Most widely spoken languages

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This table lists the approximately 1000 languoids that have more than 100,000 speakers according to census data. The list has been compiled and computed using data from Ethnologue, publicly available census data, and "glossorama", an unpublished database by Mikael Parkvall; this list is the same as the one featured in the appendix of the third edition of David Crystal's "Encyclopedia of Linguistics", 2010.

Abbreviations

C - Central

E - East(ern)

N - North(ern)

PNG - Papua New Guinea

Rep. - Republic

S - South(ern)

W - West(ern)

The Table

Top 1000 languages

Language	ISO 939-3 code(s)	Where spoken?	Language Family	Genus	Speakers (000)
Abron	abr	Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire	Niger-Congo	Kwa	122
Abung	abl	Indonesia	Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian	727
Acehnese	ace	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	3675
Acholi	ach	Sudan, Uganda	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	1,342
Adhola	adh	Uganda	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	573
Adi	adi	India, China	Sino-Tibetan	Tibeto-Burman	254
Adioukrou	adj	Côte d'Ivoire	Niger-Congo	Kwa	125
Adyghe	ady	Russia	Northwest Caucasian	Northwest Caucasian	532
Afar	aar	Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea	Afro-Asiatic	Cushitic	1,856
Afrikaans	afr	South Africa	Indo-European	Germanic	6,422
Ahanta	aha	Ghana	Niger-Congo	Kwa	139
Ahirani	ahr	India	Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	827
Aimaq	aiq	Afghanistan, Iran	Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	1,078
Aja	aja	Central African Rep., Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Kresh	1,171
Akan	aka	Ghana	Niger-Congo	Kwa	10,468
Akha	ahk	China, Myanmar, Thailand	Sino-Tibetan	Burmese-Lolo	458
Aklanon	akl	Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	564
Akoose	bss	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	139
Alaba	alw	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Cushitic	181
Albanian	aln, als	Albania, Serbia and Montenegro	Indo-European	Albanian	6,500
Alur	alz	DR Congo	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	2,112
Ama (Nyima, Nyimang)	nyi	Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Nyimang	116
Amharic	amh	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	25,325
Amis	ami	Taiwan	Austronesian	Paiwanic	136
Anaang	anw	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Cross River	1,274
Angas (Ngas)	anc	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	West Chadic	485
Angika (Anga)	anp	India, Nepal	Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	814
Anuak (Anywak)	anu	Sudan, Ethiopia	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	150
Anufo	cko	Benin, Ghana, Togo	Niger-Congo	Kwa	155
Anyin	any	Côte d'Ivoire	Niger-Congo	Kwa	1,049
Anyin Morofo	mtb	Côte d'Ivoire	Niger-Congo	Kwa	398
Arabic	arb	N Africa, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula	Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	284,261
Arakanese	mhv	Bangladesh, Myanmar	Sino-Tibetan	Burmese-Lolo	1,349
Aramaic (Modern)	→ Neo-Aramaic
Aringa	luc	Uganda	Nilo-Saharan	Moru-Madi	888
Armenian	hye	Armenia, Iran, Turkey	Indo-European	Armenian	5,171
Aromunian	rup	Balkans	Indo-European	Romance	234
Ashanti	→ Akan
Assamese	asm	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	15,916
Asu	asa	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	803
Attié	ati	Côte d’Ivoire	Niger-Congo	Kwa	501
Atuence	atf	China	Sino-Tibetan	Tibeto-Burman	627
Aushi	auh	Zambia	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	244
Avar	ava	Azerbaijan, Russia	Nakh-Daghestanian	Avar-Andic-Tsezic	766
Awadhi	awa	India, Nepal	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	22,661
Awngi	awn	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Central Cushitic	509
Awutu	afu	Ghana	Niger-Congo	Kwa	147
Ayizo	ayb	Benin	Niger-Congo	Kwa	343
Aymara	ayc, ayr	Bolivia, Chile, Peru	Aymaran	Aymaran	1811
Azande	→ Zande
Azerbaijani (Azeri)	azb, azj	Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq	Altaic	Turkic	22,283
Baatonum	bba	Benin, Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Gur	655
Bacama	bcy	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	Chadic	182
Badaga	bfq	India	Dravidian	S Dravidian	269
Bade	bde	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	West Chadic	304
Bagheli	bfy	India, Nepal	Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	434
Bagri	bgq	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	2,292
Bahasa Indonesia	→ Malay
Bahnar	bdq	Vietnam	Austro-Asiatic	Bahnaric	178
Bai	bca	China	Sino-Tibetan	Bai	1,318
Bajau	bdl, ssb	Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines	Austronesian	Sama-Bajaw	149
Bakumpai	bkr	Indonesia	Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian	103
Bakundu	bdu	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	140
Balanta-Ganja	bjt	Senegal	Niger-Congo	N Atlantic	107
Balanta-Kentohe	ble	Guinea-Bissau	Niger-Congo	N Atlantic	395
Balinese	ban	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	4,166
