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

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## Languages

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† = Extinct language

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Aari – አፋን፡ኣሪ፡

* Spoken in:  Ethiopia

Aasáx † – Aasá

* Formerly spoken in:  Tanzania

Abau – Abau

* Spoken in:  Sandaun,  Papua New Guinea

Abaza – Aбаза бызшва

* Official language in:  Karachay-Cherkessia,  Russia

Abellen – Ayta Abellen

* Spoken in:  Tarlac,  Philippines

Abenaki † – Alnôba, Wôbanakiôdwawôgan

* Formerly spoken by: the American/Canadian Abenaki Tribe

Abkhaz – Aҧсуа бызшәа, Aҧсшәа

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

Aborlan Tagbanwa – tabanawa

* Spoken in:  Palawan,  Philippines

Abui – Abui

* Spoken in:  Indonesia

Abure – ɔbule ɔyʋɛ

* Spoken in:  Côte d’Ivoire

Acehnese – Aceh or Bahsa Acèh

* Spoken in:  Indonesia

Achang – Mönghsa, ŋa˨˩ʈʂhaŋ˨˩

* Spoken in:  China and  Myanmar

Achi – achi'

* Recognised Minority Language in:  Guatemala

Acholi – Lwo

* Spoken in:  Uganda and  South Sudan

Achumawi † – Achomawi or Ajúmmááwí

* Formerly spoken in:  California

Adai † – Tenánat Hadéyas

* Formerly spoken in:  Louisiana,  United States

Adangbe – Adangbe

* Spoken in:  Togo

Adangme – Adangbɛ

* Official language in:  Ghana

Adele – Gidire

* Spoken in:  Ghana and  Togo

Adioukrou – mɔjukru

* Spoken in:  Côte d’Ivoire

Adnyamathanha – Yura Ngawarla

* Spoken in:  Australia

Adyghe – Адыгабзэ

* Western Circassian language. Official language in:  Adygea,  Russia
* Spoken also in:  Turkey,  Israel,  Syria,  Iraq,  Germany,  United States,  Netherlands etc.

Adzera – Adzera

* Spoken in:  Morobe,  Papua New Guinea

Afade – afaë

* Spoken in:  Cameroon and  Nigeria

Afar – Qafár af

* National language in:  Eritrea

Afrihili – El-Afrihili

* Proposed lingua franca of  Africa

Afrikaans – Afrikaans

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

Aghem – aghím

* Spoken in:  Cameroon

Aghul – агъул чӀал

* Official language of:  Dagestan,  Russia

Aguacateco – awakateko

* Spoken in:  Guatemala

Aguaruna – Awajún

* Spoken in:  Peru

Ahirani – खान्देशी, अहिराणी

* Spoken in: Maharashtra,  India

A-Hmao – ad Hmaob lul, A-hmaos

* Spoken in: Guizhou and Yunnan,  China

Ahtna – Atnakenaege

* Official language of:  Alaska,  United States

Ainu – アイヌ イタク, Aynu Itak

* Recognised Minority Language in:  Japan

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

* Official language in: Houaïlou,  New Caledonia

Aka-Jeru – Akajeru, Jeru, Yerawa

* Spoken in: Andaman Islands,  India

Akan – Akan, Fante, Twi

* Official language in:  Ghanaian/Ivoirian ethnic region of Akanland

Akhvakh – Ашвaлъи мицIи

* Spoken in: Southern  Dagestan,  Russia and Northern  Azerbaijan

Akkadian † – akkadû or 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑

* Formerly an Official language in: Akkad or central Mesopotamia which is modern-day  Iraq
* Later it became a lingua franca in the Middle East and  Egypt

Aklanon – Akeanon, Binisaya nga Akeanon or Inakeanon

* Official Regional Language in:  Philippines

Akum – aakuem

* Spoken in:  Cameroon and  Nigeria

Alabama – Albaamaha

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

Albanian – Shqip, Shqiptar

* Official language in:  Albania and  Kosovo
* Recognised Minority Language in:  Italy,  Montenegro,  North Macedonia,  Romania, and  Serbia

Aleut – Unangam Tunuu, Унáҥам Тунý

* Official language in:  Alaska,  United States
* Spoken in:  Kamchatka Krai,  Russia

Algerian Arabic – الدارجة الجزائرية

* Spoken in:  Algeria

Algerian Saharan Arabic – dŷazāri' or جزائري

* Spoken in:  Algeria,  Libya,  Mali,  Mauritania,  Morocco,  Niger, and  Western Sahara

Algonquin – ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ or anicinâbemowin

* Spoken in:  Quebec,  Canada

Alsatian – Elsässisch, Elsässerditsch

* Spoken in:  Alsace,  France

Altai (Northern) – Алтай тили

* Spoken in:  Altai Krai and  Altai Republic,  Russia

Altai (Southern) – Алтай тил

* Spoken in:  Altai Republic,  Russia

Alur – Lur

* Spoken in: the  Democratic Republic of the Congo and  Uganda

Alutiiq – Sugt’stun, Alutiit’stun

* Official language in:  Alaska,  United States

Alyutor – nəməlʔu

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

Amdang – Sìmí Amdangtí

* Spoken in: the Wadi Fira Region,  Chad

American Sign Language – Sign Language

* Signed in: the  United States of America and  Canada

Amharic – ኣማርኛ

* Official language in:  Ethiopia

Amis – 'Amis or Pangcah

* Spoken in:  Taiwan

Amo – Timap

* Spoken in:  Nigeria

Ancient Egyptian † – 𓂋𓏺𓈖 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖

* Formerly spoken in: Ancient Egypt

Ancient Greek † – Ἑλληνική

* Formerly spoken in: much of the Mediterranean Sea (until 1453)

Andalusian Arabic † – عربية أندلسية

* Formerly spoken in: Al-Andalus (modern-day  Spain and  Portugal)

Andi – къӀаваннаб мицӀцӀи

* Spoken in: Southern  Dagestan,  Russia

Anfillo – Mao

* Spoken in:  Ethiopia

Angika – अंगिका

* Official language in:  Jharkhand,  India
* Spoken in:    Nepal

Anglo-Norman † – Anglo-Normaund

* Formerly spoken in: the  United Kingdom and  Ireland

Angloromani – Romanichal

* Spoken in: the  United Kingdom

Apache – Ndéé

* Spoken in: Southwestern United States

Apsaalooke – Apsáalooke

* Spoken in: Great Plains,  United States

Arabela – Tapweyokwaka

* Spoken in:  Peru

Arabic – العربية

* Official language in: 28 countries and 4 international organizations

Aragonese – l'Aragonés

* Official language in:  Aragon,  Spain

Arakanese – ရက္ခိုင်ဘာသာ

* Spoken in:  Rakhine State,  Myanmar and Chittagong Division,  Bangladesh

Araki – Soron Raki

* Spoken in: Araki Island,  Vanuatu

Aramaic – ܐܪܡܝܐ

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

Aranese – aranés

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

Arapaho – Hinono'eitiit

* Spoken by: the  Arapaho people,  United States

Arawak – Lokono

* Spoken in:  French Guiana,  Guyana,  Suriname,  Venezuela,  Jamaica and  Barbados

Arbëreshë Albanian – Arbërisht

* Spoken in:  Italy

Archi – аршаттен

* Spoken in:  Dagestan,  Russia

Arikara – Sáhniš

* Spoken in:  North Dakota,  United States

Arin † – bbˈirk

* Formerly spoken in:  Russia

Armenian – Հայերեն

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

Aromanian – Aromanian

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

Arpitan – arpetan or francoprovençâl

* Spoken in:  France and   Switzerland
* Recognised Minority Language in:  Italy

Arrernte – Arrernte Angkentye

* Spoken in:  Northern Territory,  Australia

Arvanitika – arbërisht or αρbε̰ρίσ̈τ

* Spoken in:  Greece

Assamese – অসমীয়া

* Spoken in:  Bhutan,  Bangladesh, and  India

Assiniboine – Nakhóda

* Spoken in:  Canada and the  United States

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic – ܣܘܪܝܬ

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

Asturian – Asturianu

* Spoken in:  Asturias,  Spain

Atayal – Tayal

* Spoken in:  Taiwan

Atikamekw – Nēhinawēwin

* Spoken in:  Quebec,  Canada

Auslan – Sign Language

* Official language in:  Australia

Avar – авар мацӏ, اوار ماض, магӏарул мацӏ, ماعارۇل ماض

* Spoken in:  Azerbaijan,  Georgia,  Kazakhstan,  Turkey, and  Dagestan ( Russia)

Avestan – 𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥

* Formerly spoken in: the eastern  Iranian Plateau
* The Avestan language is a Zoroastrian liturgical language

Awadhi – अवधी

* Spoken in:  India

Aweer – Boni

* Spoken in:  Kenya

Awijilah – Tawjilit, طاوجيليت or ⵟⴰⵡⵊⵉⵍⵉⵜ

* Spoken in:  Libya

Ayapaneco – Ayapaneco

* Spoken in:  Tabasco,  Mexico

Aymara – Aymar Aru

* Spoken by:  Aymara people in  Bolivia,  Chile, and  Peru

Äynu – ئەينۇ

* Spoken in: the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region,  China

Azerbaijani – Azərbaycanca

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

Azoyu Me'phaa – me̱'pha̱a̱ tsíndíí

* Spoken in:  Guerrero,  Mexico

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Babine – Witsuwit’en, ᗔᙣᗔᗥᐣ

* Spoken in: British Columbia in Canada

Badaga – படக, ಬಡಗ, ബഡഗ

* Spoken in: Tamil Nadu, India

Baga † – Barka

* Formerly spoken in: the Republic of Guinea

Bagheli – बघेली

* Spoken in: Madhya Pradesh, India

Bagri – बागड़ी

* Spoken in: North of Rajasthan, India

Bagvalal – багвалал мисӀсӀ

* Spoken in: Southwestern Dagestan , Russia

Bai – Baip‧ngvp‧zix

* Spoken in: the Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China

Bajjika – बज्जिका

* Spoken in: India and Nepal

Baki – Baki

* Spoken in: Vanuatu

Balinese – ᬩᬲᬩᬮᬶ

* Spoken in: Bali , Republic of Indonesia

Balochi – بلۏچی

* Spoken in: Pakistan , Iran and Afghanistan

Balti – སྦལ་ཏིའི་སྐད་, بلتی

* Spoken in: Baltistan, Pakistan and Ladakh, India

Bambara – Bamanankan

* Official language in: the Republic of Mali

Bamileke – Bamiléké

* Spoken in: the Western High Plateau, Cameroon

Banda – ?

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

Bangala – Mɔnɔkɔ na bangála

* Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bangime – Baŋgɛri-mɛ

* Spoken in: the Republic of Mali

Banjarese – basa Banjar, jaku Banjar, باس بنجر

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

Bantawa – बान्तावा

* Official language in: Sikkim, India and Koshi Province, Nepal

Baoulé – wawle

* Spoken in: Ivory Coast

Baram – Baraamu

* Spoken in: Nepal

Basaa – ɓasaá, ɓàsàa

* Spoken in: Cameroon

Basa-Gumna † – Basa-Kaduna, Basa Kuta

* Formerly spoken in: Chanchaga, Niger State, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Bashkir – башҡорт Теле, Başqort Tele

* Official language in: the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan

Basque – Euskara

* Official language in: Basque Country and Navarre , Kingdom of Spain
* Spoken in the French Basque Country, Atlantic Pyrenees Republic of France , but with no legal status.

Bassa – Ɓǎsɔ́ɔ̀ (𖫢𖫧𖫳𖫒𖫨𖫰𖫨𖫱)

* Spoken by: Liberian/Sierra Leonean Bassa People

Batak – ᯘᯮᯒᯖ᯲ ᯅᯖᯂ᯲

* Spoken by: the Batak people of the North Sumatra, Republic of Indonesia

Bats – ბაცბა მოტტ

* Spoken in: Georgia

Bavarian – Boarisch, Boirisch

* Spoken in: Bavaria in Germany , Austria and South Tyrol in Italy

Beaver – Dane-zaa Ẕáágéʔ (ᑕᓀᖚ ᖚᗀᐥ)

* Spoken in: British Columbia and Alberta , Canada

Beja – Bidhaawyeet, Tubdhaawi, تُبڈاوِ

* Recognised Minority Language in: Eritrea and Sudan

Belarusian – Беларуская

* Official language in: the Republic of Belarus
* Recognised Minority Language in: Ukraine

Bemba – iciBemba

* Official language in: the Republic of Zambia

Bengali – বাংলা

* Official language in: the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Republic of India

Beothuk † – Beothuk

* Formerly spoken in: the island of Newfoundland, Canada

Berber – Tamaziɣt, Tamazight, or ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ

* Spoken in: Northern Africa

Berta – Gebeto or Wetawit

* Spoken in: the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Betawi – Basè Betawi, Basa Betawi

* Spoken in: Jakarta , Tangerang City, Tangerang Regency, South Tangerang City in Banten , Bekasi City, Bekasi Regency, Bogor Regency, Depok City in West Java , Indonesia

Bezhta – бежкьалас миц

* Spoken in: Dagestan , Russia

Bhili – भीली, ભીલી

* Spoken in: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, India

Bhojpuri – 𑂦𑂷𑂔𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂲, भोजपुरी, بھوجپوري

* Spoken in: Bihar, Republic of India ; Jharkhand, Republic of India ; Uttar Pradesh, Republic of India ; Co-operative Republic of Guyana ; Republic of Suriname ; and Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

Bhumij – ভূমিজ, ଭୁମିଜ୍, भूमिज, 𞗘𞗪𞗢𞗑𞗜𞗥𞗰

* Official language in: Jharkhand, India

Biblical Hebrew – שְֹפַת כְּנַעַן‎, יְהוּדִית‎, (לָשׁוֹן) עִבְרִית‎, לְשׁוֹן הַקֹּדֶשׁ‎

* Formerly spoken in: the Kingdom of Judah, the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) and the Hasmonean dynasty (Modern-day Israel )
* Biblical Hebrew is a Jewish liturgical language

Big Nambas – V'ənen Taut

* Spoken in: Malakula, Vanuatu

Bihari – बिहारी भाषा

* Spoken in: India and Nepal

Bijago – Kangaki-Kagbaaga-Kajoko Bidyogo

* Spoken in: Guinea-Bissau

Bikol – Bikol

* Spoken in: Bicol Region, Philippines

Bilen – ብሊን

* Recognised Minority Language in: Eritrea

Bishnupriya Manipuri – বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী

* Spoken in: Northeast India and Bangladesh

Bislama – Bislama

* Official language in: Republic of Vanuatu

Blackfoot – ᑯᖾᖹ, ᓱᖽᐧᖿ

* Spoken by: the American/Canadian Blackfoot Tribe

Bodo – बड़ो

* Spoken in: Republic of India and Democratic Republic of Nepal

Boie'nen – [bɔ̆ɪ̆ɛ̋’n̆ə̆n]

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

Bontoc – Bontoc

* Spoken in: Mountain Province, the Philippines

Bosnian – Босански, Bosanski

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

Botlikh – Буйхалъи мицIцIи

* Spoken in: Southwestern Dagestan , Russia

Bouyei – Haausqyaix

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

Brahui – براہوئی

* Spoken in: Balochistan, Pakistan

Braj Bhasha – ब्रजभाषा

* Spoken in: India

Brazilian Sign Language – Língua Brasileira de Sinais

* Signed in: Brazil and by Brazilian diaspora

Breton – Brezhoneg

* Spoken in: Brittany, French Republic

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

* Signed in: the United Kingdom

Budukh – Budad mez

* Spoken in: Azerbaijan

Buginese – ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ

* Spoken in: South Sulawesi, Republic of Indonesia

Bugun – Khowa

* Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India

Buhid – ᝊᝓᝑᝒᝇ

* Spoken in: Mindoro, Philippines

Bukharian – בוכארי‎, бухорӣ, buxorī

* Spoken in: Uzbekistan , Tajikistan and Afghanistan

Bulgarian – български език

* Official language in: Republic of Bulgaria , and Hellenic Republic
* Recognised Minority Language in: Romania , Republic of Serbia , and Ukraine

Burmese – မြန်မာစာ or မြန်မာစကား

* Official language in: Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Burushaski – بُرُݸشَسکݵ

* Spoken in: Gilgit Division, Pakistan

Buryat – буряад хэлэн

* Official language in: Buryatia , Russia

Bussa – Mossittaata, Mossiya, ሞስሲትቷታ or ሞስሲያ

* Spoken in: Ethiopia

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Caddo – Hasí:nay

* Spoken in: Oklahoma in the United States

Cahto – Katoiana

* Spoken in: California in the United States

Cahuarano † – Cahuiawano

* Formerly spoken in: Peru

Cahuilla – Ivia

* Spoken in: the southern area of the State of California, United States

Caló – Caló

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

Cameroonian Pidgin English – Wes Cos, Kamtok

* Spoken in: Cameroon

Canichana † – Canesi, Joaquiniano

* Formerly spoken in: Bolivia

Cantabrian – cántabru, montañés

* Spoken in: the Spanish autonomous communities of Cantabria and Asturias

Cantonese – 廣東話

* Official language in: Hong Kong Special Administration Region, People's Republic of China , Macau Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China , Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China

Cape Verdean Creole – kabuverdianu, kriolu, kriol

* Spoken in: Cape Verde

Carib – Kari'nja

* Spoken in: Brazil , French Guiana , Guyana , Suriname , Venezuela , and Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean Hindustani – कॅरेबियाई हिंदुस्तानी, 𑂍𑂶𑂩𑂵𑂥𑂱𑂨𑂰𑂆⸱𑂯𑂱𑂁𑂠𑂳𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂰𑂢𑂲, کَیریبئائی ہندوستانی

* Spoken in: Guyana , Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago

Carolina Algonquian † – Pamlico

* Formerly spoken in: North Carolina , the United States

Carolinian – Refaluwasch

* Official language in: the Northern Mariana Islands

Carpathian Romani – ?

