in: Odisha, India

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 – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Osmanya';">𐒋𐒘𐒈𐒑𐒛𐒒𐒕𐒀</span>

  • Used in: Somalia

P

Pahawh Hmong – 𖬖𖬲𖬝𖬵 𖬄𖬲𖬟 𖬌𖬣𖬵

  • Used in: China , Vietnam , Laos , Myanmar and Thailand

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

  • Used in: China , Vietnam , Laos , Myanmar and Thailand

Proto-Sinaitic † – ?

  • Formerly used in: the Sinai Peninsula and Middle Egypt

R

Rejang – ꥆꤰ꥓ꤼꤽ ꤽꥍꤺꥏ

  • Used in: Bengkulu , Indonesia

Rongorongo † – ?

  • Undeciphered script assumed to have been used for Rapa Nui language

Runic † – ᚱᚢᚾᛟ

  • Formerly Used by: 2nd Century Germanics

S

Samaritan † – ࠏࠁࠓࠉࠕ ,ࠀࠓࠌࠉࠕ

  • Liturgically used by: the Samaritans 25px

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

Sitelen Pona – 25px

  • Used by: Toki Pona speakers

Sorang Sompeng – 𑃐𑃦𑃝𑃗 𑃐𑃦𑃖𑃛𑃣𑃗

  • Used in: Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, India

Sundanese – ᮃᮊ᮪ᮞᮛ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ

  • Used in: West Java , Banten and Jakarta , Indonesia

Sylheti Nagri – ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ

  • Used in: Sylhet Division, Bangladesh and Barak Valley of Assam, India

Syriac – ܐܠܦ ܒܝܬ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ

  • Used by: Assyrians

T

Tagbanwa – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Tagbanwa';">ᝦᝪᝨᝯ</span>

  • Used in: Palawan , Philippines

Tai Le – ᥖᥭᥰ ᥘᥫᥴ

  • Used in: Southeast Asia

Tai Tham – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Tai Tham';">ᨲ᩠ᩅᩫᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ</span>

  • 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 – 30px

  • Constructed script used by the Elves in the Middle-earth

Thaana – ތާނަ

  • Used in: Maldives

Thai – อักษรไทย

  • Used in: Thailand

Tibetan – བོད་ཡིག་

  • Used in: Tibet , Bhutan , Nepal , and Ladakh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh in India

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

  • Used in: Taiwan , Hong Kong and Macau

V

Vai – ꕙꔤ

  • Used in: Western Liberia

W

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

Yi – ꆈꌠꁱꂷ

  • Used in: Southern Sichuan and Northern Yunnan, China

Younger Futhark † – ᚠᚢᚦᚨᚱᚲ

  • Formerly used by: Norsemen from 8th to 13th Century AD

Dialects

† = Extinct dialect

A

Acadian French – français acadien, acadjonne

  • Spoken in: Acadia , Canada

Achterhooks – achterhooks

  • Spoken in: Achterhoek 25px, the Netherlands

Adjaran – აჭარული

  • Spoken in: Adjara , Georgia

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

Amoy – 廈門話 or 厦门话

  • Spoken in: the southern area of the Chinese province of Fujian

Andalusian Spanish – andaluz

  • Spoken in: Andalusia , Ceuta , and Melilla , Spain ; and Gibraltar , United Kingdom

Andean Spanish – Español andino

  • Spoken in: Andes region of South America

Antarctic English – Antarctic English

  • Spoken in: Antarctica

Appalachian English – Appalachian English

  • Spoken in: Appalachia, the United States

Armenian (Eastern) – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Armenian';">Արևելահայերեն</span>

  • Spoken in: Armenia

Armenian (Western) – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Armenian';">Արեւմտահայերէն</span>

  • Spoken by: the Armenian Diaspora

Australian English – Australian English

  • Spoken in: Australia

Auvergnat – auvernhat

  • Spoken in: Auvergne , France

B

Balearic Catalan – balear

  • Spoken in: the Balearic Islands , Spain

Balochi (Eastern) – رۏدرآتکی بلۏچی

  • Spoken in: Pakistani provinces of Sindh , Punjab and the northeastern area of Balochistan