Balochi (Baluchi)	bgp	Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan	Indo-European	Iranian	8,024
Balti	bft	India, Pakistan	Sino-Tibetan	Bodic	291
Bambara	bam	Mali	Niger-Congo	W Mande	4,561
Bamun	bax	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	310
Banda	bjo	Central African Rep.	Niger-Congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	907
Bandi	bza	Liberia	Niger-Congo	W Mande	123
Bangala	bxg	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	3,500 L2
Bangaru	→ Haryanvi
Banggai	bgz	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	103
Bangubangu	bnx	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	305
Bantawa	bap	Nepal	Sino-Tibetan	Kiranti	457
Bantoanon	bno	Philippines	Austronesian	Central Philippine	167
Bareli	bfb, bpx, bgd	India	Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	369
Bari	bfa	Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	789
Bariba	→ Baatonum
Basa (Abacha)	bzw	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Atlantic-Congo	231
Basaá	bas	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	329
Bashkir	bak	Russia	Altaic	Turkic	1,166
Basque	eus	France, Spain	Isolate		665
Bassa	bsq	Liberia, Sierra Leone	Niger-Congo	Atlantic-Congo	486
Bata	bta	Nigeria, Cameroon	Afro-Asiatic	Chadic	182
Batak Angkola	akb	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	779
Batak Dairi	btd	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	1,200
Batak Karo	btx	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	622
Batak Mandailing	btm	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	415
Batak Simalungun	bts	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	1,200
Batak Toba	bbc	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	2,078
Bathudi	→ Oriya
Baule (Baoulé)	bci	Côte d'Ivoire	Niger-Congo	Kwa	2,790
Bedawi (Beja)	bej	Sudan, Eritrea	Afro-Asiatic	Beja	2,176
Bekwarra	bkv	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Cross River	121
Belarusan (Belorussian)	bel	Belarus	Indo-European	Slavic	7,198
Bemba (Chibemba)	bem	Zambia, DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	3,941
Bemba (Kinyabemba)	bmy	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	533
Bembe	bmb	DR Congo, Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	497
Bena	bez	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	937
Bena (Yungur)	yun	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	114
Bena-Lulua	→ CiLuba
Bench (Ghimarra)	bcq	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Omotic	248
Bengali	ben	Bangladesh, India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	206,666
Bera (Kibira)	brf	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	237
Berber	tzm	Algeria, Morocco	Afro-Asiatic	Berber	3,768
Berber (Rif)	→ Tarifit
Berom (Birom)	bom	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Platoid	363
Berta	wti	Ethiopia, Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Berta	218
Bété	bev	Côte d'Ivoire	Niger-Congo	Kru	544
Beti	btb	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	2,795
Bhatri	bgw	India	Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	657
Bhilali (Bhilala)	bhi	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	984
Bhili	bhb	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	3,196
Bhojpuri	bho	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	29,525
Bhumij	→ Mundari
Bicolano	→ Bikol
Bikol	bcl	Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	5,560
Bilaspuri	kfs	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	323
Bilin (Bilen)	byn	Eritrea	Afro-Asiatic	Central Cushitic	118
Bima	bhp	Indonesia	Austronesian	Central Malayo-Polynesian	518
Bimoba	bim	Ghana	Niger-Congo	Gur	118
Bingkokak	→ Tolaki
Bini	bin	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Edoid	3,089
Binji	bpj	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	293
Binukid	bkd	Philippines	Austronesian	S Philippines	139
Birifor	bfo	Burkina Faso	Niger-Congo	Gur	281
Bisa (Bissa)	bib	Burkina Faso, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire	Niger-Congo	E Mande	770
Bitare	brt	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	137
Biyo	byo	China	Sino-Tibetan	Tibeto-Burman	106
Blaan (Bolinao)	bpr, bps, smk	Philippines	Austronesian	South Mindanao	186
Bobo Madaré (Bobo Fing)	bbo, bwq	Burkina Faso	Niger-Congo	W Mande	463
Bodo	brx	India,Nepal	Sino-Tibetan	Baric	754
Bokar	→ Adi
Bokyi	bky	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	255
Bole	bol	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	West Chadic	121
Bolia	bli	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	177
Bomu (Boomu)	bmq	Mali, Burkina Faso	Niger-Congo	Gur	223
Borana	→ Oromo
Bori	→ Adi
Bosnian (*)	bos	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Indo-European	Slavic	4,000
Bouyei (Buyi, Giáy)	pcc	China, Vietnam	Tai-Kadai	Kam-Tai	2,605
Bozo	boz	Mali	Niger-Congo	W Mande	479
Brahui	brh	Pakistan	Dravidian	N Dravidian	2,664
Breton	bre	France	Indo-European	Celtic	344
Bru	bru, brv	Laos	Austro-Asiatic	Katuic	173
Brunei	kxd	Brunei, Malaysia	Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian	250
Budu	buu	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	353
