List of languages by name 167473 225579958 2008-07-14T12:04:29Z Sl 126396 <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:World language map.gif]] --> __NOTOC__ {{Mergefrom|List of ISO 639-2 codes|date=July 2008}} {{Cleanup|date=May 2008|article and its associated subsidiary lists}} This '''list of languages''' is alphabetical by English name of the language. [[Ethnologue]] lists about 7,300 main languages in its language name index (see the external link) and distinguishes about 39,491 alternate language names and [[dialect]]s. ==Related lists== More structured lists are also available: *[[List of language families]] *[[ISO 639]] *[[List of ISO 639-3 codes]] *[[List of languages by writing system]] *[[List of languages by number of native speakers]] *[[List of languages by first written accounts]] ==A== {{main|List of languages by name: A}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Abanyom language|Abanyom]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Abaza language|Abaza]] ([[Northwest Caucasian languages|Northwest Caucasian]]) # [[Abenaki Language|Abenaki]] ([[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]) # [[Abkhaz language|Abkhaz]] or Abkhazian ([[Northwest Caucasian languages|Northwest Caucasian]]) # [[Abujmaria language|Abujmaria]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Acehnese language|Acehnese]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Adamorobe Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Adele language|Adele]] ([[Kwa languages|Kwa]]) # [[Adyghe language|Adyghe]] ([[Northwest Caucasian languages|Northwest Caucasian]]) # [[Afar language|Afar]] ([[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]]) # [[Afrikaans]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Afro-Seminole Creole]] ([[English-based creole languages|English-based creole]]) # [[Aimaq language|Aimaq]] or Barbari ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Aini language|Aini]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Ainu language|Ainu]] ([[language isolate]]) # [[Akan language|Akan]] ([[Kwa languages|Kwa]]) # [[Akawaio language|Akawaio]] ([[Cariban languages|Carib]]) # [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Aklanon language|Aklanon]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Albanian language|Albanian]] ([[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]) # [[Aleut language|Aleut]] ([[Eskimo-Aleut languages|Eskimo-Aleut]]) # [[Algonquin language|Algonquin]] ([[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]) # [[Alemán Coloneiro]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Alsatian language|Alsatian]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Altay language|Altay]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Alutor language|Alutor]] ([[Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages|Chukotko-Kamchatkan]]) # [[American Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Amharic language|Amharic]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Amorite language|Amorite]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Old English language|Anglo-Saxon]] or Old English ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Amdang language|Amdang]] ([[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]]) # [[Ammonite language|Ammonite]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Andalusian Spanish|Andalusian]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Angaur language|Angaur]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Angika language|Angika]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Anyin Language|Anyin]] ([[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]) # [[Ao language|Ao]] ([[Tibeto-Burman language|Tibeto-Burman]]) # [[A-Pucikwar language|A-Pucikwar]] ([[Andamanese languages|Andamanese]]) # [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Aragonese language|Aragonese]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Are language|Are]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Argobba language|Argobba]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Aromanian language|Aromanian]] or Macedo-Romanian ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Armenian language|Armenian]] ([[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]) # [[Arvanitic language|Arvanitic]]([[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]) # [[Ashkenazi Hebrew]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Ashkun language|Ashkun]] ([[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]) # [[Assamese language|Assamese]] ([[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]) # [[Assyrian Neo-Aramaic]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Ateso language|Ateso]] or Teso ([[Nilotic languages|Nilotic]]) # [[Asi language|Asi]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Asturian language|Asturian]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Visayan languages|Ati]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Auslan]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Avar language|Avar]] ([[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]]) # [[Avestan language|Avestan]] ([[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]) # [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]] ([[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]) # [[Aymara language|Aymara]] ([[Aymaran languages|Aymaran]]) # [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) ==B== {{main|List of languages by name: B}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Badaga language|Badaga]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Badeshi language|Badeshi]] ([[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]) # [[Bahnar language|Bahnar]] ([[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic]]) # [[Bajelani language|Bajelani]] ([[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]) # [[Balinese language|Balinese]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Balochi language|Balochi]] ([[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]) # [[Balti language|Balti]] ([[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]) # [[Bambara language|Bambara]] or Bamanankan ([[Mande languages|Mande]]) # [[Banjar language|Banjar]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Banyumasan language|Banyumasan]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Basaa language|Basaa]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Bashkir language|Bashkir]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Basque language|Basque]] ([[Isolated languages|Isolated]]) # [[Batak Dairi language|Batak Dairi]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Batak Karo language|Batak Karo]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Batak Mandailing language|Batak Mandailing]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Batak Simalungun language|Batak Simalungun]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Batak Toba language|Batak Toba]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Bateri language|Bateri]] ([[Indo-Iranian language]]) # [[Bats language|Bats]] ([[North Caucasian languages|North Caucasian]]) # [[Austro-Bavarian|Bavarian]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Beja language|Beja]] ([[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]]) # [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Belhare language|Belhare]] ([[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]) # [[Bellari language|Bellari]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Berta language|Berta]] ([[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]]) # [[Bemba language|Bemba]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Bengali language|Bengali]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Bengali Sign language]] ([[Sign languages]]) # [[Bezhta language|Bezhta]] ([[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]]) # [[Beothuk language|Beothuk]] ([[unclassified languages|unclassified]]) (extinct) # [[Berber language|Berber]] ([[Afro-Asiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic]]) # [[Bete language|Bete]] ([[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]]) # [[Bété languages|Bété]] ([[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]]) # [[Bhili language|Bhili]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Bijil Neo-Aramaic]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Bikol language|Bikol]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Bikya language|Bikya]] or Furu ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Bissa language|Bissa]] ([[Mande languages|Mande]]) # [[Blackfoot language|Blackfoot]] ([[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]) # [[Boholano language|Boholano]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Bohtan Neo-Aramaic]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Bolgar language|Bolgar]] ([[unclassified languages|unclassified]]) (extinct) # [[Bonan language|Bonan]] or Paoan ([[Mongolic languages|Mongolic]]) # [[Bororo language|Bororo]] ([[Bororoan language|Bororoan]]) # [[Bosnian language|Bosnian]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Brahui language|Brahui]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Breton language|Breton]] ([[Celtic languages|Celtic]]) # [[British Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Bua language|Bua]] ([[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]]) # [[Buginese language|Buginese]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Bukusu