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

Carrier – ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ

* Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada

Carrier (Southern) – ᑐᑊᘁᗕᑋᗸ

* Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada

Catalan – Català

* Official language in: Principality of Andorra ; the Balearic Islands, Kingdom of Spain ; Catalonia, Kingdom of Spain ; and the Valencian Community, Kingdom of Spain
* Recognised Minority Language in: Pyrénées-Orientales, French Republic ; Sardinia, Italian Republic ; and Aragón, Kingdom of Spain

Catawba – Katapa

* Spoken in: South Carolina in the United States

Cayuga – Gayogo̱hó:nǫ’

* Spoken by: the Iroquois Cayuga people living in the Canadian First Nation reservation of the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation

Cebuano – Bisaya, Sinugboanon

* Spoken in: Central Visayas and Mindanao, Philippines

Central Alaskan Yupʼik – Yugtun, Cugtun

* Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Central Bikol – Bikol Sentral

* Spoken in: Bicol Region, the Philippines

Central Dusun – Boros Dusun

* Spoken in: Sabah and Labuan , Malaysia

Central Sama – Sinama

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

Central Siberian Yupik – Yupigestun, Akuzipigestun, Юпик

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

Central ǃKung – ǃXun

* Spoken in: Grootfontein, Namibia
* (Central ǃKung is a "click language").

Chagatai † – چغتای

* Formerly spoken in: Central Asia

Chakma – 𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 𑄞𑄌𑄴

* Spoken in: Chittagong Hill Tracts, CADC, Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Bangladesh  and India

Chalcatongo Mixtec – Chalcatongo

* Spoken in: Oaxaca in Mexico

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic – ܟܠܕܝܐ

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

Cham – ꨌꩌ

* Spoken in: Cambodia

Chamalal – чамалалдуб мичӏчӏ

* Spoken in: Southwestern Dagestan , Russia

Chamorro – Chamoru, Fino'Chamorro

* Official language in: Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Chavacano – Chabacano

* Regional language in: the Philippines

Chechen – Нохчийн Mотт

* Official language in: the Chechen Republic, Russian Federation and the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation

Cherokee – ᏣᎳᎩ, ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ

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

Chewa – Nyanja

* Official language in: Republic of Malawi and Republic of Zambia

Cheyenne – Tsėhesenėstsestotse, Tsisinstsistots

* Spoken in: Montana, United States and Oklahoma, United States

Chhattisgarhi – छत्तीसगढ़ी

* Spoken in: Republic of India

Chibcha † – Muysc cubun

* Formerly spoken in: Colombia

Chickasaw – Chikasha

* Spoken in: Oklahoma, United States

Chilcotin – Tŝinlhqutʼin

* Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada

Chinese – 汉语, 漢語, 华语, 華語, or 中文

* Official language in: the People's Republic of China ; Republic of Singapore ; Republic of China ; and the Wa State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
* Recognised Minority Language in: Malaysia , the Philippines , Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , and the United States

Chinese Sign Language – 中国手语

* Signed in: the People's Republic of China

Chinook Jargon – Chinuk Wawa

* Spoken in: the United States and Canada

Chipewyan – ᑌᓀᓲᒢᕄᓀ, Dene Suline, Dëne Sųłiné

* Spoken in: Canada

Chippewa – Anishinaabemowin, ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ

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

Chitkuli Kinnauri – चित्कुली किन्नौरी

* Spoken in: Himachal Pradesh, India

Chitonga – ChiTonga

* Recognised Minority Language in: Malawi

Chittagonian – চাটগাঁইয়া বুলি

* Spoken in: Bangladesh

Chocangaca – ཁྱོ་ཅ་ང་ཅ་ཁ་

* Spoken in: Bhutan

Choctaw – Chahta', Chahta Anumpa

* Spoken in: The United States of America

Chʼortiʼ – čorti'

* Spoken in: Guatemala , Honduras and El Salvador

Chukchi – чаучу

* Spoken in: Russia in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Chulym – Ось тили, тадар тили

* Spoken in: Krasnoyarsk Krai and Tomsk Oblast, Russia

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

* Church Slavonic is a liturgical language used by the Eastern Orthodox Church

Chuukese – Chuuk

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

Chuvash – Чӑвашла, Çăvaşla

* Official language in: the Chuvash Republic, Russian Federation

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

* Spoken in: Southeast Sulawesi , Indonesia

Cimbrian – Zimbrisch

* Spoken in: the Italian Republic

Classical Armenian † – գրաբար

* Formerly spoken in: the Armenian highlands

Classical Chinese – 古文 or 文言

* Literary language used in: the People's Republic of China , the Republic of China , the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , Korea , and Japan

Classical Japanese † – 文語

* Formerly spoken in: Japan

Classical Mandaic – ࡋࡉࡔࡀࡍࡀ ࡖ ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀࡉࡉࡀ

* Spoken in: Iraq and Iran
* The Mandaic language is a liturgical language of Mandaeism

Classical Mongolian † – ?

* Formerly spoken in: Mongolia , China and Russia

Classical Nepal Bhasa † – पुलाङु नेपाल भास

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

Classical Tibetan † – ?

* Formerly spoken in: Greater Tibet

Coastal Kadazan – Boos Kadazan (Bo'os Kadazan)

* Spoken in: Sabah and Labuan , Malaysia

Cochimi † – Laymón

* Formerly spoken in: Baja California , Mexico

Cocopah – Kwikapa

* Spoken in: Baja California and Sonora , Mexico and Arizona , the United States

Cocos Islands Malay – Basa Pulu Cocos

* Spoken in: Cocos (Keeling) Islands , Australia and Malaysia

Coeur d'Alene – Snchitsu’umshtsn

* Spoken in: northern Idaho , the United States

Comanche – Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ

* Spoken in: Oklahoma, United States

Common Brittonic † – Brittonikā

* Formerly spoken in: Great Britain

Comorian – shikomori', شِكُمُرِ

* Official language in: Comoros

Comox – Éyɂáɂjuuthem, ʔayajuθəm, q̓yʔq̓yʔɛmixʷq̓ɛnəm

* Spoken in: British Columbia, Canada

Cook Islands Māori – ‘Airani

* Official language in: Cook Islands , New Zealand

Coptic – ⲘⲉⲧⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ

* The Coptic language is a Coptic liturgical language

Cornish – Kernewek, Kernowek

* Recognised Minority Language in: Cornwall , the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Corsican – Corsu

* Recognised Minority Language in: the French Republic

Cree – ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ

* Official language in: the Northwest Territories, Canada

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

* Official language in: Crimea, Ukraine

Croatian – Hrvatski

* Official language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Republic of Croatia ; and Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia
* Recognised Minority Language in: Burgenland, Republic of Austria ; Baranya County, Southern Transdanubia, Hungary ; Molise, Italian Republic ; Montenegro ; Carașova, Caraș-Severin County Romania ; and Lupac, Caraș-Severin County, Romania

Cupeño † – Kupangaxwicham Pe'memelki

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

Cypriot Arabic – Σάννα, Sanna

* Recognised Minority Language in: Cyprus

Cypriot Sign Language – Κυπριακή Νοηματική Γλώσσα

* Signed in: Cyprus

Czech – Český Jazyk, Čeština

* Official language in: the Czech Republic

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Dagaare – Dagaare

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

Dagbani – Dagbanli

* Spoken in: Ghana and Togo

Dagur – Даор Усуву, ᡩᠠᠣ‍ᠷ ᡠᠰᡠᠸᡠ, Daor Usuwu, ᡩᠠᠸᡠᠷ ᡴᡝᠯ, Dagur Kel

* Spoken in: Chinese province of Heilongjiang; Chinese autonomous regions of Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang

Dahalo – numma guhooni

* Spoken in: Kenya
* (Dahalo is a "click language").

Dair – Thaminyi or طهامينيي

* Spoken in: Sudan

Dakhini – دکنی

* Official language in: the Republic of India and the United Arab Emirates

Dakota – Dakȟótiyapi

* Spoken in: Canada and the United States

Dakpa – དག་པ་ཁ་

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

Dalecarlian – Dalmål

* Spoken in: Kingdom of Sweden

Dalmatian † – veklisúṅ

* Formerly spoken in: Dalmatia , Croatia

Danish – Dansk

* Official language in: Kingdom of Denmark and the Faroe Islands
* Recognised Minority Language in: Federal Republic of Germany , Greenland , and Republic of Iceland

Dargwa – Дарган Mез

* Official language in: the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation

Deg Xinag – Deg Hitʼan

* Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Delaware – Lënapei èlixsuwakàn

* Spoken by: the Delaware people in the United States

Denaʼina – Denaʼina Qenaga, Denaʼinaqʼ

* Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Deori – জিমʼচাঁয়া/দেউৰী

* Spoken in: Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India

Dhatki – धाटकी, ڍاٽڪي

* Spoken in: Mirpur Khas Division, Pakistan

Dhivehi – ދިވެހި

* Official language in: the Republic of the Maldives

Digaro Mishmi – tɑ31 rɑŋ53, da31 raŋ53, tɯŋ53

* Spoken in: northeastern Arunachal Pradesh, India and Zayü County, Tibet, China

Dinka – Thuɔŋjäŋ

* Spoken in: South Sudan

Dogri – डोगरी, 𑠖𑠵𑠌𑠤𑠮, ڈوگری

* Official language in: Jammu and Kashmir, India
* Also spoken in: other parts of India and in Pakistan

Dogrib – Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì

* Official language in: the Northwest Territories , Canada

Dolgan – Дулҕан, Dulğan, Һака, Haka

* Spoken in: Krasnoyarsk Krai , Russia

Domari – Dômarî

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

Dombe – isiTonga

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

Dong – lix Gaeml

* Spoken in: Guizhou, Hunan, Guangxi, China

Doteli – डोटेली

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

Drehu – Dehu, Lifou, Lifu, Qene Drehu

* Official language in: Lifou, New Caledonia

Drung – Tvrung kvt

* Spoken in: Yunnan and Tibet, China

Duala – Duala

* Spoken in: Cameroon

Dungan – 回族语言, Xуэйзў йүян

* Spoken by: the Central Asian Dungan people

Durkha – тyъһа тыл

* Spoken in: Mongolia (Khövsgöl Province)

Dutch – Nederlands

* Official language in: Aruba , Kingdom of Belgium Country of Curaçao, , the Netherlands , Sint Maarten , and Republic of Suriname

Dutch Sign Language – Nederlandse Gebarentaal

* Signed in: the Netherlands

Dutton World Speedwords – rapmotz

* International auxiliary language

Dyula – Julakan

* Spoken in: Ivory Coast , Burkina Faso and Mali

Dzao Min – Ba Pai

* Spoken in: China

Dzongkha – རྫོང་ཁ་

* Official language in: Kingdom of Bhutan

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E – 誒

* Spoken in: Guangxi in China

Early Modern English † – English

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

Ecclesiastical Latin – Latin

* Ecclesiastical Latin is a liturgical language used by the Catholic Church

Edo – Ẹ̀dó

* Spoken in: Edo State, Nigeria

Efik – Usem Efịk

* Spoken in: Cross River State, Nigeria

Egyptian Arabic – مصرى

* Spoken in: Egypt

Ekajuk – Ekajuk

* Spoken in: Nigeria

Ekoka ǃKung – ǃXuun

* Spoken in: South Africa and Namibia , originally also spoken in Angola
* (Ekoka ǃKung is a "click language").

Elamite † – ?

* Formerly spoken in: Iran

Emilian – Emigliân, emigliàn

* Spoken in: Western Emilia-Romagna , Italy

Emilian–Romagnol – emigliàn e rumagnòl

* Spoken in: primarily in Emilia-Romagna , also in Marche , Italy and San Marino

Enets – Онэй база

* Spoken in: Krasnoyarsk Krai , Russia

Enga – Enga

* Spoken in: Enga , Papua New Guinea

English – English

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

Erzya – Эрзянь Kель

* Official language in: the Republic of Mordovia, Russian Federation

Esan – Ishan

* Spoken in: Nigeria

Esperanto – Esperanto

* International auxiliary language

Estonian – Eesti

* Official language in: Republic of Estonia

Estonian Sign Language – eesti viipekeel

* Signed in: Estonia

Etruscan † – 𐌓𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌍𐌀

* Formerly spoken in: Central Italy

Eudeve † – Dóhmenerít

* Formerly spoken in: Sonora , Mexico

Europanto – Europanto

* Spoken in: the European Union

Even – эвэн, то̄рэ̄нни or эвэды

* Spoken in: Siberia

Evenki – Эвэды̄ турэ̄н

* Spoken in: the Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia , the Mongolian aimag of the Selenge Province , and the Russian krai of Krasnoyarsk Krai

Ewe – Èʋe, Èʋegbe

* Spoken by: the Beninois/Togolese Ewe people

Ewondo – Beti

* Spoken in: Cameroon

Extremaduran – Estremeñu

* Spoken in: Salamanca in Spain

Eyak † – I.ya.q

* Official language in: the American state of Alaska

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Fala – Fala

* Spoken in: Val de Xálima , Extremadura (Spain)

Fang (Bantoid) – Fang

* Spoken in: Cameroon

Fang (Bantu) – Faŋ, Paŋwe

* Recognised Minority Language in: Equatorial Guinea and Gabon

Fante – Fante

* Spoken in: Ghana

Faroese – Føroyskt

* Official language in: the Faroe Islands
* Recognised Minority Language in: Denmark

Fiji Hindi – फिजी बात or Fiji Baat

* Spoken in: Fiji

Fijian – Na vosa vaka-Viti, Vakaviti

* Official language in: Fiji

Filipino – Wikang Filipino

* Official language in: the Philippines

Filipino Sign Language – Wikang pasenyas ng mga Pilipino

* Official language in: the Philippines

Fingallian † – Fingallian

* Formerly spoken in: Fingal, Ireland

Finnish – Suomi

* Official language in: Finland and the Russian autonomous republic of Karelia ; recognised as a minority language in Sweden

Finnish Kalo Romani – kaalengo tšimb

* Spoken in: Finland and Sweden

Flemish – Vlaams

* Spoken in: the Belgian region of Flanders

Fon – Fon gbè, Fɔngbè

* Spoken by: the Beninois/Nigerian Fon people

Frafra – Farefare

* Spoken in: Ghana and Burkina Faso

Frankish † – Frenkisk, Frankisk

* Formerly spoken in: Western Europe

French – Français

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

French Sign Language – Langue des signes française

* Signed in: France and Switzerland

Frisian (North) – Noordfreesk

* Official language in: the German archipelago of Heligoland and the German district of Nordfriesland

Frisian (Saterland) – Seeltersk

* Spoken in: the German municipality of Saterland

Frisian (West) – Frysk

* Official language in: the Dutch province of Friesland

Friulian – Furlan

* Spoken in: Italy

Fula – Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular

* Spoken in: Central Africa

Fur – For

* Spoken in: the Republic of Chad and Darfur, Republic of the Sudan

Futuna-Aniwa – ?

