List of languages by name
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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==
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# [[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==
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# [[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==
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# [[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==
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# [[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==
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# [[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==
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# [[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==
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# [[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==
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# [[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==
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# [[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]])
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# [[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]])
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# [[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==
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# [[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==
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# [[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]])
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# [[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]])
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# [[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)
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# [[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]])
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# [[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==
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# [[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==
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# [[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==
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# [[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==
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# [[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==
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# [[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]])
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# [[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]])
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# [[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]])
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# [[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]])
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# [[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]])
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# [[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==
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# [[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==
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# [[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]])
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# [[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==
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# [[/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==
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# [[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==
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# [[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]
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[[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]]
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[[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]]
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[[it:Elenco delle lingue]]
[[la:Linguae mundi]]
[[li:Lies van tale]]
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[[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]]
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[[fi:Luettelo kielistä]]
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[[th:รายชื่อภาษา]]
[[tr:Diller listesi]]
[[uk:Список мов]]
[[fiu-vro:Maailma keeleq]]
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