language|Bukusu]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Bunjevac language|Bunjevac]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Burmese language|Burmese]] ([[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]) # [[Burushaski language|Burushaski]] ([[language isolate]]) # [[Buryat language|Buryat]] ([[Mongolic languages|Mongolic]]) ==C== {{main|List of languages by name: C}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Caluyanon language|Caluyanon]] or Caluyanun ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Camunic language|Camunic]] ([[Unclassified languages|unclassified]]) (extinct) # [[Cantonese language|Cantonese]] ([[Sinitic languages|Sinitic]]) # [[Carian language|Carian]] ([[Anatolian languages|Anatolian]]) (extinct) # [[Catawba language|Catawba]] ([[Siouan languages|Siouan]]) (extinct) # [[Catalan language|Catalan]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Cayuga language|Cayuga]] ([[Iroquoian languages|Iroquoian]]) # [[Cebuano language|Cebuano]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Chabacano language|Chabacano]] or Chavacano ([[Creole languages|Creole]]) # [[Chaga language|Chaga]] or Kichagga ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Chagatai language|Chagatai]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) (extinct) # [[Chaldean Neo-Aramaic]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Chamorro language|Chamorro]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Chaouia language|Chaouia]] or Tachawit ([[Berber languages|Berber]]) # [[Chechen language|Chechen]] ([[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]]) # [[Chemakum]] ([[Chimakuan languages|Chimakuan]]) (extinct) # [[Chenchu language|Chenchu]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Chenoua language|Chenoua]] ([[Berber languages|Berber]]) # [[Cherokee language|Cherokee]] ([[Iroquoian languages|Iroquoian]]) # [[Cheyenne language|Cheyenne]] ([[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]) # [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Chintang language|Chintang]] or Chhintang ([[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]) # [[Chilcotin language|Chilcotin]] ([[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan]]) # [[Chinese language|Chinese]] ([[Sinitic languages|Sinitic]]) # [[Chiricahua language|Chiricahua]] or Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache ([[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan]]) # [[Chichewa language|Chichewa]] or Nyanja ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Chipewyan language|Chipewyan]] ([[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan]]) # [[Chittagonian language|Chittagonian]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Choctaw language|Choctaw]] ([[Muskogean languages|Muskogean]]) # [[Chorasmian language|Chorasmian]] or Khwarezmian ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Chukchi language|Chukchi]] or Chukot ([[Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages|Chukotko-Kamchatkan]]) # [[Chulym language|Chulym]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Church Slavonic language|Church Slavonic]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Chuukese language|Chuukese]] or Trukese ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Chuvash language|Chuvash]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Cocoma language|Cocoma]] or Cocama ([[Tupian languages|Tupian]]) # [[Cocopa language|Cocopa]] ([[Hokan languages|Hokan]]) # [[Coeur d'Alene language|Coeur d’Alene]] ([[Salishan languages|Salishan]]) # [[Comorian language|Comorian]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Coptic language|Coptic]] ([[Egyptian languages|Egyptian]]) (extinct, [[liturgical language]]) # [[Cornish language|Cornish]] ([[Celtic languages|Celtic]]) # [[Corsican language|Corsican]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Cree language|Cree]] ([[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]) # [[Crimean Tatar language|Crimean Tatar]] or Crimean Turkish ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Croatian language|Croatian]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Cuman language|Cuman]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) (extinct) # [[Cumbric language|Cumbric]] ([[Celtic languages|Celtic]]) (extinct) # [[Curonian language|Curonian]] ([[Baltic languages|Baltic]]) (extinct) # [[Cuyonon language|Cuyonon]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Czech language|Czech]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) ==D== {{main|List of languages by name: D}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Dacian language|Dacian]] ([[Indo-European language|Indo-European]]) (extinct) # [[Dahlik language|Dahlik]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Dalecarlian language|Dalecarlian]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Dalmatian language|Dalmatian]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) (extinct) # [[Dameli language|Dameli]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Danish language|Danish]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Dargin language|Dargin]] ([[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]]) # [[Dari (Zoroastrian)]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Dari-Persian]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Darkhat language|Darkhat]] ([[Mongolic languages|Mongolic]]) # [[Daur language|Daur]] or Dagur ([[Mongolic languages|Mongolic]]) # [[Dena'ina language|Dena'ina]] or Tanaina ([[Athapaskan languages|Athapaskan]]) # [[Dhatki language|Dhatki]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Dhivehi language|Dhivehi]] or Maldivian ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Dida language|Dida]] ([[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]) # [[Dioula language|Dioula]] or Jula ([[Mande languages|Mande]]) # [[Dogri language|Dogri]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Dogrib language|Dogrib]] or Tli Cho ([[Athapaskan languages|Athapaskan]]) # [[Dolgan language|Dolgan]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Domaaki language|Domaaki]] or Dumaki ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Dongxiang language|Dongxiang]] or Santa ([[Mongolic languages|Mongolic]]) # [[Duala language|Duala]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Dungan language|Dungan]] ([[Sinitic languages|Sinitic]]) # [[Dutch language|Dutch]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Dzhidi]] or Judeo-Persian ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Dzongkha language|Dzongkha]] ([[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]) ==E== {{main|List of languages by name: E}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Eastern Yugur language|Eastern Yugur]] ([[Mongolic languages|Mongolic]]) # [[Eblaite language|Eblaite]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Edomite language|Edomite]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Egyptian language|Egyptian]] ([[Afro-Asiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic]]) (extinct) # [[Egyptian Arabic language|Egyptian Arabic]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Ekoti language|Ekoti]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Elamite language|Elamite]] ([[Language isolate|isolated]]) (extinct) # [[Endegen language|Endegen]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Enets language|Enets]] or Yenisey Samoyed ([[Samoyedic languages|Samoyedic]]) # [[English language|English]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Ennemor language|Ennemor]] or Inor ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Erzya language|Erzya]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Esperanto language|Esperanto]] ([[planned language]]) <!-- Please read talk page before deleting this one--> # [[Estonian language|Estonian]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Etruscan language|Etruscan]] ([[Tyrsenian languages|Tyrsenian]]) (extinct) # [[Even language|Even]] ([[Altaic languages|Altaic]]) # [[Evenk language|Evenk]] or Evenki ([[Altaic languages|Altaic]]) # [[Ewe language|Ewe]] ([[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]) # [[Eyak language|Eyak]] ([[Na-Dené languages|Na-Dené]]) ==F== {{main|List of languages by name: F}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Faeroese language|Faeroese]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Fang language|Fang]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Fars language|Fars]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Fijian language|Fijian]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Filipino language|Filipino]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Finnish language|Finnish]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Finnish Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Fon language|Fon]] ([[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]) # [[Franco-Provençal language|Franco-Provençal]] or Arpitan ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[French language|French]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[French Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Signing]]) # [[North Frisian language|Frisian, North]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Saterland Frisian language|Frisian, Saterland]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[West Frisian language|Frisian, West]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Friulian