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

Futunan – Faka futuna

* Spoken in: Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, France

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Ga – Gã

* Official language in: Ghana

Gagauz – Gagauz

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

Galician – Galego

* Official language in: the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia

Gallo – Galo

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

Gallurese – gadduresu

* Recognised Minority Language in: Sardinia , Italy

Gan – 赣语, 贛語

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

Garhwali – गढ़वळि

* Spoken in: Uttarakhand, India

Garo – A·chikku, আ·চিক্কু

* Official language in: Meghalaya, India

Garre – اف الخرّيي

* Spoken in: Somalia , Ethiopia and Kenya

Gawri – گاوری

* Spoken in: Behrain Tehsil. Pakistan

Gayo – Basa Gayo

* Spoken in: Sumatra, Indonesia

Gbaya – Gbaya

* Spoken in: the Central African Republic , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Republic of the Congo , and Cameroon

Ge'ez – ግዕዝ

* Spoken in: Eritrea , Ethiopia , and Israel

Georgian – ქართული

* Official language in: Georgia

German – Deutsch

* Official language in: Austria , the Belgian German-Speaking Community , Germany , Liechtenstein , Luxembourg , the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol , and Switzerland
* Recognised Minority Language in: the Brazilian city of Pomerode , the Czech Republic , Denmark , Hungary , the Italian autonomous province of Trentino , Kazakhstan , Namibia , Poland , Romania , Russia , the Slovak municipality of Krahule , and the Vatican City (Administrative and commanding language of the Swiss Guard)

German Sign Language – Deutsche Gebärdensprache

* Signed in: Germany , Luxembourg , and the German-speaking Community of Belgium

Ghanaian Pidgin – Kru Brofo

* Spoken in: Ghana

Ghomalaʼ – Ghɔmáláʼ

* Spoken in: West Region, Cameroon

Gikuyu – Gĩkũyũ

* Spoken in: the Kenyan Central Province

Gilaki – گیلٚکی زٚوان

* Spoken in: Gilan Province, Iran

Gilbertese – Taetae ni Kiribati

* Official language in: Kiribati

Gitonga – Gitonga

* Spoken in: Mozambique

Gitxsan – Gitxsanimaax, Gitxsanimx

* Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

Godoberi – ГъибдилӀи Mицци, Ɣibdiƛi Micci

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

Gondi – गोण्डि, గోణ్డి

* Spoken in: India

Gongduk – དགོང་འདུས་

* Spoken in: Bhutan

Gorani – گۆرانی

* Spoken in: Iraq and Iran

Gorontalo – Bahasa Hulontalo

* Spoken in: Gorontalo , Indonesia

Gothic † – 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺

* Formerly spoken in: pre-18th Century Europe

Grebo – Kréébo

* Spoken in: Liberia

Greek – Ελληνικά

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

Greek Sign Language – Ελληνική νοηματική γλώσσα

* Signed in: Greece

Greenlandic – Kalaallisut

* Official language in: Greenland

Grenadian French Creole – Patwa

* Spoken in: Grenada

Guaraní – Avañe'ẽ or Javy ju

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

Guernésiais – Guernésiais

* Spoken in: the British crown dependency of Guernsey

Guianan Creole French – Kriyòl gwiyannen

* Official language in: French Guiana, France

Guiyang Miao – Hmong

* Spoken in: Guizhou, China

Gujarati – ગુજરાતી

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

Gulf Arabic – خليجي ,اللهجة الخليجية

* Spoken in: Bahrain , Iran , Iraq , Kuwait , Oman , Qatar , Saudi Arabia , and United Arab Emirates

Gumuz – Bega

* Spoken in: the Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Gun – gungbe

* Official language in: Benin

Gurung – तमु क्यी

* Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim

Gwich'in – Gwich'in

* Official language in: the Canadian federal territory of the Northwest Territories and the American state of Alaska

Gyalrong – རྒྱལ་རོང

* Spoken in: Sichuan, China

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Hachijō – 島言葉

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

Hadza – Hazane

* Spoken in: Tanzania
* (Hadza is a "click language").

Haida – Xaat Kíl

* Official language in: the Council of the Haida Nation and the US state of Alaska

Hainanese – 海南話

* Spoken in: the Chinese province of Hainan

Haisla – X̄a'islak̓ala, X̌àh̓isl̩ak̓ala

* Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

Haitian Creole – Kreyòl Ayisyen

* Official language in: Haiti

Hakha Chin – Laiholh

* Spoken in: Myanmar , India and Bangladesh

Hakka – 客家話, 客家话

* Spoken by: the Hakka people

Halkomelem – Halq̓eméylem, Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓, hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓

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

Hän – Häł gołan

* Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Hani – Haqniqdoq

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

Harari – ሃራሪ

* Spoken in: the Ethiopian kilil of the Harari Region

Haryanvi – हरयाणवी

* Spoken in: Haryana in India

Hausa – حَوْسَ

* Spoken by: the Hausa people

Hawaiian – ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi

* Official language in: the American state of Hawaii

Hebrew – עברית‎

* Official language in: Israel

Heiltsuk–Oowekyala – Híɫzaqv, ’Wuik̓ala

* Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

Hember Avu – Aregerek, Musar

* Spoken in: Madang Province , Papua New Guinea

Herero – Otjiherero

* Spoken in: Botswana and Namibia

Hidatsa – hiraaciré’

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

Hiligaynon – Ilonggo

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

Hill Mari – Мары йӹлмӹ

* Official language in: Mari El , Russia

Himba – Omuhimba, Simba

* Spoken in: Gabon

Hindi – हिन्दी

* Official language in: India

Hindustani – ہندوستانی, हिन्दुस्तानी

* Spoken in: India and Pakistan

Hinuq – гьинузас мец

* Spoken in: Dagestan , Russia

Hiri Motu – Hiri Motu

* Official language in: Papua New Guinea

Hittite † – 𒌷𒉌𒅆𒇷, nešili

* Formerly spoken in: Anatolia

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

* Spoken in: China , French Guiana , Laos , Thailand , United States , Vietnam , and Australia

Hmu – hveb Hmub

* Spoken in: Guizhou, China

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

* Official language in: Jharkhand, India

Holikachuk – Doogh Qinag

* Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Hopi – Hopilàvayi or Hopílavayi

* Spoken in: the northeastern area of the State of Arizona, United States

Hruso – Aka, Angka(e)

* Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India

Huasteca Nahuatl – Mexkatl

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

Huave – Ombeayiiüts, Umbeyajts

* Spoken in: Oaxaca , Mexico

Huishui Miao – Mhong

* Spoken in: Guizhou, China

Huizhou – 徽州话

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

Hungarian – Magyar

* Official language in: Hungary
* Recognised Minority Language in: Austria , Croatia , Romania , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Ukraine

Hunsrik – Hunsrik, Hunsrückisch or Hunsrickisch

* Official language in: the Brazilian municipalities of Antônio Carlos and São João do Oeste in Santa Catarina , and Santa Maria do Herval in Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil

Hunzib – гьонкьос мыц

* Spoken in: Southern Dagestan , Russia

Hupa – Na꞉tinixwe Mixine꞉wheʼ

* Spoken in: California , United States

Hutterite German – Hutterisch

* Spoken by: Hutterites in Canada and the United States

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Iban – Jaku Iban

* Spoken in: Malaysia , Brunei and Indonesia

Ibanag – Ybanag, Ibanak

* Regional language in: the Philippines

Ibibio – Usem Ibibio

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

Icelandic – Íslenska

* Official language in: Iceland

Ido – Ido

* International auxiliary language

Igala – Igala

* Spoken in: Nigeria

Igbo – Asụsụ Igbo

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

Ik – Icetot

* Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda

Ili Turki – İlı turkeşi, И̇лı туркес̧и, ي̇لي تۋركەسي

* Spoken in: China

Ilocano – Iloko, Pagsasao nga Iloko

* Official language in: the Philippine province of La Union

Imperial Aramaic † – 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀

* Formerly spoken in: Ancient Near East

Indonesian – Bahasa Indonesia

* Official language in: Indonesia

Ingrian – ižoran keeli

* Spoken in: Ingria , Russia

Ingush – ГӀалгӀай мотт

* Official language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Ingushetia

Interlingua – Interlingua

* International auxiliary language

Interlingue (Occidental) – Interlingue

* International auxiliary language

Interslavic – Medžuslovjansky, Меджусловјанскы

* Zonal auxiliary language for Slavs

Inuinnaqtun – ᐃᓄᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓐ‎

* Official language in: Nunavut in Canada

Inuit Sign Language – Atgangmuurngniq, ᐊᑦᒐᖕᒨᕐᖕᓂᖅ or ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᓯᖏᑦ

* Signed in: Nunavut in Canada

Inuktitut – ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ

* Official language in: the Canadian provinces of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut ; the Nunavik area of the Canadian province of Quebec ; and the Canada-administrated/Inuit-claimed autonomous area of Nunatsiavut

Inupiaq – Iñupiatun

* Official language in: the American state of Alaska

Irish – Gaeilge

* Official language in: the Republic of Ireland
* Recognised Minority Language in: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Irish Sign Language – Teanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann

* Official language in: the Republic of Ireland

Isan – ภาษาลาว, ພາສາລາວ

* Recognised Minority Language in: Thailand

Isoko – Isoko

* Spoken in: Nigeria

Israeli Sign Language – שפת הסימנים הישראלית‎

* Signed in: Israel

Isthmus Nahuatl – Mela'tájtol

* Spoken in: the Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz

Isthmus Zapotec – diidxazá

* Spoken in: Oaxaca , Mexico

Istriot – Eîstrioto, Lèngua Eîstriota

* Spoken in: Istria County , Croatia

Istro-Romanian – Istroromånă

* Recognised Minority Language in: Istria County , Italy , Sweden , Germany and North America and South America

Italian – Italiano

* Official language in: the Croatian Istria County , Italy , San Marino , the Slovenian region of Slovenian Istria , Switzerland , and the Vatican City

Italian Sign Language – Lingua dei Segni Italiana

* Signed in: Italy , San Marino , and Switzerland

Itelmen – итэнмэн

* Spoken in: Kamchatka Krai in Russia

Iu Mien – Iu Mienh

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

Ivatan – Chirin nu Ibatan

* Spoken in: Batanes, Philippines

Izon – Ịzọn

* Spoken in: Rivers State, Bayelsa State, Delta State, Ondo State and Edo State, Nigeria

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Jalaa † – bàsàrə̀n dà jàlààbè̩

* Formerly spoken in: Nigeria

Jamaican Patois – Patwa

* Spoken in: Jamaica

Jamtlandic – jamska

* Spoken in: Jämtland , Sweden

Japanese – 日本語, 日本語

* National language in: Japan

Japanese Sign Language – 日本手話

* Signed in: Japan

Jarawa – Aongəŋ

* Official language in: Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Javanese – ꦧꦱꦗꦮ

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

Jeju – 제줏말, 제주말

* Spoken in: Jeju Province , South Korea

Jicarilla – Abáachi mizaa

* Spoken in: New Mexico , the United States

Jin – 晋语

* Spoken in: Chinese provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, Henan and Shaanxi; Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia

Jju – Diryem Jju

* Spoken in: Kaduna State, Nigeria

Judaeo-Georgian – ყივრული

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

Judaeo-Spanish – גֿודֿיאו-איספאנייול‎, Ladino

* Spoken by: the Sephardim Jewish Diaspora

Judeo-Arabic – ערבית יהודית‎

* Spoken by: Jews in North Africa and the Fertile Crescent

Judeo-Persian – Fārsi

* Spoken by: Jews in Iran and Central Asia

Judeo-Tat – Cuhuri, Жугьури, ז׳אוּהאוּראִ‎

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

Jutish – Jydsk

* Spoken in: Denmark

Jèrriais – Jèrriais

* Spoken in: the British crown dependency of Jersey and the British royal fief of Sark

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Kabardian – Адыгэбзэ

* Eastern Circassian language. Official language in: the Russian autonomous republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia
* Spoken also in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Germany, United States, Netherlands etc.

Kabiye – kabɩyɛ

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

Kabyle – ⵜⴰⵇⴱⴰⵢⵍⵉⵜ / ثاقبايليث

* Spoken in: Algeria

Kachin – ဈိာင်ဖေါစ်

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

Kaingang – Kanhgág

* Spoken in: Brazil

Kaixana – Too few people for it to be written/typed (1 Person as of 2020)

* Spoken in: Brazil

Kalau Lagau Ya – Mabuiag

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

Kalenjin – Kalenjin

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

Kalmyk – хальмг келн

* Official language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Kalmykia

Kamba – Kikamba

* Spoken in: Kenya and Tanzania

Kanembu – كَنٜݦُ

* Spoken in: Chad

Kangri – 𑚊𑚭𑚫𑚌𑚪𑚯, कांगड़ी

* Spoken in: Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, India

Kannada – ಕನ್ನಡ

* Official language in: the Indian state of Karnataka

Kansa † – Káⁿza

* Formerly spoken in: Kansas and Oklahoma , the United States

Kanuri – Kanuri

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

Kapampangan – Kapampangan

* Spoken in: Pampanga, Philippines

Kaqchikel – Kaqchikel Chʼabʼäl

* Spoken in: Guatemala

Karachay-Balkar – къарачай-малкъар тил, qaraçay-malqar til

* Official language in: the Russian autonomous republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia
* Also spoken in: Turkey

Karaim – къарай тили

* Recognised Minority Language in: Poland , Ukraine and Russia

Karakalpak – Қарақалпақ тили, Qaraqalpaq tili

* Official language in: the Uzbek autonomous republic of Karakalpakstan

Karamojong – ŋaKaramojoŋ or ŋaKarimojoŋ

* Spoken in: the Moroto District, Karamoja Sub-Region, Northern Region, Republic of Uganda

Karata – К̄ӀирлӀе мац̄Ӏи

* Spoken in: Dagestan , Russia

Karbi – Arlêng

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

Karelian – Karjalan Kieli

* Recognised Minority Language in: Finland and the Russian autonomous republic of Karelia

Karen – ကညီကျိာ်

* Spoken in: Karen State, Myanmar and Thailand

Karenni – ꤊꤢꤛꤢ꤭ ꤜꤟꤤ꤬

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

Karian – Bilakura

* Spoken in: Madang Province , Papua New Guinea

Kashmiri – كٲشُر, कॉशुर, Kạ̄šur, Koshur

* Official language in: India

Kashubian – Kaszëbsczi Jãzëk

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

Kaska – Dene Zágéʼ

* Spoken in: Canada

Kassonke – Xaasongaxango

* Official language in: Mali

Kawésqar – Kawésqar, Qawasqar

* Spoken in: Chile

Kawi † – ᬚᬯ

* Formerly spoken in: the island of Java in Indonesia

Kaytetye – Kaititj, Gaididj, Kaiditj, Kaytej

* Spoken in: Northern Territory , Australia

Kazakh – Қазақ Tілі

* Official language in: Kazakhstan and the Russian autonomous republic of the Altai Republic

Kedah Malay – بهاس ملايو قدح, ภาษามลายูไทรบุรี, Pelat Utagha

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

Kelantanese Malay – بهاس ملايو كلنتن or Baso Kelate

* Spoken in: the Malaysian state of Kelantan

Kendeje – Kendeje

* Spoken in: Ouaddaï Region, Republic of Chad

Keres – ?

* Spoken in: New Mexico , the United States

Ket – Остыганна ӄа'

* Spoken in: the middle Yenisei basin in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia

Khakas – Хакас Tілі

* Spoken in: the Russian autonomous republic of Khakassia

Khalaj – خلج

* Spoken in: Iran

Khaling – खालिङ

* Spoken in: Solukhumbu and Khotang districts, Nepal

Khanty – ханты

* Spoken in: Khanty-Mansi , Yamalo-Nenets and Tomsk Oblast in Russia

Kharia – खड़िया, ଖଡ଼ିଆ

* Official language in: Jharkhand, India

Khasi – Ka Ktien Khasi, ক ক্ত্যেন খসি

* Official language in: Meghalaya, India

Khinalug – каьтш мицI, kätš micʼ

* Spoken in: Azerbaijan

Khmer – ភាសាខ្មែរ

* Official language in: Cambodia

Khmu – Kmhmu

* Spoken in: Laos , Vietnam , Thailand , China

Khoekhoe – Khoekhoegowab

* National language in: Namibia
* (Khoekhoe is a "click language").