Balochi (Southern) – مکرانی

  • Spoken in: Pakistan and Iran

Balochi (Western) – رخشانی

  • Spoken in: Pakistan , Iran , Afghanistan and Turkmenistan

Banat Bulgarian – Banátsća balgarsćija jazić, Palćena balgarsćija jazić

  • Spoken in: Banat and Transylvania , Romania and Vojvodina , Serbia

Banyumasan – basa Banyumasan

  • Spoken in: Western Central Java , Indonesia

Bavarian (Central) – Mittelbairisch

  • Spoken in: Germany (Upper 22px and Lower Bavaria 22px) and Austria (Upper and Lower Austria , Salzburg , Styria , Burgenland )

Bavarian (Northern) – Nordboarisch

  • Spoken in: Upper Palatinate 22px, Upper Franconia 22px, Upper Bavaria 22px, and Lower Bavaria 22px in Germany

Bavarian (Southern) – Südbairisch

  • Spoken in: Austria (Tyrol , Carinthia , Upper Styria ), Italy (South Tyrol ), Germany (Werdenfelser Land), Switzerland (Samnaun 20px), Brazil (Treze Tílias 22px), United States , and Canada

Belarusian (Taraškievica) – тарашкевіца

  • Spoken by: the Belarusian diaspora

Berlin German – Berliner Dialekt, Berliner Mundart, Berlinerisch, Berlinisch

  • Spoken in: Berlin , Germany

Bornholmsk – bornholmsk

  • Spoken in: Bornholm , Denmark

Brabantian Dutch – Braobans

  • Spoken in: Belgium and the Netherlands

Brazilian Portuguese – português brasileiro

  • Spoken in: Brazil

British English – British English

  • Spoken in: United Kingdom

Bungi – Bungee, Bungie, Bungay, Bangay, the Red River Dialect

  • Spoken in: Manitoba , Canada

Bunjevac – bunjevački

  • Spoken in: Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Hungary , and Vojvodina , Serbia

Burgenland Croatian – gradišćanskohrvatski jezik

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Austria and Hungary

C

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

Central American Spanish – español centroamericano

  • Spoken in: Costa Rica , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Belize and Nicaragua

Central Kanuri – Yerwá Kànùrí

  • Spoken in: Cameroon , Chad , Niger , and Nigeria

Chakavian – čakavski

  • Spoken in: Croatia and Slovenia

Chilean Spanish – español chileno

  • Spoken in: Chile

Colognian – Kölsch

  • Spoken in: Cologne , Germany

Colonia Tovar – Alemán Coloniero

  • Spoken in: Colonia Tovar , Venezuela

Congo Swahili – Kingwana

  • Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Coptic (Bohairic) – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Coptic';">ϯⲁⲥⲡⲓ ⲛ̄ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̄ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̄ⲣⲉⲙϧⲏⲧ, ϯⲁⲥⲡⲓ ⲛ̄ⲣⲉⲙϧⲏⲧ, ϯⲁⲥⲡⲓ ⲛ̄ⲣⲉⲙⲡⲉⲙϩⲏⲧ</span>

  • Formerly spoken in: Egypt
  • The Bohairic Coptic language is a liturgical language used by the Coptic Orthodox Church 25px

Coptic (Sahidic) – <span style="font-family:'Noto Sans Coptic';">ϯⲁⲥⲡⲓ ⲛⲣⲉⲙⲣⲏⲥ</span>

  • Spoken by: Copts in upper Egypt

Cree (East) – ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ, ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ

  • Spoken in: Quebec , Canada

Cree (Moose) – ᐃᓕᓖᒧᐎᓐ

  • Spoken in: Ontario , Canada

Cree (Plains) – ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ

  • Official language in: the Northwest Territories , Canada
  • Also spoken in: Manitoba , Saskatchewan and Alberta , Canada ; Montana , the United States