language|Friulian]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Fula language|Fula]] or Fulfulde or Fulani ([[Atlantic languages|Atlantic]]) # [[Fur language|Fur]] ([[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]]) ==G== {{main|List of languages by name: G}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Ga language|Ga]] ([[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]) # [[Gadaba language|Gadaba]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Gafat language|Gafat]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Gagauz language|Gagauz]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Galician language|Galician]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Gan language|Gan]] ([[Sinitic languages|Sinitic]]) # [[Gangte]] ([[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]) # [[Garhwali language|Garhwali]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Gaulish language|Gaulish]] ([[Celtic languages|Celtic]]) (extinct) # [[Gayo language|Gayo]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Gazi language|Gazi]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Ge'ez language|Ge'ez]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Gen language|Gen]] or Gẽ or Mina ([[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]) # [[Georgian language|Georgian]] ([[South Caucasian languages|South Caucasian]]) # [[German language|German]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[German Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Ghomara language|Ghomara]] ([[Berber languages|Berber]]) (extinct) # [[Gikuyu language|Gikuyu]] or Kikuyu ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Gilbertese language|Gilbertese]] or Kiribati ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Gileki language|Gileki]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Goaria language|Goaria]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Gondi language|Gondi]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Gothic language|Gothic]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) (extinct) # [[Gawar-Bati]] or Gowari or Narsati ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Grangali]] or Gelangali ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Greek language|Greek]] ([[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]) # [[Guanche language|Guanche]] ([[Berber languages|Berber]]) (extinct) # [[Guaraní language|Guaraní]] ([[Tupian languages|Tupian]]) # [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Gula Iro language|Gula Iro]] or Kulaal ([[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]) # [[Gullah language|Gullah]] or Sea Island Creole English ([[English-based creole languages|English-based creole]]) # [[Gusii language|Gusii]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Gwichʼin language|Gwichʼin]] ([[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan]]) ==H== {{main|List of languages by name: H}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Hadramautic language|Hadramautic]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Hadza language|Hadza]] or Hatsa ([[Khoisan languages|Khoisan]]) # [[Haida language|Haida]] or Masset ([[Na-Dené languages|Na-Dené]]) # [[Haitian Creole language|Haitian Creole]] ([[French-based creole languages|French-based creole]]) # [[Hakka (linguistics)|Hakka]] ([[Sinitic languages|Sinitic]]) # [[Hän language|Hän]] ([[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan]]) # [[Harari language|Harari]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Harauti language|Harauti]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Harsusi language|Harsusi]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Haryanavi]] or [[Haryani]] or [[Bangru]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) (a dialect of [[Hindi language|Hindi]]) # [[Harzani]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Hattic language|Hattic]] ([[Unclassified language|unclassified]], possibly [[Northwest Caucasian languages|Northwest Caucasian]]) (extinct) # [[Hausa language|Hausa]] ([[Afro-Asiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic]]) # [[Havasupai language|Havasupai]] or Upland Yuman ([[Hokan languages|Hokan]]) # [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Hawaii Pidgin Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Hazaragi]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) (a dialect of [[Persian language|Persian]]) # [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Herero language|Herero]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Hertevin language|Hértevin]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Hiligaynon language|Hiligaynon]] or Ilonggo ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Hindi language|Hindi]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Hinukh language|Hinukh]] ([[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]]) # [[Hiri Motu language|Hiri Motu]] ([[Motu language|Motu]]-based [[Pidgin]]) # [[Hittite language|Hittite]] ([[Anatolian languages|Anatolian]]) # [[Hixkaryana language|Hixkaryana]] ([[Cariban languages|Carib]]) # [[Hmong language|Hmong]] ([[Hmong-Mien languages|Hmong Mien]]) # [[Ho language|Ho]] ([[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic]]) # [[Hobyót language|Hobyót]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Hopi language|Hopi]] ([[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]] # [[Hulaula language|Hulaulá]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Hurrian language|Hurrian]] ([[Hurro-Urartian languages|Hurro-Urartian]]) (extinct) # [[Hutterite German]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) ==I== {{main|List of languages by name: I}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Ibibio language|Ibibio]] ([[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]) # [[Iban language|Iban]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Ibanag language|Ibanag]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) <!-- [[Ido]] ... this list is for NATURAL LANGUAGES only --> # [[Igbo language|Igbo]] or Ibo or Biafra ([[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]) # [[Ikalanga language|Ikalanga]] or Kalanga ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Ili Turki language|Ili Turki]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Illinois language|Illinois]] ([[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]) (extinct) # [[Ilokano language|Ilokano]] or Ilocano ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Inari Sami]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Ingrian language|Ingrian]] or Izhorian ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Ingush language|Ingush]] ([[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]]) <!-- [[Interlingua language]] ... this list is for NATURAL LANGUAGES only --> <!-- [[Interlingue language]] ... this list is for NATURAL LANGUAGES only --> # [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]] ([[Eskimo-Aleut languages|Eskimo-Aleut]]) # [[Inupiaq language|Inupiaq]] ([[Eskimo-Aleut languages|Eskimo-Aleut]]) # [[Inuvialuktun]] ([[Eskimo-Aleut languages|Eskimo-Aleut]]) # [[Iraqw language|Iraqw]] ([[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]]) # [[Irish language|Irish]] or Irish Gaelic ([[Celtic languages|Celtic]]) # [[Irish Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Irula language|Irula]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Isan language|Isan]] or Northeastern Thai ([[Tai-Kadai languages|Tai-Kadai]]) # [[Istro-Romanian language|Istro-Romanian]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Italian language|Italian]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Itelmen language|Itelmen]] or Kamchadal ([[Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages|Chukotko-Kamchatkan]]) ==J== {{main|List of languages by name: J}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Jacaltec]] or Jakalteko ([[Mayan languages|Mayan]]) # [[Jalaa language|Jalaa]] ([[Unclassified language|unclassified]], possibly [[Niger-Congo]]) # [[Japanese language|Japanese]] ([[language isolate|isolated]], possibly [[Altaic language|Altaic]]) # [[Jaqaru language|Jaqaru]] ([[Aymaran languages|Aymaran]]) # [[Jarai language|Jarai]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Javanese language|Javanese]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Jibbali language|Jibbali]] or Shehri ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Jicarilla Apache]] ([[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan]]) # [[Juang language|Juang]] ([[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]]) # [[Judeo-Aramaic language|Judeo-Aramaic]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Jurchen language|Jurchen]] ([[Tungusic languages|Tungusic]]) (extinct) ==K== {{main|List of languages by name: K}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Kabardian language|Kabardian]] ([[Northwest Caucasian languages|Northwest Caucasian]]) # [[Kabyle language|Kabyle]] ([[Berber languages|Berber]]) # [[Kachin]] or Jingpo ([[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]) # [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]] or Greenlandic ([[Eskimo-Aleut languages|Eskimo-Aleut]]) # [[Kalami language|Kalami]] or Gawri or Dirwali ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Kalasha language|Kalasha]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Kalmyk language|Kalmyk]] or Oirat ([[Mongolic languages|Mongolic]]) # [[Kalto]] or Nahali ([[Language isolate|isolated]] or [[Indo-Aryan language|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Kamas language|Kamas]] ([[Samoyedic languages|Samoyedic]]) (extinct) # [[Kankanai language|Kankanai]] or Kankanaey ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Kannada language|Kannada]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Kaonde language|Kaonde]] or Chikaonde ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Kapampangan language|Kapampangan]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Karachay-Balkar language|Karachay-Balkar]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Karagas language|Karagas]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Karaim language|Karaim]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Karakalpak language|Karakalpak]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Karelian language|Karelian]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Kashubian language|Kashubian]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Kawi language|Kawi]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) (extinct) # [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Kemi Sami]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) (extinct) # [[Kensiu language|Kensiu]] ([[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]]) # [[Kerek language|Kerek]] ([[Paleosiberian languages|Paleosiberian]]) # [[Ket language|Ket]] ([[Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages|Chukotko-Kamchatkan]]) # [[Khakas language|Khakas]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Khalaj language|Khalaj]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Kham language|Kham]] or Sheshi ([[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]) # [[Khandeshi language|Khandeshi]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Khanty language|Khanty]] or Ostyak ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Khasi language|Khasi]] ([[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]]) # [[Khazar language|Khazar]] (probably [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) (extinct) # [[Khirwar language|Khirwar]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Khmer language|Khmer]] ([[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]]) # [[Khmu language|Khmu]] ([[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]]) # [[Khowar language|Khowar]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Khunsari]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Kildin Sami]] ([[Baltic-Finnic languages|Baltic-Finnic]]) # [[Kimatuumbi language|Kimatuumbi]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Kinaray-a language|Kinaray-a]] or Hiraya ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Kinyarwanda language|Kinyarwanda]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Kirombo]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Kirundi language|Kirundi]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Kivunjo language|Kivunjo]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Klallam language|Klallam]] or Clallam ([[Salishan languages|Salishan]]) <!--[[Klingon language]] This list is only for natural human languages...constructed languages belong on the [[conlang]] list --> # [[Kodava Takk]] or Kodagu or Coorgi ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Kohistani]] or Khili ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Kolami language|Kolami]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Komi language|Komi]] or [[Komi-Zyrian language|Komi-Zyrian]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Konda language|Konda]] ([[Trans-New Guinea languages|Trans-New Guinea]]) # [[Konkani language|Konkani]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Kongo language|Kongo]] or Kikongo ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Koraga language|Koraga]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Korandje language|Korandje]] ([[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]]) # [[Korean language|Korean]] ([[Language isolate|isolated]]) # [[Korku language|Korku]] ([[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]]) # [[Korowai]] ([[Trans-New Guinea languages|Trans-New Guinea]]) # [[Korwa]] ([[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]]) # [[Koryak language|Koryak]] ([[Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages|Chukotko-Kamchatkan]]) # [[Kosraean language|Kosraean]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Kota language|Kota]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Koyra Chiini language|Koyra Chiini]] or Western Songhay ([[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]]) # [[Koy Sanjaq Surat]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Koya language|Koya]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Krymchak language|Krymchak]] or Judeo-Crimean Tatar ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Kujarge language|Kujarge]] ([[Unclassified languages|unclassified]], perhaps [[Chadic languages|Chadic]]) # [[Kui language|Kui]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Kumauni language|Kumauni]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Kumyk language|Kumyk]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Kumzari language|Kumzari]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[!Kung language|ǃKung]] ([[Khoisan languages|Khoisan]]) # [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Kurukh language|Kurukh]] or Kurux ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Kurumba language|Kurumba]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Kusunda]] ([[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]) (extinct) # [[Kutenai language|Kutenai]] or Kootenay or Ktunaxa ([[Language isolate|isolated]]) # [[Kuvi language|Kuvi]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Kwanyama language|Kwanyama]] or Ovambo ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Kxoe language|Kxoe]] ([[Khoisan languages|Khoisan]]) # [[Kyrgyz language|Kyrgyz]] or Kirghiz ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) ==L== {{main|List of languages by name: L}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Laal language|Laal]] ([[Unclassified language|unclassified]]) # [[Ladakhi language|Ladakhi]] ([[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]) # [[Ladin language|Ladin]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Ladino language|Ladino]] or Judeo-Spanish ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Lakota language|Lakota]] or Lakhota or Teton ([[Siouan languages|Siouan]]) # [[Lambadi language|Lambadi]] or Lamani or Banjari ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Lao language|Lao]] or Laotian ([[Tai-Kadai languages|Tai-Kadai]]) # [[Latin]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) ([[liturgical language]])<!-- Please read talk page before editing this one--> # [[Latvian language|Latvian]] ([[Baltic languages|Baltic]]) # [[Laz language|Laz]] or Lazuri ([[South Caucasian languages|South Caucasian]]) # [[Lenape language|Lenape]] or Unami or Delaware ([[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]) (extinct) # [[Leonese Language|Leonese]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Lepontic language|Lepontic]] ([[Celtic languages|Celtic]]) (extinct) # [[Lezgi language|Lezgi]] or Agul ([[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]]) # [[Ligbi language|Ligbi]] or Ligby ([[Mande languages|Mande]]) # [[Lingala language|Lingala]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Lipan Apache]] ([[Athabascan languages|Athabascan]]) # [[Lisan al-Dawat]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Lishana Deni]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Lishanid Noshan]] or Lishana Didan ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] ([[Baltic languages|Baltic]]) # [[Livonian language|Livonian]] or Liv ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Lombard]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Lotha language|Lotha]] ([[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]) # [[Low German]] or Low Saxon or Plattdeutsch ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Lower Sorbian language|Lower Sorbian]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Lozi language|Lozi]] or Silozi ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Ludic language|Ludic]] or Ludian ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Luganda language|Luganda]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Lunda language|Lunda]] or Chilunda ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Luri language|Luri]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Lushootseed]] ([[Salishan languages|Salishan]]) # [[Lusoga language|Lusoga]] or Soga ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Luvale language|Luvale]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Luwati language|Luwati]] ([[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]) # [[Luwian language|Luwian]] or Luvian ([[Anatolian languages|Anatolian]]) (extinct) # [[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourgish]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Lycian language|Lycian]] ([[Anatolian languages|Anatolian]]) (extinct) # [[Lydian language|Lydian]] ([[Anatolian languages|Anatolian]]) (extinct) ==M== {{main|List of languages by name: M}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Ancient Macedonian language|Macedonian, Ancient]] ([[Proto-Greek language|Proto-Greek]]) (extinct) # [[Magadhi