Khorasani Turkic – خراسان تركچیسی

* Spoken in: North Khorasan Province, Iran

Khortha – खोरठा

* Official language in: Jharkhand, India

Khowar – کھوار

* Spoken in: Chitral, Pakistan

Khwarshi – аᴴкьи́зас мыц

* Spoken in: Southwestern Dagestan , Russia

Kʼicheʼ – Qatzijobʼal

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

Kichwa – Kichwa Shimi, Runa Shimi

* Recognised Minority Language in: Ecuador

Kickapoo – Metotheeneniaatoweeheni

* Spoken in: the United States and Mexico

Kiga – Orukiga

* Spoken in: Uganda and Rwanda

Kimbundu – Kimbundu

* Official language in: Angola

Kimki – Sukubatom

* Spoken in: Indonesia

Kinnauri – 𑚊𑚝𑚦𑚤𑚮𑚎𑚨𑚶𑚊𑚛, Kanawaringskad, ཀནབརིངསྐད

* Spoken in: Himachal Pradesh, India

Kishtwari – کشتواڑی, किश्तवाड़ी

* Spoken in: Jammu and Kashmir, India

Kinaray-a – Kinaray-a

* Regional language in: the Philippines

Kinyarwanda – Ikinyarwanda or Runyarwanda

* Official language in: Rwanda

Kiowa – Ǥáuiđòᵰ꞉gyà, [Gáuiđòñ꞉gyà

* Spoken in: Oklahoma , the United States

Kituba – Monokutuba, Munukutuba, Kituba, Kikongo ya leta

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

Klallam † – nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən

* Formerly spoken in: Washington , the United States

Klingon – tlhIngan Hol,  

* Constructed language spoken by a fictional alien race called the Klingons in the Star Trek universe

Kodava – ಕೊಡವ ತಕ್ಕ್ கூடகு எழுத்து

* Spoken in: Karnataka, India

Kohistani – کوستَیں

* Spoken in: Pakistan

Kohistani Shina – ݜݨیاٗ کستِین٘و زبان ,ݜݨیاٗ زبان

* Spoken in: Pakistan

Koisan – Tjwao

* Official language in: Zimbabwe

Kokborok – ককবরক‎

* Official language in: Tripura, India

Komering – Basa Kumoring, باس كوموريڠ

* Spoken in: South Sumatra , Indonesia

Komi – Коми

* Official language in: Komi Republic , Russia

Komi-Permyak – коми-пермяцкӧй кыв

* Spoken in: Perm Krai and Kirov Oblast , Russia

Kongo – Kikongo

* Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Angola , the Republic of the Congo and Gabon

Konkani – कोंकणी, Konknni, കൊങ്കണി, ಕೊಂಕಣಿ

* Official language in: the Indian state of Goa

Korean – 조선말, 한국어

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

Koro – Koro-Aka

* Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India

Korop – Durop

* Spoken in: Cross River State, Nigeria

Koryak – нымылан

* Spoken in: Chukotka , Russia

Kosraean – Kosrae

* Official language in: Kosrae in Micronesia

Kotava – Kotava

* International auxiliary language

Koyukon – Denaakkenaageʼ, Denaakkʼe, Dinaak̲'a

* Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Kpelle – Kpɛlɛwoo

* Spoken in: Liberia , Guinea and Ivory Coast

Kposo – Ikpɔsɔ

* Spoken in: Togo and Ghana

Krio – Krio

* Spoken in: Sierra Leone

Krymchak – кърымчах тыльы

* Recognised Minority Language in: Ukraine

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

* Spoken in: Azerbaijan

Kuanua – Tinata Tuna

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

Kuliak – Rub

* Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda

Kumaoni – कुमाऊँनी

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

Kumeyaay – Kumiai

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

Kumyk – Къумукъ Tил

* Official language in: the Russian autonomous republic of Dagestan

Kunama – Baada, Baazayn, Diila

* Spoken in: Eritrea and Ethiopia

Kurdish – Kurdí, کوردی, or K’öрди

* Official language in: Iraq , Turkey , Iran , Syria and Armenia
* Recognised Minority Language in: Germany

Kurdish (Southern) – کوردی خوارین, Kurdîy Xwarîn

* Spoken in: Iran and Iraq

Kurmali – কুড়মালি, কুর্মালী, कुड़मालि, कुरमालि, କୁଡ଼ମାଲି, पंचपरगनिया, পঞ্চপরগনিয়া

* Official language in: Jharkhand and West Bengal, India

Kurmanji – Kurmancî, کورمانجی

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

Kurukh – कुँड़ुख़, কুড়ুখ্, କୁଡ଼ୁଖ୍

* Spoken in: India , Bangladesh and Nepal

Kusaal – Kʋsaal

* Spoken in: Ghana , Burkina Faso , and Togo

Kusunda – Gemehaq gipan

* Spoken in: Nepal

Kutchi – کچھی or કચ્છી

* Spoken in: Kutch, India

Kutenai – Ktunaxa

* Spoken in: the United States and Canada

Kwadi † – ǃKwaǀtse

* Formerly spoken in: Angola
* (Kwadi is a "click language").

Kwakʼwala – Kwak̓wala

* Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

Kwaraqae – Fiu

* Spoken in: Malaita, Solomon Islands

Kyrgyz – Кыргыз тили

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

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Laal – yəw láà:l

* Spoken in: Chad

Laarim – Narim

* Spoken in: South Sudan

Ladakhi – ལ་དྭགས་སྐད།

* Spoken in: China , India , and Pakistan

Ladin – Ladin

* Spoken in: Italy

Lahu – Ladhof

* Official language in: Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Yunnan, China
* Also spoken in: Thailand , Laos and Myanmar

Lak – лакку маз

* Official language in: the Republic of Dagestan , Russia

Lakha – ལ་ཁ་

* Spoken in: Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa

Laki – لەکی, Lekî

* Spoken in: Iran and Turkey

Lakota – Lakȟótiyapi

* Spoken by: the Lakota people

Lama – Lamba

* Recognised Minority Language in: Benin

Lamba – Ichilamba

* Spoken in: Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lao – ພາສາລາວ

* Official language in: Laos

Lasi – لاسی

* Spoken in: Lasbela, Pakistan

Latgalian – latgalīšu volūda

* Spoken in: Latvia

Latin – Lingua Latīna

* Official language in the Vatican City
* Formerly spoken in the Roman Republic, Roman Empire, and in legal court

Latvian – latviešu

* Official language in: Latvia

Laz – ლაზური ნენა

* Spoken in: Georgia and Turkey

Leizhou Min – 雷州话, 雷州話

* Spoken in: Leizhou Peninsula in southwestern Guangdong, China

Lenakel – Netvaar

* Spoken in: Tanna Island, Vanuatu

Leonese – Llïonés

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

Lepcha – ᰛᰩᰵ་ᰛᰧᰶᰵ

* Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim

Levantine Arabic – شامي

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

Lezgian – лезги чӏал

* Official language in: the Republic of Dagestan , Russia

Lhokpu – Lhobikha

* Spoken in: southwest Bhutan

Ligurian – lìgure, zeneize

* Official language in: Liguria , Italy and Monaco

Lillooet – St̓át̓imcets, Sƛ̓aƛ̓imxǝc, Ucwalmícwts, Lil̓wat7úlmec

* Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

Limbu – ᤕᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ

* Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim

Limburgish – Lèmburgs

* Official language in: the Netherlands

Lingala – Lingála

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

Lingua Franca Nova – lingua franca nova

* International auxiliary language

Lipo – Lolopo, Lolongo

* Spoken in: China

Lisu – ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ or ꓡꓲꓢꓴ

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

Lithuanian – Lietuvių

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

Livonian – Līvõ Kēļ or Rāndakēļ

* Spoken in: Latvia

Livvi-Karelian – Livvi

* Recognised Minority Language in: Finland and Karelia , Russia

Lojban – la .lojban.

* A logical constructed language

Lolopo – Loxrlavu

* Spoken in: China

Loma – Lɔ̀ɔ̀màgòòi, Löömàgòòi, Löghömàgòòi

* Spoken in: Liberia and Guinea

Lombard – lombard, lumbard, lumbart, lombart

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

Low German – Plattdüütsch

* Spoken in: Denmark , Germany , and the Netherlands

Lower Sorbian – Dolnoserbski

* Spoken in: the State of Brandenburg in Germany

Lower Tanana – Menhti Kenaga

* Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Lozi – Rozi, Silozi

* Recognised Minority Language in: Zambia and Namibia

Luba-Kasai – Tshiluba

* Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Luba-Katanga – Kiluba

* Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lucumí – Lucumí

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

Ludic – Luudi, Lyydi or lüüdi

* Spoken in: Republic of Karelia , Russia

Luganda – Luganda, LùGáànda, Oluganda

* Spoken in: Uganda

Luhya – Oluluhya

* Spoken in: Kenya

Luiseño – Cham'teela

* Spoken in: the southern area of the State of California, United States

Lunda – Chilunda

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

Luo – Kavirondo or Dholuo

* Spoken in: Kenya and Tanzania

Luobohe Miao – A-Hmyo, Ā-hmiò

* Spoken in: central Guizhou, China

Luri – لری or Lori

* Spoken in: Iran , Iraq , Kuwait , Oman , and the United Arab Emirates

Lushootseed – dxʷləšucid, txʷəlšucid, xʷəlšucid

* Spoken in: northwestern Washington , the United States

Luxembourgish – Lëtzebuergesch

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

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Maasai – ɔl Maa

* Spoken by: the Kenyan/Tanzanian Maasai people

Macedonian – Mакедонски

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

Madurese – Basa Mathura

* Official language in: East Java in Indonesia

Magahi – मगही

* Spoken in: India and Nepal

Magar – मगर भाषा

* Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim

Magar Kham – मगर ढुट

* Spoken in: Nepal

Maguindanao – Maguindanao

* Spoken in: Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines

Maithili – मैथिली, মৈথিলী

* Official language in: the Indian state of Bihar and Nepal

Makasae – Makasai

* Spoken in: East Timor

Makassarese – Basa Mangkasara', ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ

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

Makhuwa – Emakuana

* Spoken in: northern Mozambique and southern Tanzania

Malagasy – Malagasy

* Official language in: Madagascar

Malay – بهاس ملايو or Bahasa Melayu

* Official language in: Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia , and Singapore

Malayalam – മലയാളം

* Official language in: the Indian state of Kerala and the Indian territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry

Maliseet-Passamaquoddy – skicinuwatuwewakon

* Spoken in: Canada and the United States

Maltese – Malti

* Official language in: Malta

Mam – Qyool Mam, Ta yol Mam

* Recognised Minority Language in: Mexico and Guatemala

Manchu – ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ

* Spoken by: the Manchu people

Mandan † – Nų́ų́ʔetaa íroo

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

Mandar – Mandar

* Spoken in: the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia

Mandarin – 國語

* Spoken in: Most of China

Mandinka – Mandinka kaŋo

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

Maninka – Maninkakan

* Official language in: Guinea and Mali

Mansi – ма̄ньси/ма̄ньщи

* Spoken: along the Ob River and its tributaries, in the Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug , and Sverdlovsk Oblast in Russia

Manx – Gaelg

* Official language in: the Isle of Man

Māori – te Reo Māori

* Official language in: New Zealand

Mapuche – Mapudungun

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

Maranao – Basa a Mëranaw, باسا أ مراناو

* Regional language in: the Philippines

Marathi – मराठी

* Official language in: the Indian state of Maharashtra and the Indian territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Mari – марий йылме

* Official language in: Mari El , Russia

Marshallese – Ebon, Kajin M̧ajeļ, Kajin Majõl

* Official language in: the Marshall Islands

Marwari – मारवाड़ी, مارواڑی

* Spoken in: Rajasthan in India

Masalit – kana masara

* Spoken in: Dar Masalit, Darfur, Republic of the Sudan

Mauritian Creole – kreol morisien, morisien

* Official language in: Mauritius

Mayo – Caíta

* Official language in: Mexico

Mazanderani – مازِرونی

* Spoken in: Mazandaran Province, Iran

Meadow Mari – олык марий

* Official language in: Mari El , Russia

Megleno-Romanian – vlăhește

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

Meitei – ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ, মনিপুরি, মৈতৈলোল্, মৈতৈলোন্, মৈথৈ

* Official language in: the Indian state of Manipur

Mende – Mɛnde yia, 𞠗𞢱 𞡓𞠣

* Spoken in: Sierra Leone , Liberia and Guinea

Menominee – omǣqnomenēweqnæsewen

* Spoken in: Northeastern Wisconsin , the United States

Miami-Illinois – Myaamia

* Spoken in: the Illinois Confederation

Michoacán Nahuatl – Pómaro Nahuatl

* Spoken in: Mexico

Middle Armenian † – Հայերէն

* Formerly spoken in: the Armenian highlands and Cilicia

Middle Dutch † – dietsc, duutsch

* Formerly spoken in: the Low Countries

Middle English † – Englisch, English, Inglis

* Formerly spoken in: the British Isles

Middle French † – françois, franceis

* Formerly spoken in: France

Middle High German † – diutsch, tiutsch

* Formerly spoken in: Germany , Austria and parts of Switzerland

Middle Irish † – Gaoidhealg

* Formerly spoken in: Ireland , Scotland and the Isle of Man

Middle Korean † – 中世韓國語

* Formerly spoken in: Korea

Middle Norwegian † – nornskt mál

* Formerly spoken in: Norway

Miju – Miju, Kùmán

* Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India

Mi'kmaq – Miꞌkmawiꞌsimk

* Official language in: Nova Scotia , Canada
* Recognised Minority Language in: New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island , Canada

Min – 閩語 or 闽语

* Spoken in: the southeastern area of China

Min Bei – 闽北语

* Spoken in: the Chinese prefecture-level city of Nanping

Min Dong – 閩東語

* Spoken in: the Chinese prefecture-level cities of Fuzhou and Ningde

Min Nan – 閩南語 or 闽南语

* Spoken in: the southeastern area of China

Min Zhong – 闽中话

* Spoken in: the southeastern area of China

Minangkabau – Baso Minangkabau, بهاس منڠكربو

* Spoken in: West Sumatra , Indonesia

Mingrelian – მარგალური ნინა

* Spoken in: Mingrelia and Abkhazia , Georgia

Mirandese – mirandés, lhéngua mirandesa, léngua mirandesa

* Spoken in: Portugal

Miraya Bikol – Miraya

* Spoken in: Daraga, Albay, the Philippines

Mizo – Mizo ṭawng or Duhlián ṭawng

* Official language in: Mizoram, India

Mohawk – Kanienʼkéha

* Spoken in: the United States and Canada

Mohegan-Pequot † – Mohiks-Piqut Uyôtowáwôk

* Formerly spoken in: Southern New England and Eastern Long Island, the United States

Mokati – Wanambre

* Spoken in: Madang Province , Papua New Guinea

Moksha – мокшень кяль

* Official language in: the Republic of Mordovia, Russian Federation

Moldovan – молдовеняскэ, moldovenească

* Official language in: Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
* Recognised Minority Language in: Ukraine
* Note: the Moldovan language is actually identical to Romanian language, being one of the two local names for the Romanian language in Moldova (See Moldovenism for further details)

Mon – ဘာသာ မန်

* Spoken in: the Myanma delta of the Irrawaddy River

Mongo – Lomongo

* Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mongolian – Монгол Хэл, ᠮᠣᠨᠭᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ

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

Monguor – moŋɡuer

* Spoken in: Chinese provinces of Qinghai and Gansu

Montagnais – Innu-aimun

* Spoken in: Quebec province and Labrador region, Canada

Montenegrin – crnogorski, црногорски

* Official language in: Montenegro
* Recognised Minority Language in: Albania , Bosnia and Herzegovina , and the Serbian municipality of Mali Iđoš in the autonomous region of Vojvodina