Cree (Swampy) – ᓀᐦᐃᓇᐍᐏᐣ

  • Spoken in: Ontario , Canada

Cree (Woods) – ᓀᐦᐃᖬᐍᐏᐣ

  • Spoken in: Manitoba and Saskatchewan , Canada

Cypriot Greek – κυπριακή ελληνική, κυπριακά

  • Spoken in: Cyprus

Cypriot Turkish – Kıbrıs Türkçesi

  • Spoken in: Cyprus and Northern Cyprus

D

Dari – دری

  • Official language in: Afghanistan

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

East Franconian – Fränggisch

  • Spoken in: Franconia , Germany

East Frisian Low Saxon – Oostfräisk, Oostfreesk, Plattdüts

  • Spoken in: East Frisia , Germany

Eastphalian – ostfälsch Platt

  • Spoken in: Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt , Germany

Elfdalian – övdalsk, övdalską

  • Spoken in: Älvdalen Municipality, Dalarna County , Sweden

Estonian Swedish – estlandssvenska

  • Spoken in: Estonia

Estuary English – Estuary English

  • Spoken in: Greater London and Home counties in England , the United Kingdom

F

Farsi – فارسی

  • Official language in: Iran

Finland Swedish – finlandssvenska

  • Spoken in: Finland

Florentine – dialetto fiorentino

  • Spoken in: Florence , Tuscany , Italy

Fuzhou – 平話 or 福州話

  • Spoken in: East Asia

G

Gascon – gascon

  • Spoken in: Gascony , France

Genoese – zeneise or zeneize

  • Spoken in: Liguria , Italy

Goral – górolsko gwara, góralsko gwara

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Slovakia
  • Also spoken in: Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Silesian 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 25px

Gronings – Grunnegs, Grönnegs

  • Spoken in: Groningen , northeastern Drenthe and the easternmost area of Noardeast-Fryslân municipality in Friesland , the Netherlands

H

Hazāragī – هزارگی

  • Spoken in: Afghanistan , Iran , and Pakistan

Heligolandic – Halunder

  • Spoken in: Heligoland , Germany

Hessian – Hessisch

  • Spoken in: Hesse , Germany

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

  • Spoken in: Hong Kong , China

I

Inuttitut – Nunatsiavummiutitut, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᒻᒥᐅᑐᑦ

  • Spoken in: Nunatsiavut , Labrador , Canada

K

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

  • Official language in: Zimbabwe

Kursenieki – kursineeki wahloda

  • Spoken in: Curonian Spit (historically), Germany (currently)

Kven – kvääni, kainu

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Norway

Kwanyama – Oshikwanyama

  • Spoken in: Angola and Namibia

L

Languedocien – lengadocian

  • Spoken in: Southern France

Limousin – lemosin

  • Spoken in: Limousin , France

Llanito – Llanito

  • Spoken in: Gibraltar , United Kingdom

Louisiana French – français louisianais

  • Spoken in: Louisiana , United States

Low Prussian – Niederpreußisch

  • Formerly spoken in: Prussia , now some scattered speakers in the Americas

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

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

Maore Comorian – Shimaore, شِمَوُوْرِيْ‎

  • Spoken in: Mayotte , France

Masurian – mazurská gádkä

  • Spoken in: Masuria 25px, Poland

Meänkieli – Meänkieli

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Sweden

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 and Czech Silesia , the Czech Republic