language|Magadhi]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Maguindanao language|Maguindanao]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Mahican]] ([[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]) (extinct) # [[Mahl language|Mahl]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Maithili language|Maithili]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Makasar language|Makasar]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Makhuwa language|Makhuwa]] or Makua ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Makhuwa-Meetto language|Makhuwa-Meetto]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Malagasy language|Malagasy]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Malay language|Malay]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Malaysian Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Maltese language|Maltese]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Malto language|Malto]] or Sauria Paharia ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Malvi language|Malvi]] or Malavi or Ujjaini ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Mam language|Mam]] ([[Mayan languages|Mayan]]) # [[Manchu language|Manchurian]] ([[Tungusic languages|Tungusic]]) # [[Manda language|Manda]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Mandaic language|Mandaic]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] ([[Sinitic languages|Sinitic]]) # [[Mandinka language|Mandinka]] ([[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]]) # [[Mansi language|Mansi]] or Vogul ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Manx language|Manx]] ([[Celtic languages|Celtic]]) (extinct) # [[Manyika language|Manyika]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Maori language|Maori]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Mapudungun]] or Mapuche ([[Language isolate|isolated]]) # [[Maragoli language|Maragoli]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Maranao language|Maranao]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Marathi language|Marathi]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Mari language|Mari]] or Cheremis ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Maria language|Maria]] ([[Dravidian language|Dravidian]]) # [[Marquesan language|Marquesan]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Marshallese language|Marshallese]] or Ebon ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Martha's Vineyard Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Masaba language|Masaba]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Masbatenyo language|Masbatenyo]] or Minasbate ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] # [[Meitei language|Meitei]] or Manipuri or Meithei ([[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]) # [[Mesqan language|Mesqan]] or Masqan ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Mator language|Mator]] ([[Samoyedic languages|Samoyedic]]) (extinct) # [[Mauritian Creole]] or Morisyen ([[French-based creole languages|French-based creole]]) # [[Maya language|Maya]] ([[Mayan languages|Mayan]]) # [[Mazandarani language|Mazandarani]] or Tabari([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Meänkieli]] or Tornedalen Finnish ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Megleno-Romanian language|Megleno-Romanian]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Megrelian language|Megrelian]] or Mingrelian ([[South Caucasian languages|South Caucasian]]) # [[Mehri language|Mehri]] or Mahri ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Menominee language|Menominee]] ([[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]) # [[Mentawai language|Mentawai]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Meroitic language|Meroitic]] ([[Unclassified language|unclassified]], maybe [[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]] or [[Language isolate|isolated]]) # [[Merya language|Merya]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) (extinct) # [[Mescalero language|Mescalero Apache]] ([[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan]]) # [[Mesmes language|Mesmes]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Messapian language|Messapian]] ([[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] (extinct) # [[Meru language|Meru]] or Kimeru ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Miami language|Miami]] ([[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]) (extinct) # [[Michif language|Michif]] ([[Mixed languages|mixed]], [[French language|French]] and [[Cree language|Cree]] based) # [[Middle Dutch]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) (extinct) # [[Middle English]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) (extinct) # [[Middle French]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) (extinct) # [[Middle High German]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) (extinct) # [[Middle Persian]] or Pahlavi ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) (extinct) # [[Mikasuki language|Mikasuki]] or Miccosukee ([[Muskogean languages|Muskogean]]) # [[Mi'kmaq language|Mi'kmaq]] or Micmac ([[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]) # [[Minaean language|Minaean]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Minangkabau language|Minangkabau]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Mirandese language|Mirandese]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Mlahsô language|Mlahsô]] or Suryoyo ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Moabite language|Moabite]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Mobilian Jargon]] ([[pidgin]], [[Choctaw language|Choctaw]] and [[French language|French]] based) # [[Moghol language|Moghol]] ([[Mongolic languages|Mongolic]]) # [[Mohawk language|Mohawk]] ([[Iroquoian languages|Iroquoian]]) # [[Mohegan]] ([[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]) (extinct) # [[Moksha language|Moksha]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Molengue language|Molengue]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Mon language|Mon]] ([[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]]) # [[Mongolian language|Mongolian]] ([[Mongolic languages|Mongolic]]) # [[Mono language (Congo)|Mono]] ([[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]) # [[Mono language (Native American)|Mono]] ([[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]]) # [[Mono language (Solomon Islands)|Mono]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Montagnais language|Montagnais]] ([[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]) # [[Montenegrin language|Montenegrin]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Motu language|Motu]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Mpre language|Mpre]] ([[Unclassified languages|unclassified]], perhaps [[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]] or [[Language isolate|isolated]]) (extinct) # [[Muher language|Muher]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Mukha-Dora language|Mukha-Dora]] or Nuka ([[Unclassified languages|unclassified]]) # [[Mundari language|Mundari]] ([[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]]) # [[Munji language|Munji]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Murcian]] ([[Murcian languages|Murcian]]) # [[Muria language|Muria]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Muromian language|Muromian]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) (extinct) # [[Murut language|Murut]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) ==N== {{main|List of languages by name: N}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Nafaanra language|Nafaanra]] ([[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]) # [[Nagarchal language|Nagarchal]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Nahuatl language|Nahuatl]] ([[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]]) # [[Naiki language|Naiki]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Nama language|Nama]] ([[Khoisan languages|Khoisan]]) # [[Nanai language|Nanai]] ([[Tungusic languages|Tungusic]]) # [[Natanzi language|Natanzi]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Nauruan language|Nauruan]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Navajo language|Navajo]] or Navaho ([[Na-Dené languages|Na-Dené]]) # [[Nayini language|Nayini]] or Biyabanak ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Ndau language|Ndau]] or Southeast Shona ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Ndebele language|Ndebele]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Ndonga language|Ndonga]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Neapolitan language|Neapolitan]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Negidal language|Negidal]] ([[Tungusic languages|Tungusic]]) # [[Nenets language|Nenets]] or Yurak ([[Samoyedic languages|Samoyedic]]) # [[Newari language|Nepal Bhasa]] or Newari ([[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]) # [[Nepali language|Nepali]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[New Zealand Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Nganasan language|Nganasan]] or Tavgi ([[Samoyedic languages|Samoyedic]]) # [[Ngumba language|Ngumba]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Nheengatu]] or Geral or Modern Tupí ([[Tupian languages|Tupian]]) # [[Nicaraguan Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Nicola language|Nicola]]) ([[Athabaskan languages]]) (extinct) # [[Niellim