Mor – Mor

* Spoken in: West Papua, Indonesia

Moriori † – Ta Rē Moriori

* Formerly spoken in: Chatham Islands , New Zealand

Moroccan Arabic – العربية المغربية الدارجة

* Spoken in: Morocco

Mossi – Mòoré

* Official language in: Burkina Faso

Motu – Motu

* Spoken in: Central Province , Papua New Guinea

Mozabite – تونژابت, Tumẓabt, ⵜⵓⵎⵥⴰⴱⵜ

* Spoken in: Algeria

Mozarabic † – مُزَرَب

* Formerly spoken in: Al-Andalus (modern-day Spain and Portugal )

Mru – 𖩃𖩓𖩑

* Spoken in: Bangladesh and Myanmar

Mundari – मुंडारी, মুন্ডারি, ମୁଣ୍ଡାରୀ, 𞓧𞓟𞓨𞓜𞓕𞓣𞓚

* Official language in: Jharkhand, India

Mường – thiểng Mường

* Spoken in: Northwestern Vietnam

Muscogee Creek – Mvskoke, Mvskokē

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

Musgu – Mulwi

* Spoken in: Cameroon and Chad

Muskum † – Muzuk

* Formerly spoken in: Chad

Mussau-Emira – Mussau-Emira

* Spoken in: Mussau Island of St Matthias Islands and Emira Island part of Papua New Guinea

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Nagumi † – Gong or Ngong

* Formerly spoken in: Cameroon

Nahuatl – Māsēwallahtōlli, Mexicano, or Nāhuatlahtōlli

* Official language in: Mexico

Nanai – на̄най, на̄ни

* Spoken in: Russia and China

Naskapi – ᓇᔅᑲᐱ, ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ

* Spoken in: Quebec province and Labrador region, Canada

Naukan Yupik – Нывуӄаӷмистун

* Spoken in: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , Russia

Nauruan – Dorerin Naoero, Ekaiairũ Naoero

* Official language in: Nauru

Navajo – Diné bizaad

* Spoken on the Navajo Nation

Naxi – Naqxi geezheeq

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

Ndau – chiNdau

* Official language in: Zimbabwe

Ndyuka –

* Spoken in: French Guiana and Suriname

Neapolitan – napulitano

* Spoken in: Campania , Italy

Nenets – ненэця’ вада, нешаӈ вата

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

Neo-Mandaic – Mandɔyí

* Spoken in: Iran

Nepal Bhasa – नेपाल भाषा

* Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim and Nepal

Nepali – नेपाली

* Official language in: the Indian district of the Darjeeling district , the Indian state of Sikkim , and Nepal

New Zealand Sign Language – Sign Language

* Official language in: New Zealand

Ngaanyatjarra – Ngaanyatjarra

* Spoken in: Warburton, Western Australia in Australia

Ngaju – Ngaju

* Spoken in: Central Kalimantan , Indonesia

Nganasan – ня” сиәде

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

Ngbaka – Ngbaka

* Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ngbee † – Lingbee

* Formerly spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ngyian – Nghan

* Spoken in: Kaduna State, Nigeria

Nheengatu – nhẽẽgatú, yẽgatu, nheẽgatu

* Official language in: the Brazilian municipalities of São Gabriel da Cachoeira in Amazonas and Monsenhor Tabosa in Ceará

Nias – Li Niha

* Spoken in: Nias and Batu Islands in Indonesia

Nigerian Pidgin – Naijá

* Spoken in: Nigeria

Nihali – निहाली

* Spoken in: Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in India

Nisga'a – Nisg̱a’a, nisqáʔamq

* Spoken in: Northwest British Columbia , Canada

Niuean – ko e vagahau Niuē

* Official language in: Niue , New Zealand

Nivkh – нивх диф, нивх туғс

* Spoken in: Khabarovsk Krai and Sakhalin Oblast , Russia

Noakhali – নোয়াখাইল্লা

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

Nobiin – Nòbíín, Ⲛⲟⲩⲃⲓⲛ, نُـٰوبين

* Spoken in: Egypt and Sudan

Nogai – ногай тили, nogay tili

* Official language in: the Republic of Dagestan and the Karachay-Cherkess Republic in Russia

Noongar – Nyungar

* Spoken in: Western Australia , Australia

Norfuk – Norfuk, Norf'k

* Official language in: Norfolk Island , Australia

Norman – Normaund

* Spoken in: Normandy , France

North Straits Salish – xʷsenəčqən

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

Northern Khmer – เขมรถิ่นไทย‎

* Recognised Minority Language in: Thailand

Northern Ndebele – isiNdebele

* Official language in: Zimbabwe

Northern Qiang – Rrmearr

* Spoken in: Sichuan, China

Northern Sotho – Sesotho sa Leboa

* Official language in: South Africa

Northern Thai – ᨣᩴᩤᨾᩮᩥᩬᨦ

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

Northern Yukaghir – Вадул аруу

* Spoken in: Sakha Republic , Russia

Northwestern Otomi – Ñäñho

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

Norwegian – Norsk

* Official language in: Norway

Norwegian Sign Language – norsk tegnspråk, norsk teiknspråk

* Signed in: Norway

Nottoway – Cheroenhaka

* Spoken in: Virginia in the United States

Novial – novial

* International auxiliary language

Nuer – Thok Naath

* Spoken in: South Sudan and Gambela Region , Ethiopia

Nung – Nùng

* Spoken in: Vietnam , China and Laos

Nuosu/Yi – ꆈꌠ꒿

* Spoken in: China

Nupe – Nupe

* Spoken in: Nigeria

Nuu-chah-nulth – nuučaan̓uɫ

* Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

Nuxalk – ItNuxalkmc

* Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

Nyamwezi – Nyamwezi

* Spoken in: Tanzania

Nyangia – Nyang'i

* Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda

Nyankore – Orunyankore

* Spoken in: Uganda

Nyoro – Orunyoro

* Spoken in: Uganda

Nzema – Nzema

* Spoken in: Ghana and Ivory Coast

Nǁng – Nǁŋǃke

* Spoken in: South Africa
* (Nǁng is a "click language").

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Obolo – Andoni

* Spoken in: Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Occitan – Occitan

* Official language in: the Spanish comarca of Val d'Aran

Odia – ଓଡ଼ିଆ

* Official language in: the Indian states of Jharkhand and Odisha

Oirat – ᡆᡕᡅᠷᠠᡑ ᡘᡄᠯᡄᠨ

* Spoken in: Russia Mongolia and China

Oirata – Maaro

* Spoken in: Indonesia

Ojibwe – ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ

* Spoken by: the Ojibwe people

Oji-Cree – ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᒧᐏᐣ

* Spoken by: the Oji-Cree people

Okanagan – n̓səl̓xčin̓, n̓syil̓xčn̓

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

Okinawan Japanese – ウチナーヤマトゥグチ

* Recognised Regional Language in: Japan

Okinawan (Ryukyuan) – ウチナーグチ

* Spoken in: Okinawa Prefecture , Japan

Old Aramaic † – ?

* Formerly spoken in: the Fertile Crescent

Old Church Slavonic † – Словѣ́ньскъ Ѩзꙑ́къ, ⰔⰎⰀⰂⰑⰐⰊⰍ

* Formerly spoken in: Eastern Europe

Old Dutch † – thiudisc

* Formerly spoken in: the Low Countries

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

* Formerly spoken in: England , Scotland and Wales

Old French † – Franceis, François, Romanz

* Formerly spoken in: France and Wallonia , Belgium

Old Frisian † – Frīsesk

* Formerly spoken in: the Netherlands , Germany and the Region of Southern Denmark

Old Georgian † – ႤႬႠჂ ႵႠႰႧႭჃႪႨ

* Formerly spoken in: Georgia

Old High German † – diutisk

* Formerly spoken in: Central Europe

Old Irish † – Goídelc, ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ

* Formerly spoken in: the British Isles

Old Japanese † – 上代日本語, 大和言葉

* Formerly spoken in: Japan

Old Korean † – Silla(n)

* Formerly spoken in: southern and central areas of Korea

Old Norse † – dǫnsk tunga, norrǿnt mál

* Formerly spoken in: Northern Europe

Old Occitan † – romans, proensals

* Formerly spoken in: Southern France

Old Persian † – 𐎠𐎼𐎹, Ariya

* Formerly spoken in: Iran

Old Prussian † – Prūsiskai

* Formerly spoken in: Prussia

Old Saxon † – Sahsisk

* Formerly spoken in: Northwest Germany , Northeast Netherlands and Southern Denmark

Old Spanish † – roman, romançe, romaz

* Formerly spoken in: the Crown of Castile , Spain

Old Sundanese † – ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ ᮘᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪

* Formerly spoken in: Sunda Kingdom

Old Tupi † – abáñe'enga

* Formerly spoken in: the Coastline of Brazil

Old Udi † – 𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔼𐕎 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐔵

* Formerly spoken in: Caucasian Albania

Omotik † – Laamoot

* Formerly spoken in: Great Rift Valley, Kenya

Oneida – Onʌyotaʔa꞉ka

* Spoken in: Canada and the United States

Onge – Öñge

* Spoken in: Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Onondaga – Onǫdaʼgegáʼ, Onoñdaʼgegáʼ nigaweñoʼdeñʼ

* Spoken in: Canada and the United States

Ontong Java – Luangiua

* Spoken in: Ontong Java Atoll, Solomon Islands

Oʼodham – ʼOʼodham ha-ñeʼokĭ, ʼOʼodham ñiʼokĭ, Oʼodham ñiok

* Official language in: Mexico
* Also spoken in: the United States

Oroch – Орочи кэсэни

* Spoken in: Khabarovsk Krai , Russia

Orok – ульта

* Spoken in: Sakhalin Oblast , Russia

Oromo – Afaan Oromoo

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

Osage † – 𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷 𐒻𐒷‎, Wažáže ie

* Formerly spoken in: Oklahoma , the United States

Ossetian – иронау, ирон ӕвзаг

* Spoken in: North Ossetia and South Ossetia

Otomi – Hñähñu(?)

* Spoken in: the Mexican states of México , Puebla , Veracruz , Hidalgo , Guanajuato , Querétaro , Tlaxcala , and Michoacán

Ottoman Turkish † – لسان عثمانی

* Formerly an official language in: the Ottoman Empire

Ovambo – Oshiwambo

* Spoken in: Angola and Namibia

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Páez – Nasa Yuwe

* Spoken in: Colombia

Pahari – पहाड़ी

* Spoken in: the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand , and West Bengal; Nepal , the Pakistani state of Azad Kashmir , and Greater Tibet

Pahlavi † – 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩𐭪 ,𐫛𐫀𐫡𐫘𐫏𐫐‎, 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬯𐬍𐬐

* Formerly spoken in: Iran

Paipai – Akwa'ala

* Spoken in: Mexico

Paiwan – Vinuculjan, Pinayuanan

* Official language in: Taiwan

Palauan – a tekoi er a Belau

* Official language in: Palau

Pali – 𑀧𑀸𑀮𑀺, 𐨤𐨫𐨁, បាលី, ပါဠိ, ᨷᩤᩊᩦ, บาลี, පාලි, पालि, Pāḷi

* The Pali language is a liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism

Palula – پالُولا

* Spoken in: the Pakistani district of the Chitral District

Pamona – Poso, Bare’e

* Spoken in: Central and South Sulawesi , Indonesia

Pandan Bikol – Pandanon

* Spoken in: Catanduanes, Philippines

Pangasinan – Pangasinan

* Spoken in: Pangasinan, Philippines

Pannonian Rusyn – Руски язик

* Official language in: The Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina

Pa'O – ပအိုဝ်ႏ

* Recognised Minority Language in: Myanmar

Papiamento – Papiamentu

* Official language in: Aruba , Bonaire and Curaçao

Papua New Guinean Sign Language – Sign Language

* Official language in: Papua New Guinea

Paratió † – Prakió

* Formerly spoken in: Brazil

Parkari Koli – پارکری کولی

* Spoken in: Tharparkar, Pakistan

Parya – Парья

* Spoken in: Afghanistan , Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

Pashto – پښتو

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

Pattani Malay – بهاس جاوي, Bahasa Jawi, or ภาษายาวี

* Spoken in: the Thai provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, Songkhla, and Yala

Pazeh – Pazih, Pazéh, Kaxabu

* Spoken in: Taiwan

Pennsylvania German – Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch

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

Persian – فارسی

* Official language in: Afghanistan , Iran , and Tajikistan

Phoenician † – 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍𐤉𐤌

* Formerly spoken in: the Near East

Picard – picard

* Recognised Minority Language in: the French Community of Belgium

Pichinglis – Pichi

* Spoken in: Bioko, Equatorial Guinea

Piedmontese – piemontèis

* Recognised Minority Language in: Piedmont , Italy

Piman – Tepiman

* Spoken in: the State of Arizona, United States and the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, United Mexican States

Pinghua – 平话

* Spoken in: China , Vietnam

Pintupi-Luritja – Pintupi-Luritja

* Spoken in: Western Australia and Northern Territory , Australia

Pipil – Náhuat or Nawat

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

Pirahã – xapaitíiso

* Spoken in: the Brazilian state of Amazonas .

Pitjantjatjara – Pitjantjatjara

* Spoken in: the northwestern area of the Australian state of South Australia

Pitkern – Pitkern

* Official language in: the Pitcairn Islands , the United Kingdom

Plautdietsch – Plautdietsch

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

Pohnpeian – Mahsen en Pohnpei, Lokaiahn Pohnpei

* Official language in: Pohnpei , Federated States of Micronesia

Polish – Język polski, polski, or polszczyzna

* Official language in: Poland
* Recognised Minority Language in: the Czech Republic , Romania , Slovakia , and Ukraine

Pontic Greek – ποντιακά, ρωμαίικα

* Spoken in: Pontus, Turkey

Popoloca – Popoloca

* Spoken in: Puebla , Mexico

Portuguese – Português

* Official language in: Angola , Brazil , Cape Verde , East Timor , Equatorial Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Macau , Mozambique , Portugal , and São Tomé and Príncipe

Potawatomi – bodwéwadmimwen

* Spoken in: the United States and Canada

Powhatan † – Kikitowämak

* Formerly spoken in: Virginia and Maryland , the United States

Punjabi – पंजाबी, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, or پنجابی

* Official language in: the Indian Union territory of Delhi ; and the Indian states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and West Bengal
* Majority spoken language in: the Pakistan and mostly in province of Punjab

Purépecha – Pʼurhépecha

* Spoken in: Michoacán , Mexico

Puroik – pɯh˧˩ ɣut˥

* Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India and Lhünzê County in Tibet, China

Pu-Xian Min – 興化話 or 莆仙話

* Spoken in: the Chinese county of Xianyou and the Chinese prefecture-level cities of Fuzhou, Putian, and Quanzhou

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Qashqai – قشقايی ديلى

* Spoken in: Fars Province, Iran

Qʼeqchiʼ – Kekchi

* Official language in: Guatemala and Mexico

Quebec Sign Language – Langue des signes québécoise

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

Quechua – Runasimi

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

Quenya – Eldarin

* Constructed language spoken by the Elves in the Middle-earth
* Quenya is used as a liturgical language by Elves

Quinqui – Quinqui

* Spoken in: Spain

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Raga – Hano

* Spoken in: the Pentecost Island, Republic of Vanuatu

Rajasthani – राजस्थानी

* Spoken in: the Indian state of Rajasthan

Rajbanshi – राजबंशी‎, রাজবংশী, তাজপুরিয়া

* Spoken in: Nepal

Ramanos † – ?