Murcian Spanish – murciano

  • Spoken in: Murcia , Spain

Mwali Comorian – Shimwali

  • Spoken in: Mohéli , Comoros

N

Na – Bangni

  • Spoken in: Upper Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh, India

Ndonga – Oshindonga

  • Spoken in: Angola and Namibia

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

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

  • Spoken in: Nunavik, Quebec , Canada

Nzwani Comorian – Shinzwani

  • Spoken in: Anjouan , Comoros

O

Ojibwe (Central) – Ojibwemowin

  • Spoken in: Ontario , Canada

Ojibwe (Eastern) – Jibwemwin

  • Spoken in: Ontario , Canada

Ojibwe (Northwestern) – Ojibwemowin

  • Spoken in: Ontario and Manitoba , Canada

Ojibwe (Western) – Nakawēmowin

  • Spoken in: Manitoba and Saskatchewan , Canada

Orcadian – Orcadian, Orcadian Scots

  • Spoken in: Orkney , the United Kingdom

Ossetian (Digor) – дигорон ӕвзаг

  • Official language in: North Ossetia , Russia

Ossetian (Iron) – Ирон ӕвзаг

  • Official language in: South Ossetia

Ottawa – Nishnaabemwin, Daawaamwin

  • Spoken in: Ontario in Canada , Michigan and Oklahoma in the United States

P

Pahari-Pothwari – پہاڑی پوٹھواری

  • Spoken in: the Pakistani state of Azad Kashmir

Palatine German – Pälzisch

  • Spoken in: Palatinate 25px, Germany

Paraguayan Spanish – español paraguayo

  • Spoken in: Paraguay

Peripheral Mongolian –

  • 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

  • Spoken in: Slovenia and Hungary

Provençal – prouvençau

  • Spoken in: Provence , France and the westernmost area of Piedmont , Italy

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

  • Majority spoken language in: Pakistan and mostly in the province of Punjab

Q

Quanzhou – 泉州話

  • Spoken in: the southern area of the Chinese province of Fujian

Quebec French – français québécois

  • Spoken in: Quebec , Canada

R

Resian – Rozajanski langäč, Rozojanski langäč

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Italy

Rioplatense Spanish – Castellano rioplatense

  • Spoken in: Argentina , Uruguay

S

Saint Pierre and Miquelon French – français saint-pierrais

  • Spoken in: Saint Pierre and Miquelon , France

Sapudi – Bhâsa Sapudi

  • Spoken in: Sapudi Island, Indonesia

Saraiki – سرائیکی, ਸਰਾਇਕੀ, सराइकी

  • Spoken in: the central regions of Pakistan

Sardinian (Campidanese) – sardu campidanesu, campidanesu

  • Spoken in: southern Sardinia , Italy

Sardinian (Logudorese) – sardu logudoresu, logudoresu

  • Spoken in: central Sardinia , Italy

Savoyard – savoyârd

  • Spoken in: Savoy , France

Scanian – skånska

  • Spoken in: Scania , Sweden

Seroa † – ǃGãǃne, ǁKuǁe

  • Formerly spoken in: Lesotho and South Africa

Shetlandic – Shætlan, Shaetlan

  • Spoken in: Shetland in Scotland , 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

  • Recognised Minority Language in: Italy

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 and Weststellingwerf in the Dutch province of Friesland , the Netherlands

Surinamese Dutch – Surinaams-Nederlands

  • Spoken in: Suriname

Swabian – Schwäbisch

  • Spoken in: Swabia 25px, Germany

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

Taishanese – 台山话, 臺山話

  • Spoken in: China and the overseas communities, particularly in United States and Canada

Tarantino – tarandíne

  • Spoken in: Apulia , Italy

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

Torlakian – Торлачки, Torlački

  • Spoken in: Serbia , Bulgaria , North Macedonia , Kosovo , and Romania

Thuringian – Thüringisch

  • Spoken in: Thuringia , Germany

Triestine – triestin

  • Spoken in: Trieste , Italy

Tuscan – toscano, vernacolo

  • Spoken in: Tuscany , Italy

U

Upper Saxon – Obersächsisch

  • Spoken in: Saxony , Germany

V

Valdôtain – valdotèn

  • Spoken in: Aosta Valley , Italy

Varhadi – वऱ्हाडी, 𑘪𑘬𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘚𑘲

  • Spoken in: Maharashtra, India

W

Welsh English – Wenglish

  • Spoken in: Wales , the United Kingdom

West Polesian – захыднёполіськая мова

  • Spoken in: Southwestern Belarus , Northwestern Ukraine and in bordering regions of Poland

Westphalian – Westfäölsk

  • Spoken in: Westphalia , Germany

Z

Zimbabwean English – Zimbabwean English

  • Spoken in: Zimbabwe

ǂ

ǂAkhoe – ǂAkhoe Haiǁom

  • Spoken in: Angola , Botswana , Namibia , and South Africa

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See also

  • Language
  • Lists of extinct languages
  • Lists of languages
  • Official languages of the UN (United Nations)
  • 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.