language|Niellim]] ([[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]) # [[Nigerian Pidgin]] ([[pidgin]], [[English language|English]]-based) # [[Niuean language|Niuean]] or Niue ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Nivkh language|Nivkh]] or Gilyak ([[Isolated language|isolated]]) # [[Nogai language|Nogai]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Norfuk language|Norfuk]] or Norfolk or Pitcairn-Norfolk ([[Cant (language)|cant]], [[English language|English]]-[[Tahitian language|Tahitian]] based) # [[Norman language|Norman]] or Norman-French ([[Romance language|Romance]]) # [[Norn language|Norn]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) (extinct) # [[Northern Sami]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]] or Sepedi ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Northern Straits Salish language|Northern Straits Salish]]) ([[Salishan languages|Salishan]]) # [[Northern Yukaghir language|Northern Yukaghir]] ([[Yukaghir languages|Yukaghir]]) # [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] ([[Bokmål]], [[Nynorsk]], [[Riksmål]]) ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Nuer language|Nuer]] ([[Nilotic languages|Nilotic]]) # [[Nuxálk language|Nuxálk]] or Bella Coola ([[Salishan languages|Salishan]]) # [[Nyabwa language|Nyabwa]] ([[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]) # [[Nyah Kur language|Nyah Kur]] ([[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]]) # [[Nyangumarta language|Nyangumarta]] ([[Pama-Nyungan languages|Pama-Nyungan]]) # [[Nyoro language|Nyoro]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[N/u language|Nǀu]] ([[Khoisan languages|Khoisan]]) ==O== {{main|List of languages by name: O}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Occitan language|Occitan]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]] or Ojibwa or Chippewa ([[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]) # [[Old Church Slavonic]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) (extinct, [[liturgical language]]) # [[Old English language|Old English]] or Anglo-Saxon ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) (extinct) # [[Old French]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) (extinct) # [[Old French Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) (extinct) # [[Old High German]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) (extinct) # [[Old Norse language|Old Norse]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) (extinct) # [[Old Nubian language]] ([[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]]) (extinct) # [[Old Persian language|Old Persian]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) (extinct) # [[Old Prussian language|Old Prussian]] ([[Baltic languages|Baltic]]) (extinct) # [[Old Saxon]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) (extinct) # [[Old South Arabic]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Old Tupi language|Old Tupi]] or Tupinamba ([[Tupian languages|Tupian]]) (extinct) # [[Olonets Karelian language|Olonets Karelian]] or Liv or Livvi ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Omagua language|Omagua]] ([[Tupian languages|Tupian]]) # [[Ongota language|Ongota]] ([[Afro-Asiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic]]) # [[Oriya language|Oriya]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Ormuri language|Ormuri]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Oroch language|Oroch]] ([[Tungusic languages|Tungusic]]) # [[Orok language|Orok]] ([[Tungusic languages|Tungusic]]) # [[Oromo language|Oromo]] or Afaan Oromoo ([[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]]) # [[Oropom language|Oropom]] ([[Unclassified language|unclassified]]) (extinct) # [[Ossetic language|Ossetic]] or Ossetian ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Ottoman Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) (extinct) ==P== {{main|List of languages by name: P}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Páez language|Páez]] or Nasa Yuwe ([[Language isolate|isolated]]) # [[Palaic language|Palaic]] ([[Anatolian languages|Anatolian]]) (extinct) # [[Palauan language|Palauan]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Pāli|Pali]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) (extinct) # [[Pangasinan language|Pangasinan]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Papiamento]] or Papiamentu ([[Portuguese-based creole languages|Portuguese-based creole]]) # [[Parachi language|Parachi]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Parauk language|Parauk]] ([[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]]) # [[Parji language|Parji]] or Duruwa ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Parya language|Parya]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Pashto language|Pashto]] or Pushto or Pashtu ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Passamaquoddy language|Passamaquoddy]] or Maliseet-Passamaquoddy or Malecite-Passamaquoddy ([[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]) # [[Pecheneg language|Pecheneg]] ([[Turkic language|Turkic]]) (extinct) # [[Pemon]] or Pemong ([[Cariban languages|Cariban]]) # [[Pengo language|Pengo]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Pennacook Language|Pennacook]] ([[Algonquian Languages|Algonquian]]) # [[Pennsylvania Dutch]] or Pennsylvania German ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Pentlatch language|Pentlatch]] or Puntlatch ([[Salishan languages|Salishan]]) (extinct) # [[Persian language|Persian]] or Farsi ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Phalura language|Phalura]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Phoenician languages|Phoenician]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Phrygian language|Phrygian]] ([[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]) (extinct) # [[Phuthi language|Phuthi]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Picard language|Picard]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Pictish language|Pictish]] ([[Celtic languages|Celtic]]) (extinct) # [[Pirahã language|Pirahã]] ([[Muran languages|Mura]]) # [[Pisidian language|Pisidian]] ([[Anatolian languages|Anatolian]]) (extinct) # [[Plautdietsch]] or Mennonite Low German ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Polabian language|Polabian]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]] (extinct) # [[Polish language|Polish]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Pothohari language|Pothohari]] or Pahari-Potwari ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Potiguara language|Potiguara]] ([[Tupian languages|Tupian]]) (extinct) # [[Pradhan language|Pradhan]] or Pardhan ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Prakrit]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) (extinct) # [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] ([[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]) (extinct) # [[Provençal]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Puelche language|Puelche]] ([[Language isolate|isolated]]) # [[Puma language|Puma]] ([[Tibeto-Burman language|Tibeto-Burman]]) # [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] or Panjabi or Gurmukhi ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) ==Q== {{main|List of languages by name: Q}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Qashqai language|Qashqai]] or Ghashghai ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Qatabanian language|Qatabanian]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Quebec Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Quechua]] ([[Quechuan languages|Quechuan]]) ==R== {{main|List of languages by name: R}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Ratagnon language|Ratagnon]] or Datagnon or Latagnun ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Réunion Creole]] or Bourbonnais ([[French-based creole languages|French-based creole]]) # [[Romanian language|Romanian]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Romansh language|Romansh]] or Rhaeto-Romance ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Romany language|Romany]] ([[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]) # [[Romblomanon language|Romblomanon]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Rotokas language|Rotokas]] ([[East Papuan languages|East Papuan]]) # [[Runyankole language]] or Nyankore ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Russenorsk]] ([[Russian language|Russian]]-[[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] [[pidgin]]) (extinct) # [[Russian language|Russian]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Russian Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Ruthenian language|Ruthenian]] or Rusyn or Carpathian ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) ==S== {{main|List of languages by name: S}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Sabaean language|Sabaean]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Salar language|Salar]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Samaritan Hebrew language|Samaritan Hebrew]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Samoan language|Samoan]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Sandawe language|Sandawe]] ([[Khoisan languages|Khoisan]]) # [[Sangisari]] or Sangesari ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Sanglechi-Ishkashimi]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Sango language|Sango]] ([[Ngbandi-based creole languages|Ngbandi-based