* Formerly spoken in: Bolivia

Rangi – Kɨlaangi

* Spoken in: Tanzania

Rangpuri – রংপুরী, কোচ-ৰাজবংশী, দেশী

* Official language in: West Bengal, India
* Also spoken in: North Bengal

Rapa Nui – Vānaŋa Rapa Nui, Te reʻo Rapa Nui

* Official language in: Easter Island , Chile

Réunion Creole – kréol rénioné

* Official language in: Réunion, France

Rinconada Bikol – Rinconada

* Spoken in: Camarines Sur, Philippines

Rohingya – 𐴌𐴗𐴥𐴝𐴙𐴚𐴒𐴙𐴝

* Official language in: the Rakhine State, and southeastern Chittagong Division (Bangladesh)

Romagnol – Rumagnòl

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

Romani – Romani Ćhib

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

Romanian – Română

* Official language in: Moldova , Romania , Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic , and the Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina
* Recognised Minority Language in: Hungary , Italy , Serbia , Spain , and Ukraine

Romansh – romontsch, rumantsch, rumauntsch, rumàntsch

* Official language in: Switzerland

Rotokas – Rotokas

* Spoken in: Bougainville part of Papua New Guinea

Rundi – Ikirundi

* Official language in: Burundi

Russian – Русский

* Official language in: 8 countries, 3 subnational entities and 12 organizations
* Recognised Minority Language in: 7 countries

Russian Sign Language – русский жестовый язык

* Signed in: Russia , Tajikistan , Belarus , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Uzbekistan and Moldova

Rusyn – Русиньский Язык, Русиньска Бесїда, Русинська Мова

* Official language in: The Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina
* Recognised Minority Language in: Croatia , Poland , Romania , Serbia , and Slovakia

Ruthenian † – Руська мова

* Formerly spoken in: the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Rutul – мыхаӀбишды чӀел

* Official language in: the Republic of Dagestan , Russia

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Saanich – SENĆOŦEN, Sənčáθən

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

Saaroa – Lhaʼalua

* Spoken in: Taiwan

Sadri – सादरी (नागपुरी), ସାଦ୍ରୀ, সাদরি

* Official language in: India

Saek – แถร̄ก

* Spoken in: Laos and Thailand

Saint Lucian Creole – kwéyòl

* Spoken in: Saint Lucia

Saka † – ?

* Formerly spoken in: Central Asia

Sakizaya – Sakizaya

* Spoken in: Taiwan

Salar – Salarcha, 撒拉语

* Official language in: Xunhua Salar Autonomous County and Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County, China

Salish – Séliš, Npoqínišcn

* Spoken in: Montana , Idaho and Washington , the United States

Samaritan Aramaic – ࠀࠓࠌࠉࠕ, Arāmît

* Formerly spoken in: Israel and Palestine
* The Samaritan Aramaic language is a liturgical language used by Samaritans

Samaritan Hebrew – ࠏࠁࠓࠉࠕ, Îbrit

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

Sambal – Sambali

* Regional language in: the Philippines

Sambalpuri – ସମ୍ବଲପୁରୀ

* Spoken in: Western Odisha, India

Sámi (Akkala) † – äh'k'el'säm'la

* Formerly spoken in: Russia

Sámi (Inari) – anarâškielâ, aanaarsämikielâ

* Recognised as a minority language in Finland

Sámi (Kemi) † – ?

* Formerly spoken in: Finland

Sámi (Kildin) – Кӣллт са̄мь кӣлл

* Recognised as a minority language in Russia

Sámi (Lule) – julevsámegiella

* Recognised as a minority language in Norway, Sweden

Sámi (Northern) – davvisámegiella

* Recognised as a minority language in Finland, Norway, Sweden

Sámi (Pite) – bidumsámegiella

* Recognised as a minority language in Norway, Sweden

Sámi (Skolt) – sääʹmǩiõll, nuõrttsääʹmǩiõll

* Recognised as a minority language in Russia, and formerly spoken in Norway

Sámi (Southern) – åarjelsaemien gïele

* Recognised as a minority language in Norway

Sámi (Ter) – Са̄мькӣлл, saa´mekiill

* A moribund language spoken in Russia

Sámi (Ume) – ubmejesámiengiälla

* Recognised as a minority language in Sweden, and formerly in Norway

Samoan – Gagana Sāmoa

* Official language in: American Samoa and Samoa

Samogitian – Žemaitiu kalba

* Spoken in: Samogitia , Lithuania

Sandawe – Sàndàwé kì’ìng

* Spoken in: Tanzania
* (Sandawe is a "click language").

Sango – yângâ tî sängö

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

Sanskrit – संस्कृतम्, संस्कृता वाक्

* Official language in: India

Santali – ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ

* Official language in: India

Saramaccan – Saamáka

* Spoken in: Suriname and French Guiana, France

Sardinian – Sardu

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

Sarikoli – تۇجىك زىڤ ,سەرىقۇلى زىڤ

* Official language in: Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, China

Sartang – But(pa)

* Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, India

Sasak – ᬪᬵᬲᬵᬲᬓ᭄ᬱᬓ᭄

* Spoken in: West Nusa Tenggara , Indonesia

Sassarese – sassaresu, turritanu

* Recognised Minority Language in: Sardinia , Italy

Saurashtra – ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬꢵ

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

Scots – Scots, Scottis, Scots leid, Lallans

* Recognised Minority Language in: Northern Ireland and Scotland

Scottish Gaelic – Gàidhlig

* Recognised Minority Language in: Scotland

Sechelt – she shashishalhem

* Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

Seediq – Kari Seediq, Taroko

* Spoken in: Taiwan

Sekani – Tse’khene

* Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

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

* Spoken in: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , Russia

Senaya – ܣܢܝܐ ,ܣܘܪܝ

* Spoken in: Tehran and Qazvin, Iran

Seneca – Onöndowaʼga꞉ʼ Gawë꞉noʼ

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

Sentinelese – ?

* Spoken in: North Sentinel Island

Serbian – Српски, Srpski

* Official language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia
* Recognised Minority Language in: Croatia , the Czech Republic , Hungary , Montenegro , North Macedonia , Romania and Slovakia

Serbian Sign Language – Српски знаковни језик, Srpski znakovni jezik

* Signed in: Serbia and Montenegro

Serbo-Croatian – srpskohrvatski/српскохрватски, also hrvatskosrpski/хрватскосрпски

* Official language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Montenegro Serbia
* Recognised Minority Language in: Austria , Czech Republic , Hungary , Italy , North Macedonia , Romania and Slovakia

Serer – Seereer, Seereer-Siin

* Spoken in: the Republic of the Gambia and the Republic of Senegal

Seri – cmiique iitom

* Spoken in: Sonora , Mexico

Serrano † – Maarrênga'twich

* Formerly spoken in: Southern California , the United States

Seychellois Creole – kreol, seselwa

* Official language in: Seychelles

Shabo – Mikeyir

* Spoken in: Ethiopia

Shan – လိၵ်ႈတႆး

* Spoken in: the Myanmar states of the Kachin State and the Shan State and by the Shan people

Shanghainese – 上海闲话

* Spoken in: the Chinese municipality of Shanghai

Shao–Jiang Min – 邵將, 邵将

* Spoken in: Nanping in Fujian, China

Shawnee – saawanwaatoweewe, sâwanwâtowêwe

* Spoken in: Central and Northeast Oklahoma , the United States

Sherdukpen – Mey, Ngnok

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

Sherpa – शेर्पा, ཤེར་པཱ།

* Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim

Shilha – Taclḥiyt, ⵜⴰⵛⵍⵃⵉⵢⵜ, تاشلحيت

* Spoken in: Morocco

Shina – ݜݨیاٗ زبان ,ݜݨیاٗ گلیتوࣿ زبان

* Spoken in: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Shona – Shona

* Official language in: Zimbabwe

Shor – шор тили, тадар тили

* Spoken in: Kemerovo Oblast , Russia

Shoshoni – Sosoni' ta̲i̲kwappe, Neme ta̲i̲kwappeh

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

Shughni – xuɣ̌nůni ziv, خُږنۈنے زِڤ, хуг̌ну̊ни зив

* Spoken in: the Gorno-Badakhshan in Tajikistan , Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan , Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan and Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County in China .

Shuswap – Secwepemctsín

* Spoken in: British Columbia , Canada

Siberian Tatar – Себертатарца

* Spoken in: Western Siberia , Russia

Sicilian – Sicilianu

* Spoken in: the Italian region of Apulia , Calabria , Campania ; the Italian comune of Leece ; Malta ; and the Italian autonomous region of Sicily

Sidamo – Sidaamu Afoo

* Spoken in: Sidama Region , Ethiopia

Sikkimese – འབྲས་ལྗོངས་

* Official language in: the Indian state of Sikkim

Silesian – Ślōnski, Ślůnski

* Spoken in:  Poland and  Czech Republic

Siltʼe – የስልጤ

* Spoken in: Central Ethiopia Regional State , Ethiopia

Sindarin – Sindarin

* Constructed language spoken by the Elves in the Middle-earth

Sindhi – سنڌي

* Official language in: India and the Pakistani province of Sindh

Sinhala – සිංහල

* Official language in: Sri Lanka

Sinte Romani – Romanes, Sinto, Sintitikes

* Recognised Minority Language in: the Netherlands and Germany

Sioux – Lakȟótiyapi, Dakȟótiyapi, Dakhód'iapi

* Official language in: South Dakota , the United States

Slavey – Sahtúgot’įné Yatı̨́, K’ashógot’įne Goxedǝ́, Shíhgot’įne Yatı̨́, Dené Dháh, Dene Yatıé, Dene Zhatıé

* Official language in: the Northwest Territories , Canada

Slovak – Slovenčina

* Official language in: Slovakia , and the Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina
* Recognised Minority Language in: the Czech Republic , Hungary and Ukraine

Slovene – Slovenščina

* Official language in: Slovenia
* Recognised Minority Language in: Austria , Hungary , and Italy

Slovio – Slovio, Словио

* Zonal auxiliary language for Slavs

Sogdian † – 𐼑𐼇𐼄𐼌𐼊𐼋 [𐼀𐼈𐼂𐼀𐼋], 𐼼𐼴𐼶𐼹𐼷𐼸 (𐼰𐼵𐼱𐼰𐼸), 𐼼𐼲𐼴𐼹𐼷𐼰𐼴‎, 𐫘𐫇𐫄𐫔𐫏𐫀𐫇

* Formerly spoken in: Central Asia and China

Solresol – Sol-Re-Sol

* A musical constructed language

Somali – اللغة الصومالية, Af-Soomaali

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

Songhay – Songhai

* Spoken in: West Africa, primarily in Niger and Mali

Soninke – Sooninkanxanne

* Spoken in: West Africa, primarily in Mali and Mauritania

Sora – 𑃐𑃚𑃝, ସଉରା

* Spoken in: India

Sorani – سۆرانی, Soranî

* Spoken in: Iran and Iraq

Sotho – Sesotho

* Official language in: Lesotho and South Africa

South African Sign Language – Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal

* Official language in: South Africa

South Azerbaijani – آذربایجان دیلی

* Spoken in: Iranian Azerbaijan, Iran

Southern Ndebele – isiNdebele

* Official language in: South Africa

Southern Qiang – ?

* Spoken in: Sichuan, China

Southern Quechua – Urin Qhichwa

* Spoken in: Bolivia , Peru , Chile and Argentina

Southern Thai – ภาษาไทยถิ่นใต้

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

Southern Uzbek – اۉزبېکچه ,اۉزبېکی ,اۉزبېک تورکچه‌سی

* Spoken in: Afghanistan

Southern Yukaghir – Одун ажуу

* Spoken in: Sakha Republic and Magadan Oblast , Russia

Spanish – Español

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

Spanish Sign Language – Lengua de Signos Española

* Signed in: Spain

Sranan Tongo – Sranantongo

* Spoken in: Suriname

Stoney – Nakoda, Nakota, Isga, Îyethka Îabi, Îyethka wîchoîe, Isga Iʔabi

* Spoken in: Alberta , Canada

Sudovian † – Sūdaviskai

* Formerly spoken in: Lithuania and Poland

Sukuma – Kɪsukuma, Kisukuma

* Spoken in: Tanzania

Sumerian † – 𒅴𒂠 (EME.G̃IR15)

* Formerly spoken in: Southern Iraq and Southeastern Iran

Sunam – sunnampakad

* Spoken in: Himachal Pradesh, India

Sundanese – ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ

* Official language in: the Indonesian province of West Java

Sunwar – सुनुवार, कोइँच, किराँती-कोइँच, मुखिया

* Official language in: Sikkim, India

Surajpuri – सुरजापुरी, সুরজাপুরী

* Official language in: India

Suret – ܣܘܪܝܬ

* Recognised Minority Language in: Iraq

Surigaonon – Tandaganon

* Regional language in: the Philippines

Susu – Sosoxui

* Spoken in: Guinea and Sierra Leone

Susuami – Susuami

* Spoken in: Morobe Province , Papua New Guinea

Svan – ლუშნუ ნინ

* Spoken in: Georgia

Swahili – Kiswahili

* Official language in: Kenya , Tanzania , and Uganda

Swazi – siSwati

* Official language in: Eswatini and South Africa

Swedish – Svenska

* Official language in: Finland and Sweden

Swedish Sign Language – Svenskt Teckenspråk

* Official language in: Sweden

Swiss German – Schwyzerdütsch

* Spoken in: the Austrian state of Vorarlberg , the Italian regions of the Aosta Valley and Piedmont , Liechtenstein , and Switzerland

Sylheti – ছিলটী, সিলেটী

* Spoken in: the Bangladeshi division of Greater Sylhet ; the Indian state of Assam's Barak Valley ; and the Indian state of Tripura

Syriac – ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ

* Formerly spoken in: the Fertile Crescent and Eastern Arabia
* The Syriac language is a liturgical language of Syriac Christianity

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Taa – ǃXóõ

* Spoken in: Ghanzi , Kgalagadi , Kweneng , Southern Districts and Hardap
* (Taa is a "click language").

Tabasaran – табасаран чIал

* Official language in: the Republic of Dagestan , Russia

Tagalog – ᜏᜒᜃᜅ᜔ ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔, Wikang Tagalog

* Official language in: the Philippines

Tagish † – Tā̀gish

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

Tahitian – Reo Mā'ohi, Reo Tahiti

* Spoken in: the French Polynesian area of the Society Islands

Tahltan – Tałtan ẕāke, dah dẕāhge, didene keh

* Spoken in: Northern British Columbia , Canada

Tai Daeng – ꪼꪕꪵꪒꪉ

* Spoken in: Northwestern Vietnam and Northeastern Laos

Tai Dam – ꪺꪕꪒꪾ

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

Tai Dón – ꪼꪕ ꪒ꪿ꪮꪙ

* Spoken in: Laos , Vietnam and the Chinese county of the Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County

Tai Khün – ไทเขิน

* Spoken in: Shan State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the Kingdom of Thailand

Tai Lü – ᦑᦺᦟᦹᧉ

* Spoken in: Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China

Tai Nüa – ᥖᥭᥰᥖᥬᥳᥑᥨᥒᥰ

* Official language in: the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, People's Republic of China

Taíno † – Tainonaíki

* Formerly spoken in: the Antilles

Taivoan † – Rara ka maka-Taivoan

* Formerly spoken in: Taiwan

Taiwanese – 臺語, Tâi-gí, Tâi-gú

* Official language in: Taiwan

Tajik – Тоҷикӣ

* Official language in: the Tajikistan

Takpa – དག་པ་ཁ་

* Spoken in: India , Bhutan and Tibet, China

Talossan – el glheþ Talossan

* A constructed language that was invented by Robert Ben Madison  for his micronation of Talossa

Talysh – Tolışə zıvon, Tолышә зывон, تؤلشه زوؤن

* Spoken in: Iran and Azerbaijan

Tamang – तामाङ

* Official language in: Sikkim, Republic of India and the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

Tamasheq – Tamashek

* Official language in: Mali

Tamazight – ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ, أمازيغية أطلس الأوسط

* Official language in: Morocco

Tamil – தமிழ்

* Official language in: the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, union territories of Pondicherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka , Republic of Singapore
* Recognised Minority Language in: Malaysia

Tanacross – Neeʼaanděgʼ

* Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Tanchangya – 𑄖𑄧𑄐𑄴𑄌𑄧𑄁𑄉𑄴𑄡

* Spoken in: Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh ; Mizoram and Tripura, India ; Rakhine State , Myanmar

Tangut † – 𗼇𗟲

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

Tarahumara – Rarámuri ra'ícha

* Official language in: Mexico

Tat – zuhun tati, зугьун тати

* Official language in: the Republic of Dagestan , Russia

Tatar – تاتارچا, Tatarça, Tатарча

* Official language in: the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation

Tausug – Bahasa Sūg

* Spoken in: Sulu, Philippines

Tawellemmet – Tawəlləmmət, ⵜⵓⵍⵎⵓⵜ, تَاوَلَّمَّتْ

* Spoken in: Mali and Niger

Tay – Tiểng Tày, Thổ

* Spoken in: Vietnam

Telugu – తెలుగు

* Official language in: the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and town of Yanam

Temne – KʌThemnɛ

* Spoken in: Sierra Leone and Guinea

Tepes – Soo

* Spoken in: the Republic of Uganda

Terêna – Etelena

* Spoken in: Brazil

Terengganu – Ccakak Tranung

* Spoken in: Terengganu , Malaysia

Teribe – Naso, Norteño, Quequexque, Teribe, Tiribi, or Térraba

* Spoken in: the Costa Rican provinces of Limón and Puntarenas , and the Panamanian provinces of Bocas del Toro and Chiriquí

Tetum – Lia-Tetun

* Official language in: the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
* Recognised Minority Language in: East Nusa Tenggara, Republic of Indonesia

Thai – ภาษาไทย

* Official language in: the Kingdom of Thailand

Thangmi – Thāmī

* Spoken in: Nepal and India

Thao – Thau a lalawa

* Spoken in: Taiwan

Thompson – Nłeʔkepmxcín

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

Tibetan – དབུས་སྐད་

* Official language in: the Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China and Upper Mustang, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

Tigre – ትግሬ, ትግራይት

* Recognised Minority Language in: Eritrea and Sudan

Tigrinya – ትግርኛ

* Official language in: the State of Eritrea and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Tindi – Идараб мицци

* Spoken in: Southern Dagestan , Russia

Tiv – Tiv

* Spoken in: Benue State, Cross River State, Plateau State and Taraba State, Nigeria

Tiwi – Tunuvivi

* Spoken in: Melville Island and Bathurst Island in Northern Territory , Australia

Tlingit – Lingít

* Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Tobagonian Creole – ?