creole]]) # [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) ([[liturgical language]]) # [[Santali language|Santali]] ([[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]]) # [[Sara language|Sara]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Saramaccan language|Saramaccan]] ([[English-based creole languages|English-based creole]]) # [[Sardinian language|Sardinian]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Sarikoli language|Sarikoli]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Saurashtra language|Saurashtra]] or Sourashtra ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Savara language|Savara]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Savi language|Savi]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Sawai language|Sawai]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Scots language|Scots]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Scottish Gaelic language|Scottish Gaelic]] or Scots Gaelic ([[Celtic languages|Celtic]]) # [[Selangor Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Selkup language|Selkup]] or Ostyak Samoyed ([[Samoyedic languages|Samoyedic]]) # [[Selonian language|Selonian]] ([[Baltic languages|Baltic]]) (extinct) # [[Semnani language|Semnani]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Senaya language|Senaya]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Sened language|Sened]] ([[Berber languages|Berber]]) (extinct) # [[Senhaja de Srair language|Senhaja de Srair]] ([[Berber languages|Berber]]) (extinct) # [[Sephardi Hebrew language|Sephardi Hebrew]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Serbian language|Serbian]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Serbo-Croatian language|Serbo-Croatian]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Sesotho language|Sesotho]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Seto language|Seto]] or Setu ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Seychellois Creole]] ([[French-based creole languages|French-based creole]]) # [[Shahrudi language|Shahrudi]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Shimaore language|Shimaore]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Shina language|Shina]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Shona language|Shona]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Shor language|Shor]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Shughni language|Shughni]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Shumashti language|Shumashti]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Shuswap language|Shuswap]] ([[Salishan languages|Salishan]]) # [[Sicilian language|Sicilian]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Sidamo language|Sidamo]] ([[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]]) # [[Sidetic language|Sidetic]] ([[Anatolian languages|Anatolian]]) (extinct) # [[Sika language|Sika]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Silesian]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Silt'e language|Silt'e]] or Selti or East Gurage ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) <!-- [[Sindarin]] ...this list is only for natural languages. Sindarin belongs on the [[list of constructed languages]]--> # [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Sinhalese language|Sinhalese]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Sioux language|Sioux]] ([[Siouan languages|Siouan]]) # [[Siraiki language|Siraiki]] or Seraiki or Southern Punjabi ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Sivandi language|Sivandi]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Skolt Sami]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Slavey language|Slavey]] ([[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan]]) # [[Slovak language|Slovak]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Slovene language|Slovene]] or Slovenian ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) <!-- [[Slovio]] ...this list is only for natural languages. Slovio belongs on the [[list of constructed languages]]--> # [[Soddo language|Soddo]] or Kistane ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Soi language|Soi]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Somali language|Somali]] ([[Cushitic languages|Cushitic]]) # [[Sonjo language|Sonjo]] or Temi ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Sonsorolese language|Sonsorolese]] or Sonsorol ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Soqotri language|Soqotri]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Sora language|Sora]] ([[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]]) # [[Lower Sorbian language|Sorbian, Lower]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Upper Sorbian language|Sorbian, Upper]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Sourashtra language|Sourashtra]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Southern Sami]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[South Estonian language|South Estonian]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Southern Yukaghir]] or Tundra Yukaghir ([[Yukaghir languages|Yukaghir]]) # [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Sranan Tongo]] ([[English-based creole languages|English-based creole]]) # [[St'at'imcets language|St'at'imcets]] or Lillooet ([[Salishan languages|Salishan]]) # [[Sucite language|Sucite]] or Sìcìté Sénoufo ([[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]) # [[Suba language|Suba]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Sudovian language|Sudovian]] or Yotvingian ([[Baltic language|Baltic]]) (extinct) # [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]] ([[Language isolate|isolated]]) (extinct) # [[Sundanese language|Sundanese]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Supyire language|Supyire]] or Supyire Senoufo ([[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]) # [[Surigaonon language|Surigaonon]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Susu language|Susu]] ([[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]]) # [[Svan language|Svan]] ([[South Caucasian languages|South Caucasian]]) # [[Swahili language|Swahili]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Swati language|Swati]] or Swazi or Siswati or Seswati ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Swedish language|Swedish]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Syriac language|Syriac]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) ==T== {{main|List of languages by name: T}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Tabasaran language|Tabasaran]] or Tabassaran ([[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]]) # [[Tachelhit language|Tachelhit]] ([[Berber languages|Berber]]) # [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Tahitian language|Tahitian]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Taiwanese Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Tajik language|Tajik]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Takestani language|Takestani]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Talysh language|Talysh]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Tanacross language|Tanacross]] ([[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan]]) # [[Tangut language|Tangut]] or Xixia ([[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]) (extinct) # [[Tarifit language|Tarifit]] or Rifi or Riff Berber ([[Berber languages|Berber]]) # [[Tat language|Tat]] or Tati ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Tatar language|Tatar]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Tausug language|Tausug]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Tehuelche language|Tehuelche]] ([[Chon languages|Chon]]) # [[Telugu language|Telugu]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Temiar language|Temiar]] or Northern Sakai ([[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]]) <!--[[Teonaht]]...this list is only for natural languages. Conlangs go in the conlang list.--> # [[Tetum language|Tetum]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Tepehua language]] ([[Totonacan languages|Totonacan]]) # [[Tepehuán language]] ([[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]])) # [[Thai language|Thai]] ([[Tai-Kadai languages|Tai-Kadai]]) # [[Tharu]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Thracian language|Thracian]] ([[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]) (extinct) # [[Tibetan language|Tibetan]] ([[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]]) # [[Tigre language|Tigre]] or Xasa ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Tillamook language|Tillamook]] ([[Salishan languages|Salishan]]) (extinct) # [[Tirahi language|Tirahi]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Tiv language|Tiv]] ([[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]) # [[Tlingit language|Tlingit]] ([[Na-Dené languages|Na-Dené]]) # [[Tobian language|Tobian]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Tocharian languages|Tocharian A and B]] ([[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]) (extinct) # [[Toda language|Toda]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Tok Pisin language|Tok Pisin]] ([[English-based creole languages|English-based creole]]) <!--[[Toki Pona language]]...this list is only for natural languages. Conlangs go in the conlang list.--> # [[Tokelauan language|Tokelauan]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Tonga language (Zambia)|Tonga]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Tongan language|Tongan]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Tongva language|Tongva]] ([[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]]) (extinct) # [[Torwali language|Torwali]] or Turvali ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Tregami language|Tregami]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Tsat language|Tsat]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Tsez language|Tsez]] or Dido ([[Northeast Caucasian languages|Northeast Caucasian]]) # [[Tshiluba language|Tshiluba]] or Luba-Kasai or Luba-Lulua ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Tsimshianic languages|Tsimshian]] ([[Penutian languages|Penutian]]) # [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Tswana language|Tswana]] or Setswana ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Tu language|Tu]] or Monguor ([[Mongolic languages|Mongolic]]) # [[Tuareg languages]] or Tamasheq ([[Berber languages|Berber]]) # [[Tulu language|Tulu]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Tumbuka language|Tumbuka]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Tupiniquim language|Tupiniquim]] ([[Tupian languages|Tupian]]) # [[Turkish language|Turkish]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Turkmen language|Turkmen]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Turoyo language|Turoyo]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Tuvaluan language|Tuvaluan]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Tuvan language|Tuvan]] Tuvin or Tyvan ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) ==U== {{main|List of languages by name: U}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Ubykh language|Ubykh]] ([[Northwest Caucasian languages|Northwest Caucasian]]) (extinct) # [[Udihe language|Udihe]] or Ude or Udege ([[Tungusic languages|Tungusic]]) # [[Udmurt language|Udmurt]] or Votyak ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Ugaritic language|Ugaritic]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) (extinct) # [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Ulbare language|Ulbare]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Ulch language|Ulch]] or Olcha ([[Tungusic languages|Tungusic]]) # [[Unserdeutsch language|Unserdeutsch]] or Rabaul Creole German ([[German-based creole languages|German-based creole]]) # [[Upper Sorbian language|Upper Sorbian]] ([[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) # [[Urdu language|Urdu]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indic]]) # [[Uripiv language|Uripiv]] ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Urum language|Urum]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Ute language|Ute]] ([[Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan]]) # [[Uyghur language|Uyghur]] or Uigur ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Uzbek language|Uzbek]] ([[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) ==V== {{main|List of languages by name: V}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Vafsi language|Vafsi]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Valencian Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Signing]]) # [[Vasi-vari language|Vasi-vari]] or Prasuni ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Venda language|Venda]] or Tshivenda ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Venetian language|Venetian]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Veps language|Veps]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] ([[Austro-Asiatic languages|Austro-Asiatic]]) # [[Võro language|Võro]] ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) # [[Votic language|Votic]] or Votian ([[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]) ==W== {{main|List of languages by name: W}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Waddar language|Waddar]] ([[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]) # [[Waigali language|Waigali]] or Kalasha-Ala ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Waima language|Waima]] or Roro ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Wakhi language|Wakhi]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Walloon language|Walloon]] ([[Romance languages|Romance]]) # [[Waneci language|Waneci]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Wapishana language|Wapishana]] or Aruma ([[Arawakan languages|Arawakan]]) # [[Waray-Waray language|Waray-Waray]] or Binisaya ([[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]]) # [[Washo language|Washo]] ([[Hokan languages|Hokan]]) # [[Welsh language|Welsh]] ([[Celtic languages|Celtic]]) # [[Western Neo-Aramaic]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Weyto language|Weyto]] ([[Unclassified language|unclassified]], probably [[Afro-Asiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic]]) (extinct) # [[Wolane language|Wolane]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Wolof language|Wolof]] ([[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]]) # [[Wotapuri-Katarqalai language|Wotapuri-Katarqalai]] ([[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) # [[Wu language|Wu]] ([[Sinitic languages|Sinitic]]) ==X== {{main|List of languages by name: X}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[/Xam language|ǀXam]] ([[Khoisan languages|Khoisan]]) (extinct) # [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Xiang language|Xiang]] ([[Sinitic languages|Sinitic]]) # [[Xibe language|Xibe]] or Sibo ([[Tungusic languages|Tungusic]]) # [[Xipaya language|Xipaya]] ([[Tupian languages|Tupian) # [[!Xóõ language|ǃXóõ]] ([[Khoisan languages|Khoisan]]) # [[Xokó language|Xokó]] ([[Unclassified language|unclassified]]) (extinct) # [[Xukurú language|Xukurú]] ([[Unclassified language|unclassified]]) (extinct) ==Y== {{main|List of languages by name: Y}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Yaaku language]] # [[Yaeyama language]] # [[Yakut language|Yakut]] # [[Yankunytjatjara language]] # [[Yanomami]] # [[Yanyuwa language]] # [[Yapese language|Yapese]] # [[Yaqui language]] # [[Yauma language]] ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Yavapai language]] # [[Yazdi]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Yemenite Hebrew language]] ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) # [[Yeni language]] # [[Yevanic language]] # [[Yi language]] # [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]] ([[Germanic languages|Germanic]]) # [[Yogur language|Yogur]] (also known as [[Yoghur]], (Mongolic) [[Sarï Uyghur]], and (Mongolic) [[Yellow Uyghur]], [[Mongolic languages|Mongolic]]) # [[Yokutsan languages]] # [[Yonaguni language]] # [[Yorùbá language]] # [[Yucatec Maya language]] # [[Yucatec Maya Sign Language]] ([[Sign language|Sign]]ing) # [[Yuchi language]] # [[Yugur language|Yugur]] (also known as [[Yughur]], (Turkicic) [[Sarïgh Uyghur]], and (Turkic) [[Yellow Uyghur]], [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]) # [[Yukaghir languages]] # [[Yupik language]] ([[Eskimo-Aleut languages|Eskimo-Aleut]]) # [[Yurats language]] # [[Yurok language]] ==Z== {{main|List of languages by name: Z}} {{compactTOC2}} # [[Záparo language|Záparo]] ([[Saparoan languages|Saparoan]]) # [[Zapotec language|Zapotec]] ([[Oto-Manguean languages|Oto-Manguean]]) # [[Zazaki]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]]) # [[Zhuang language|Zhuang]] ([[Tai-Kadai languages|Tai-Kadai]]) # [[Zoque languages|Zoque]] ([[Mixe-Zoquean languages|Mixe-Zoquean]]) # [[Zulu language|Zulu]] ([[Niger-Congo]]) ([[Bantu languages|Bantu]]) # [[Zuni language|Zuñi]] or Zuni ([[Language isolate|isolated]]) # [[Zway language|Zway]] or Zay ([[Semitic languages|Semitic]]) ==See also== *[[Language]] *[[Languages on the Internet]] This list deals with particular languages, and includes only [[natural language]]s spoken or signed by humans. For other kinds of information about language see: *[[language]] (for information about language in general) *[[sign language]] and [[list of sign languages]] *[[constructed language]] and [[list of constructed languages]] *[[list of programming languages]] *[[List of fictional languages]] ==External links== * [http://www.ethnologue.com/language_index.asp Ethnologue language name index] * [http://www.rosettaproject.org/live Rosetta project] * [http://www.language-museum.com/ Language Museum] * [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias_by_language_family List of Wikipedias by language family] * [http://www.dicts.info/languages2.php Language names in many languages] [[Category:Lists of languages| ]] [[ar:قائمة اللغات]] [[an:Idioma]] [[ast:Llista d'idiomes]] [[ca:Llista de llengües del món]] [[cs:Seznam jazyků]] [[cy:Rhestr ieithoedd]] [[et:Maailma keelte loend]] [[el:Κατάλογος γλωσσών]] [[es:Idioma]] [[eo:Listo de lingvoj]] [[fa:فهرست زبان‌های جهان]] [[fr:Liste de langues par ordre alphabétique]] [[ga:Liosta teangacha]] [[gv:List dy hengaghyn]] [[gl:Linguas do mundo]] [[hr:Popis jezika]] [[io:Linguaro]] [[id:Daftar bahasa]] [[ia:Lista de linguas]] [[is:Listi yfir tungumál]] [[it:Elenco delle lingue]] [[la:Linguae mundi]] [[li:Lies van tale]] [[mk:Листа на јазици по име]] [[ms:Senarai bahasa-bahasa di dunia]] [[nl:Lijst van talen van de wereld]] [[ja:言語の一覧]] [[nds:Spraken vun de Welt]] [[pl:Języki świata]] [[pt:Lista de idiomas]] [[ro:Listă de limbi]] [[ru:Языки мира]] [[simple:List of languages]] [[sl:Seznam jezikov]] [[fi:Luettelo kielistä]] [[sv:Lista över språk]] [[th:รายชื่อภาษา]] [[tr:Diller listesi]] [[uk:Список мов]] [[fiu-vro:Maailma keeleq]] [[zh:語言列表]]