* Spoken in: Tobago part of Trinidad and Tobago

Toda – தோடா

* Spoken in: Western Tamil Nadu, India

Tofa – Тоъфа дыл

* Spoken in: Irkutsk Oblast , Russia

Tok Pisin – Tok Pisin

* Official language in: the Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Tokelauan – gagana Tokelau

* Official language in: Tokelau , New Zealand

Toki Pona – toki pona

* Constructed language spoken worldwide

Tongan – Lea faka-Tonga

* Official language in: the Kingdom of Tonga

Tongva † – Gabrielino

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

Tooro – Orutooro

* Spoken in: Uganda

Torwali – توروالی

* Spoken in: Pakistan

Trinidadian Creole – ?

* Spoken in: Trinidad in Trinidad and Tobago

Tsakhur – цӀаӀхна миз, ts'əxna miz

* Official language in: the Republic of Dagestan , Russia

Tsez – Цез Мец, Цезяс Мец

* Spoken in: the Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation

Tsimshian – Sm'algya̱x

* Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Tsonga – Xitsonga

* Official language in: the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Zimbabwe
* Recognised Minority Language in: the Republic of Mozambique

Tswa – Xitswa

* Spoken in: Mozambique

Tswana – Setswana

* Official language in: the Republic of Botswana , the Republic of South Africa , and the Republic of Zimbabwe
* Recognised Minority Language in: the Republic of Namibia

Tuareg – Tamahaq, Tamajaq, Tamasheq, or ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵌⴰⵆ

* Recognised Minority Language in: the Republic of Mali and the Republic of Niger

Tübatulabal – Pakaːnil

* Spoken in: California

Tujia – Bifzixsar, Mongrzzirhof

* Spoken in: Northwestern Hunan Province, China

Tulu – ತುಳು ಬಾಸೆ, തുളു ബാസെ, or

* Spoken in: the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Maharashtra

Tumbuka – Chitumbuka

* Recognised Minority Language in: Malawi , Zambia and Tanzania

Tumpoon – ទំពួន

* Spoken in: Cambodia

Tunica – Luhchi Yoroni

* Spoken in: the Louisiana, United States of America

Tunisian Arabic – تونسي

* Spoken in: Tunisia

Turkana – ŋatùrk(w)anà

* Spoken in: Kenya and Ethiopia

Turkish – Türkçe

* Official language in: Turkey , Northern Cyprus and Cyprus
* Spoken in: the Bosnia and Herzegovina , Greece , Iraq , Kosovo , North Macedonia , Romania , Bulgaria , Syria , the Netherlands , Belgium and Germany

Turkmen – Türkmençe or Türkmen dili

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

Turoyo – ܛܘܪܝܐ

* Recognised Minority Language in: the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and Turkey

Tuscarora † – Ska꞉rù꞉ręʼ, Skarò˙rə̨ˀ

* Formerly spoken by: the Tuscarora people

Tuvaluan – Te Ggana Tuuvalu

* Official language in: Tuvalu

Tuvan – тыва дыл

* Spoken in: Tuva

Twi – Twi

* Spoken in: Ghana

Tyap – A̱lyem Tyap

* Spoken in: Kaduna State and Plateau State, Nigeria

Tzeltal – Bats'il k'op

* Spoken in: Chiapas , Mexico

Tzotzil – Batsʼi kʼop

* Spoken in: Chiapas , Mexico

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Ubykh † – twaxəbza

* Formerly spoken in: Turkey

Udi – удин муз, udin muz, 𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔼𐕎 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐔵

* Spoken in: Azerbaijan , Russia , and Georgia

Udmurt – Удмурт кыл

* Official language in: the Udmurt Republic , Russia

Uduk – Tw'ampa or T'wampa

* Spoken in: the Federal Democratic Republic of South Sudan and the Republic of the Sudan

Ugaritic † – ?

* Formerly spoken in: Syria

Ugong – 'Ugong

* Spoken in: western Thailand

Ukrainian – Українська

* Official language in: the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and Ukraine
* Recognised Minority Language in: Bosnia and Herzegovina , the Republic of Croatia , the Czech Republic , Hungary , the Republic of Moldova , the Republic of Poland , Romania , the Republic of Serbia , and the Slovak Republic

Ulster Scots – Ulstèr-Scotch

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

Umbrian † – Iuku Umbriu

* Formerly spoken in: central Italy

Umbundu – Umbundu

* Official language in: Angola

Upper Chinook † – Kiksht

* Formerly spoken in: Oregon and Washington , the United States

Upper Kuskokwim – Dinakʼi

* Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Upper Sorbian – Hornjoserbsce

* Spoken in: the State of Saxony in Germany

Upper Tanana – Nee'aanèegn'

* Official language in: Alaska , the United States

Urdu – اُردُو

* Official language in: the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Indian states of Bihar, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir , Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Telangana

Urhobo – Urhobo

* Spoken in: Delta State and Edo State, Nigeria

Urum – Урум, Ουρούμ

* Recognised Minority Language in: Ukraine

Uspanteco – uspantek

* Spoken in: Guatemala

Uyghur – ئۇيغۇر تىلى

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

Uzbek – اوزبیک, Ўзбек, Oʻzbek

* Official language in: the Republic of Uzbekistan

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Vaagri Booli – ஃஅக்கிபிக்கி

* Spoken in: Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh , Puducherry , Karnataka, , Maharashtra , and all in India

Vai – ꕙꔤ

* Spoken in: Liberia and Sierra Leone

Valencian – Valencià

* Official language in: the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia

Vayu – वायु, हायु

* Spoken in: Bagmati Province, Nepal

Vedda – වැදි

* Spoken in: Uva Province of Sri Lanka

Venda – Tshivenḓa

* Official language in: the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Zimbabwe

Venetian – Vèneto

* Official language in: the Italian region of Veneto

Veps – vepsän kelʹ

* Recognised Minority Language in: Karelia , Russia

Vietnamese – tiếng Việt

* Official language in: the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
* Recognised Minority Language in: Czechia and Slovakia

Vincentian Creole – ?

* Spoken in: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Viossa – Viossa

* An engineered constructed language created as an artificial pidgin

Vlax Romani – řomani čhib

* Generally spoken in: Southeastern Europe

Volapük – Volapük

* International auxiliary language invented by Johann Martin Schleyer

Võro – Võro Kiil

* Spoken in: Southern Estonia

Voro (Adamawa) – Vɔrɔ

* Spoken in: Adamawa State, Nigeria

Votic – Vaddja

* Spoken in: Ingria in Russia

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Wa – Va

* Sopken in: China , Laos , Myanmar , Thailand

Wakhi – ښیکوار زیک, Х̆икв̆ор зик, X̌ikwor zik

* Spoken in: Wakhan District in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan , and neighboring areas of Tajikistan , Pakistan and China

Wali – Waale, Waalii

* Spoken in: Ghana

Wallisian – Fakaʻuvea

* Spoken in: Wallis, Wallis and Futuna, France

Walloon – Walon

* Spoken in: the Belgian region of Wallonia

Waorani – Wao Terero

* Spoken in: Ecuador and Peru

Warao – Guarauno, Warrau

* Spoken in: Venezuela , Guyana and Suriname

Waray – Winaray, Binisayâ nga Winaray

* Regional language in: the Philippines

Warlpiri – Warlpiri

* Spoken in: the Australian Northern Territory

Warumungu – Warramunga

* Spoken in: Northern Territory , Australia

Washo – wá꞉šiw ʔítlu

* Spoken in: the states of California and Nevada , the United States

Waziri – وزیری

* Spoken in: Waziristan, Pakistan

Wayuu – Wayuunaiki

* Spoken in: Venezuela and Colombia

Welsh – Cymraeg

* Official language in: the British country of Wales
* Recognised Minority Language in: the Argentine Republic and the United Kingdom

West Coast Bajau – Bajau Sama

* Spoken in: Sabah , Malaysia

Western Neo-Aramaic – ܣܪܝܘܢ (ܐܰܪܳܡܰܝ)

* Spoken in: Syria

Wintu – wintʰuːh

* Spoken in: California

Wiyot † – Soulatluk

* Formerly spoken in: Northwestern California , the United States

Wolaytta – Wolayttatto Doonaa

* Official language in: Wolayita Zone, Ethiopia

Wolof – Wolof

* Spoken in: the Republic of the Gambia , the Islamic Republic of Mauritania , and the Republic of Senegal

Wu – 吴方言

* Spoken in: the southern region of the Chinese province of Jiangsu, the entire province of Zhejiang, and the municipality of Shanghai

Wymysorys – Wymysiöeryś

* Spoken in: Wilamowice, Silesian Voivodeship , Poland

### X

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Xaracuu – Kanala, Xârâcùù

* Spoken in: the French special collectivity of New Caledonia

Xhosa – isiXhosa

* Official language in: the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Zimbabwe

Xiang – 湘语

* Spoken in: the northern region of the Chinese province of Guangxi and the central and southwestern regions of the province of Hunan

Xibe – ᠰᡞᠪᡝᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ

* Spoken in: the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang

Xiriâna † – Bahwana

* Formerly spoken in: Brazil

Xong – Dut Xonb

* Spoken in: southeastern China

Xucuru † – Xukurú

* Formerly spoken in: Brazil

### Y

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Yaghnobi – Яғнобӣ зивок

* Spoken in: Tajikistan

Yakan – Yakan

* Regional language in: the Philippines

Yakkha – याक्खा

* Spoken in: Nepal and Sikkim, India

Yakut – Саха тыла

* Official language in: Yakutia or Sakha in Russia

Yamben – Yaben

* Spoken in: Sumgilbar Rural LLG in Madang Province , Papua New Guinea

Yanesha' – Yanešač̣

* Spoken in: the Peruvian department of Pasco

Yao – chiYao

* Recognised minority language in: Malawi
* Also spoken in: Mozambique and Tanzania

Yapese – Yapese

* Spoken in: the Micronesian island of Yap

Yaqui – Yoem Noki

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

Yiddish – ייִדיש ייִדיש‎

* Official language in: the Russian Jewish Autonomous Oblast
* Recognised as a minority language in Bosnia and Herzegovina , the State of Israel , the Netherlands , the Republic of Poland , Romania , the Kingdom of Sweden , and Ukraine

Yola † – Yola

* Formerly spoken in: County Wexford, Ireland

Yoruba – Èdè Yorùbá

* Official language in: the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Yucatec Maya – mayaʼ tʼaan, maayaʼ tʼaan

* Official language in: Mexico

Yuchi – Tsoyaha

* Spoken in: Oklahoma , the United States

Yue – 粵語, 粤语, 廣東話, or 广东话

* Spoken in: the Chinese province of Guangdong and the autonomous region of Guangxi

Yurok – Pueleekla’

* Spoken in: Northwestern California , the United States

### Z

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Zaghawa – Beria

* Spoken in: Sudan and Chad

Zaiwa – Tsaiwa, Tsaiva

* Spoken in: southwestern area of China and Myanmar

Zande – Pazande

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

Zapotec – Diidxazá, Dizhsa

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

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

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

Zauzou – Rouruo

* Spoken in: Yunnan, China

Zaza – Zazaki

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

Zeelandic – Zeêuws

* Spoken in: Zeeland , the Netherlands

Zenaga – ⵜⵓⵥⵥⵓⵏⴳⵉⵢⵢⴰ

* Recognised Minority Language in: Mauritania

Zhuang – Vahcuengh, 話壯

* Spoken in: the southern areas of China

Zoroastrian Dari – فارسی ,دری ,دريلو, or Yazdi

* The Dari language is used by some Zoroastrians in Central Iran
* Note: the Zoroastrian Dari language is also called Dari, which shouldn't be confused with the variety of Persian language spoken in Afghanistan

Zulu – isiZulu

* Official language in: the Republic of South Africa

Zuni – Shiwi’ma

* Spoken in: New Mexico and Arizona in the United States

Zuojiang Zhuang – 話僮

* Spoken in: the Chinese autonomous region of Guangxi

Zyphe Chin – ?

* Spoken in: Chin State and India

## Alphabets and scripts

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† = Extinct script or alphabet

### '

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'Phags-pa † – ꡖꡍꡂꡛ ꡌ

* Formerly Used in: the People's Republic of China , the Republic of India , Mongolia , and Greater Tibet

### A

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Abkhaz alphabet – Aҧсшәа

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

Anglo-Saxon † – ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ

* Formerly Used in: Anglo-Saxon England

Arabic – الْأَبْجَدِيَّة الْعَرَبِيَّة

* Used in: primarily the Middle East and North Africa , but also in Southeast Asia , the northern areas of Sub-Saharan Africa , and the United Nations

Armenian – Հայկական Այբուբեն

* Used in: Armenia , the Republic of Cyprus , the Islamic Republic of Iran , the Republic of Poland , Romania , and the United States

Aurebesh – Aurebesh

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

Avestan – 𐬆𐬬𐬈𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬥

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

### B

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Balinese – ᬅᬓ᭄ᬱᬭᬩᬮᬶ

* Used in: Bali , Indonesia

Bamum † – ꚶꛉ꛰꛲ꚫꛦꚳ

* Formerly used in: Western Cameroon

Basahan † – Guhit

* Formerly used in: Bicol Region, Philippines

Batak – ᯅᯖᯂ᯲

* Used in: North Sumatra , Indonesia

Baybayin † – ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔

* Formerly used in: the Philippines . Ongoing revival efforts exist

Bengali–Assamese – বাংলা-অসমীয়া

* Used in: Bangladesh and the regions of West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland and Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India

Blissymbols –

* Blissymbols is a constructed language using ideographs invented by Charles K. Bliss after the Second World War.

Bopomofo – ㄓㄨˋ ㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄠˋ

* Used in: the People's Republic of China

Borama – 𐒄𐒋𐒦𐒩𐒗𐒓

* Used in: the Federal Republic of Somalia

Braille – ⠃⠗⠁⠊⠇⠑

* Braille is a tactile writing system, versions of which are used for many different languages and also used for the blind.

Buhid – ᝊᝓᝑᝒ

* Used in: Mindoro, the Philippines

### C

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

* Used in: Canada

Carian † – 𐊴𐊠𐊥𐊹𐊠𐊵

* Formerly used in: Western Anatolia

Cham – ꨀꨇꩉ ꨌꩌ

* Used in: Cambodia and the southern area of Vietnam

Cherokee – ᏣᎳᎩ

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

Cirth –

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

Coptic † –

* Liturgically used by: Copts

Cuneiform † – 𒋾𒀝𒁇

* Formerly used in: the Ancient Near East

Cypriot † – 𐠀𐠜𐠍𐠚

* Formerly used in: Arcadia and Cyprus

Cyrillic – Кѷрїлловица, Кирилица, Кириллица

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

### D

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Deseret – 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻

* The Deseret alphabet is a Mormon liturgical script

Devanagari – देवनागरी

* Used in: the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the northern areas of India and in Nepal

### E

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Egyptian hieroglyphs † – 𓂋𓏺𓈖 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖

* Formerly used in: Ancient Egypt

Elder Futhark † – ᚠᚢᚦᚨᚱᚲ

* Formerly used by: Germanics from 1st to 9th Century AD

### F

[edit]

Fraser – ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ

* Used in: Yunnan, China

### G

[edit]

Geʽez – ግዕዝ

* Used in: Ethiopia and Eritrea

Georgian – ქართული

* Used in: Georgia

Glagolitic † – ⰍⱛⰓⰊⰎⰎⰑⰂⱄⰜⰀ

* Formerly used by: the Middle Age Slavic people

Greek – Ελληνικό αλφάβητο

* Used in: Greece , Cyprus and the European Union

Gujarati – ગુજરાતી

* Used in: Gujarat and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India

Gurmukhi – ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ

* Used in: Punjab, India

### H

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Hangul – 한글, 조선글

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

Hanunó'o – ᜱᜨᜳᜨᜳᜢ

* Used in: Mindoro, the Philippines

Hebrew – אָלֶף־בֵּית עִבְרִי

* Used by: the Jews in Israel and worldwide

Hiragana – 平仮名, ひらがな

* Used in: Japan

### J

[edit]

Javanese – ꦲꦏ꧀ꦱꦫꦗꦮ

* Used in: Central Java , East Java , Lampung , and Yogyakarta , Indonesia

### K

[edit]

Kannada – ಕನ್ನಡ

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

Katakana – 片仮名, カタカナ

* Used in: Japan
* Formerly used in: Palau

Kayah Li – ꤊꤢꤛꤢꤟ ꤜꤤ

* Used in: the Kayah, Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Khmer – អក្សរខ្មែរ

* Used in: Cambodia

Kulitan † –

* Formerly used in: Pampanga, Philippines

### L

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Lao – ອັກສອນລາວ

* Used in: Laos

Latin – Latina, Romana

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

Lepcha – ᰛᰩᰵᰛᰧᰵ

* Used in: Sikkim, India

Limbu – ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ

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

Lontara – ᨒᨚᨈᨑ

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

### M

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Malayalam – മലയാളലിപി

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

Mandaic –

* Liturgically used by: the Mandaeans

Mandombe –

* Used in: West Africa

Meitei Mayek – ꯃꯩꯇꯩ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ

* Used in: Manipur and Assam, India

Mon–Burmese – မွန်မြန်မာအက္ခရာ

* Used in: Myanmar

Mongolian – ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ

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

### N

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New Tai Lue – ᦟᦲᧅᦷᦎᦺᦑᦟᦹᧉ

* Used in: Southeast Asia

N'Ko – ߒߞߏ

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

### O

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Odia – ଓଡ଼ିଆ

* Used in: Odisha, India

Ogham † – ᚛ᚑᚌᚐᚋ᚜

* Formerly used in: Ireland , Isle of Man , Wales , Cornwall and Scotland

Ol Chiki – ᱚᱞ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ

* Used in: Jharkhand and West Bengal, India

Osmanya – 𐒋𐒘𐒈𐒑𐒛𐒒𐒕𐒀

* Used in: the Federal Republic of Somalia

### R

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Rejang – ꥆꤰ꥓ꤼꤽ ꤽꥍꤺꥏ

* Used in: Bengkulu , Indonesia

Rongorongo † – ?

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

Runic † – ᚱᚢᚾᛟ

* Formerly Used by: 2nd Century Germanics

### S

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Samaritan † – ࠏࠁࠓࠉࠕ ,ࠀࠓࠌࠉࠕ

* Liturgically used by: the Samaritans

Saurashtra – ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬ

* Used in: Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka, India

Shavian – 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯

* Invented by Ronald Kingsley Read as an alternative phonetic alphabet to the English language.

Siddhaṃ † – 𑖭𑖰𑖟𑖿𑖠𑖽

* Formerly used in: Central Asia, Japan

Simplified Chinese – 汉语

* Used in: China , Singapore and the United Nations

Sinhala – සිංහල

* Used in: Sri Lanka

Sitelen Pona –

* Used by: Toki Pona speakers

Sundanese – ᮃᮊ᮪ᮞᮛ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ

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

Sylheti Nagri – ꠍꠤꠟꠐꠤ ꠘꠣꠉꠞꠤ

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

Syriac – ܐܠܦ ܒܝܬ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ

* Used by: Assyrians

### T

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Tagbanwa – ᝦᝪᝨᝯ

* Used in: Palawan, Philippines

Tai Le – ᥖᥭᥰ ᥘᥫᥴ

* Used in: Southeast Asia

Tai Tham – ᨲ᩠ᩅᩫᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ

* Used in: Southeast Asia

Tai Viet – ꪎꪳ ꪼꪕ

* Used in: Southeast Asia

Tamil – தமிழ்

* Used in: Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (Karaikal and Puducherry districts) in India , but also in Sri Lanka , Malaysia , and Singapore

Telugu – తెలుగు

* Used in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Puducherry (Yanam district), India

Tengwar –

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

Thaana – ތާނަ

* Used in: Maldives

Thai – อักษรไทย

* Used in: Thailand

Tibetan – བོད་ཡིག་

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

Tifinagh – ⵜⴼⵏⵗ, ⵜⵉⴼⵉⵏⴰⵖ

* Used in: Mali , Niger , Algeria , Libya , and Burkina Faso

Traditional Chinese – 漢語

* Used in: Taiwan , Hong Kong and Macau

### V

[edit]

Vai – ꕙꔤ

* Used in: Western Liberia

### Y

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Yi script – ꆈꌠꁱꂷ

* Used in: Southern Sichuan and Northern Yunnan, China

Younger Futhark † – ᚠᚢᚦᚨᚱᚲ

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

## Dialects

[edit]

† = Extinct dialect

### ǂ

[edit]

ǂAkhoe – ǂAkhoe Haiǁom

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

### A

[edit]

Achterhooks – achterhooks

* Spoken in: Achterhoek , the Netherlands

Albanian (Gheg) – gegnisht

* Spoken in: Albania

Albanian (Tosk) – toskërisht

* Spoken in: Albania

Amoy – 廈門話 or 厦门话

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

Armenian (Eastern) – Արևելահայերեն

* Spoken in: Armenia

Armenian (Western) – Արեւմտահայերէն

* Spoken by: the Armenian Diaspora

Auvergnat – auvernhat

* Spoken in: Auvergne , France

### B

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Balearic Catalan – balear

* Spoken in: the Balearic Islands , Spain

Balochi (Eastern) – رۏدرآتکی بلۏچی

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

Balochi (Southern) – مکرانی

* Spoken in: Pakistan and Iran

Balochi (Western) – رخشانی

* Spoken in: Pakistan , Iran , Afghanistan and Turkmenistan

Banat Bulgarian – Banátsća balgarsćija jazić, Palćena balgarsćija jazić

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

Banyumasan – basa Banyumasan

* Spoken in: Western Central Java , Indonesia

Belarusian (Taraškievica) – тарашкевіца

* Spoken by: the Belarusian diaspora

Brabantian Dutch – Braobans

* Spoken in: Belgium and the Netherlands

Bunjevac – bunjevački

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

Burgenland Croatian – gradišćanskohrvatski jezik

* Recognised Minority Language in: Austria and Hungary

### C

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Central Kanuri – Yerwá Kànùrí

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

Chakavian – čakavski

* Spoken in: Croatia and Slovenia

Colognian – Kölsch

* Spoken in: Cologne , Germany

Congo Swahili – Kingwana

* Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Coptic (Bohairic) – ϯⲁⲥⲡⲓ ⲛ̄ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̄ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̄ⲣⲉⲙϧⲏⲧ, ϯⲁⲥⲡⲓ ⲛ̄ⲣⲉⲙϧⲏⲧ, ϯⲁⲥⲡⲓ ⲛ̄ⲣⲉⲙⲡⲉⲙϩⲏⲧ

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

Coptic (Sahidic) – ϯⲁⲥⲡⲓ ⲛⲣⲉⲙⲣⲏⲥ

* Spoken by: Copts in upper Egypt

Cree (East) – ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ, ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ

* Spoken in: Quebec , Canada

Cree (Moose) – ᐃᓕᓖᒧᐎᓐ

* Spoken in: Ontario , Canada

Cree (Plains) – ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ

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

Cree (Swampy) – ᓀᐦᐃᓇᐍᐏᐣ

* Spoken in: Ontario , Canada

Cree (Woods) – ᓀᐦᐃᖬᐍᐏᐣ

* Spoken in: Manitoba and Saskatchewan , Canada

### D

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Dari – دری

* Official language in: Afghanistan

Dimli – Dimli

* Spoken in: Turkish provinces of Adıyaman, Aksaray, Batman, Bingöl, Bitlis, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Malatya, Muş, and Şanlıurfa

Dutch Low Saxon (collective name for multiple dialects) – Nederlaands Leegsaksies, Nederlaands Nedersaksies

* Spoken in: Northeastern Netherlands

### E

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East Franconian – Fränggisch

* Spoken in: Franconia , Germany

East Frisian Low Saxon – Oostfräisk, Oostfreesk, Plattdüts

* Spoken in: East Frisia , Germany

Elfdalian – övdalsk, övdalską

* Spoken in: Älvdalen Municipality, Dalarna County , Sweden

### F

[edit]

Farsi – فارسی

* Official language in: Iran

Fuzhou – 平話 or 福州話

* Spoken in: East Asia

### G

[edit]

Gascon – gascon

* Spoken in: Gascony , France

Goral – górolsko gwara, góralsko gwara

* Recognised Minority Language in: Slovakia
* Also spoken in: Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Silesian Voivodeship , Poland

Greek (Demotic) – ελληνικά, δημοτική

* Spoken by: Greeks

Greek (Katharevousa) – ἑλληνικά, καθαρεύουσα

* Formerly spoken by: Greeks
* Katharevousa is still used by Greek Orthodox Church

Gronings – Grunnegs, Grönnegs

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

### H

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Hazāragī – هزارگی

* Spoken in: Afghanistan , Iran , and Pakistan

Hessian – Hessisch

* Spoken in: Hesse , Germany

Hindko – ہندکو

* Spoken in: the Pakistani state of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Hokkien – 福佬話

* Spoken in: the southern area of the Chinese province of Fujian , Taiwan , and in Southeast Asia

### K

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Kajkavian – kajkavščina, kajkavština, kajkavica

* Spoken in: Croatia

Kirmanjki – Kirmanjki

* Spoken in: Turkish provinces of Bayburt, Bingöl, Erzincan, Erzurum, Gümüşhane, Muş, Sivas, and Tunceli

Kven – kvääni, kainu

* Recognised Minority Language in: Kingdom of Norway

Kwanyama – Oshikwanyama

* Spoken in: Angola and Namibia

### L

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Languedocien – lengadocian

* Spoken in: Southern France

Limousin – lemosin

* Spoken in: Limousin , France

Low Prussian – Niederpreußisch

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

Low Saxon (collective name for multiple dialects) – Nedersaksies

* Spoken in: Denmark , Germany , and the Netherlands

Lower Silesian – Schläsisch, Schläs’sch, Schlä’sch, Schläsch

* Spoken in: Germany , Poland , and Czech Republic

### M

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Masurian – mazurská gádkä

* Spoken in: Masuria , Poland

Meänkieli – Meänkieli

* Recognised Minority Language in: Kingdom of Sweden

Monégasque – Munegascu

* Spoken in: Monaco

Moravian – moravská nářečí

* Spoken in: Moravia and Czech Silesia , the Czech Republic

Māori English – Māori English

* Spoken in: New Zealand

### N

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Na – Bangni

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

Ndonga – Oshindonga

* Spoken in: Angola and Namibia

Ningbo – 寧波閒話

* Spoken in: the Chinese sub-provincial division of Ningbo

Norwegian (Bokmål) – bokmål

* Spoken in: Norway

Norwegian (Høgnorsk) – høgnorsk

* Spoken in: Norway

Norwegian (Nynorsk) – nynorsk

* Spoken in: Norway

Norwegian (Riksmål) – riksmål

* Spoken in: Norway

### O

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Ojibwe (Central) – Ojibwemowin

* Spoken in: Ontario , Canada

Ojibwe (Eastern) – Jibwemwin

* Spoken in: Ontario , Canada

Ojibwe (Northwestern) – Ojibwemowin

* Spoken in: Ontario and Manitoba , Canada

Ojibwe (Western) – Nakawēmowin

* Spoken in: Manitoba and Saskatchewan , Canada

Ossetian (Digor) – дигорон ӕвзаг

* Official language in: North Ossetia , Russia

Ossetian (Iron) – Ирон ӕвзаг

* Official language in: South Ossetia

Ottawa – Nishnaabemwin, Daawaamwin

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

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Palatine German – Pälzisch

* Spoken in: Palatinate , Germany

Peripheral Mongolian – ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ

* Spoken in: Inner Mongolia, China

Podlachian – pudlaśka mova

* Spoken in: Podlaskie Voivodeship , Poland

Pahari-Pothwari – پہاڑی پوٹھواری

* Spoken in: the Pakistani state of Azad Kashmir

Prekmurje Slovene – prekmürščina, prekmörščina, panonska slovenščina, prekmurščina, prekmursko narečje

* Spoken in: Slovenia and Hungary

Provençal – prouvençau

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

Punjabi (Eastern) – पंजाबी, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

* Official language in: the Indian Union territory of Delhi ; and the Indian states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and West Bengal

Punjabi (Western) – پنجابی

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

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Quanzhou – 泉州話

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

### R

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Resian – Rozajanski langäč, Rozojanski langäč

* Recognised Minority Language in: Italy

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Sapudi – Bhâsa Sapudi

* Spoken in: Sapudi Island, Indonesia

Saraiki – سرائیکی, ਸਰਾਇਕੀ, सराइकी

* Spoken in: the central regions of Pakistan

Sardinian (Campidanese) – sardu campidanesu, campidanesu

* Spoken in: southern Sardinia , Italy

Sardinian (Logudorese) – sardu logudoresu, logudoresu

* Spoken in: central Sardinia , Italy

Seroa † – ǃGãǃne, ǁKuǁe

* Formerly spoken in: Lesotho and South Africa
* (Seroa is a "click language").

Shtokavian – štokavski, штокавски

* Spoken in: Serbia , Croatia , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Montenegro , and Kosovo

Singpho – Singhpaw ga

* Spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, India

Slavey (North) – Sahtúgot’įné Yatı̨́, K’ashógot’įne Goxedǝ́ or Shíhgot’įne Yatı̨́

* Official language in: the Northwest Territories , Canada

Slavey (South) – Dené Dháh, Dene Yatıé or Dene Zhatıé

* Official language in: the Northwest Territories , Canada

Slavomolisano – na-našu, na-našo

* Recognised Minority Language in: Italy

Stellingwarfs – Stellingwerfs

* Spoken in: Ooststellingwerf and Weststellingwerf in the Dutch province of Friesland , the Netherlands

Swabian – Schwäbisch

* Spoken in: Swabia , Germany

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Tarantino – tarandíne

* Spoken in: Apulia , Italy

Tavoyan – ထားဝယ်စကား

* Spoken in: Tanintharyi Region , Myanmar

Teochew – 潮州話

* Spoken by: the Chinese Teochew people

Torlakian – Торлачки, Torlački

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

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Upper Saxon – Obersächsisch

* Spoken in: Saxony , Germany

### V

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Varhadi – वऱ्हाडी, 𑘪𑘬𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘚𑘲

* Spoken in: Maharashtra, India

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West Polesian – захыднёполіськая мова

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

Westphalian – Westfäölsk

* Spoken in: Westphalia , Germany

## Required fonts

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Many languages require special fonts in order to display correctly. Most use fonts from the Noto font family, created by Google. They can be downloaded here.

## See also

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

## External links

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* Language names — A similar list of "autoglottonyms" (The name of a language in its own language.) on omniglot.com. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
* Languages in their own writing systems — Another such list on geonames.de. Retrieved 2017-01-07.