Budza	bja	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	443
Bugis	bug	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	4,926
Bukusu	bxk	Kenya	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	731
Bulgarian	bul	Bulgaria	Indo-European	Slavic	6,928
Buli	bwu	Ghana, Burkina Faso	Niger-Congo	Gur	142
Bulu	bum	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	242
Bumthangkha	kjz	Bhutan	Sino-Tibetan	Tibeto-Burman	100
Bunak	bfn	East Timor, Indonesia	Trans-New Guinea	Timor-Alor-Pantar	119
Bundeli	bns	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	706
Bunu	bwx	China	Hmong-Mien	Hmongic	305
Bura-Pabir	bwr	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	Biu-Mandara	303
Buriat	bxm	China, Mongolia, Russia	Altaic	Mongolic	450
Burmese	mya	Myanmar	Sino-Tibetan	Burmese-Lolo	33,212
Bushoong	buf	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	276
Bwa (Bwamu)	bww	Burkina Faso, Mali	Niger-Congo	Gur	454
Cakchiquel	→ Kaqchikel
Caluyanun	clu	Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	244
Cambodian	→ Khmer
Cantonese	yue	China	Sino-Tibetan	Chinese	59,570
Cao Lan	mlc	Vietnam, China	Tai-Kadai	Central Tai	200
Capiznon (Capiseño)	cps	Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	638
Catalan	cat	Spain	Indo-European	Romance	6,457
Cebaara	→ Senoufo
Cebuano	ceb	Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	22,780
Chaga (Chagga)	jmc, old	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	419
Chakma	ccp	India, Banglades	Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	688
Chaldean (Modern)	→ Neo-Aramaic
Cham	cjm, cja	Vietnam, Cambodia	Austronesian	Sundic	360
Chaozhou	→ Min Nan
Chattisgarhi (Laria, Khaltahi)	hne	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	12,663
Chaungtha	ccq	Myanmar	Sino-Tibetan	Tibeto-Burman	105
Che	ruk	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	121
Chechen	che	Russia	Nakh-Daghestanian	Nakh	1,288
Cheremis	→ Mari
Chichewa (Chewa, Nyanja)	nya	Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	11,968
Chiga	cgg	Uganda	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	2,033
Chinantec	cco, cle, cpa, chq, cuc, cso, cnt	Mexico	Oto-Manguean	Chinantecan	135
Chinese	→ Gan, Hakka, Mandarin, Minbei, Minnan, Wu, Xiang, Yue
Chittagonian	cit	Bangladesh	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	16,231
Chodri	cdi	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	248
Chokwe	cjk	Angola, Zambia, DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,418
Chol	cti, ctu	Mexico	Mayan	Mayan	163
Chonyi	coh	Kenya	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	152
Chopi	cce	Mozambique	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	823
Chuvash	chv	Russia	Altaic	Turkic	1,178
Chuwabu (Chwabo)	chw	Mozambique	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,285
Cibak	ckl	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	Chadic	121
CiLuba	lua	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	7,501
Cishingini	asg	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	121
C'lela (Lela)	dri	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	109
Comorian	swb	Comoros Islands, Mayotte	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	962
Corsican	cos	France	Indo-European	Romance	236
Crimean Turkish (Crimean Tatar)	crh	Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, Romania	Altaic	Turkic	355
Croatian (*)	hrv	Croatia	Indo-European	Slavic	6,200
Cuyonon	cyo	Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	172
Czech	ces	Czech Rep.	Indo-European	Slavic	10,018
Dabida	→ Taita
Dagaare (Dagaari)	dga	Burkina Faso, Ghana	Niger-Congo	Gur	573
Dagara	dgi	Burkina FAso	Niger-Congo	Gur	477
Dagbani	dag	Ghana	Niger-Congo	Gur	971
Dagur (Daur)	dta	China	Altaic	Mongolic	102
Dai (Hlai)	lic	China	Tai-Kadai	Hlai	708
Daju	daj	Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Daju	417
Dan	daf	Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia	Niger-Congo	E Mande	988
Danakil	→ Afar
Dangme	ada	Ghana	Niger-Congo	Kwa	817
Dani	dni	Indonesia	Trans-New Guinea	Dani	279
Danish	dan	Denmark	Indo-European	Germanic	5,316
Dargwa	dar	Russia	Nakh-Daghestanian	Lak-Dargwa	464
Dari (E Farsi)	prs	Afghanistan, Pakistan	Indo-European	Iranian	6,600
Datooga	tcc	Tanzania	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	123
Davawenyo	daw	Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	139
Dayak (Malayic D.)	xdy	Indonesia	Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian	539
Dazaga	dzg	Chad	Nilo-Saharan	W	593
Deccan	dcc	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	11,756
Dendi	ddn	Benin	Nilo-Saharan	Songhai	154
Dhatki	mki	Pakistan	Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	171
Dhivehi	div	Maldives	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	339
Dhundari	dhd	India	Indo-European	Indo-Iranian	9,872
Dibo	dio	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	121
Dida	dic, gud, ney	Côte d'Ivoire	Niger-Congo	Kru	195
Didinga	did	Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Surmic	171
Digo	dig	Kenya, Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	397
Dimli	diq	Turkey	Indo-European	Iranian	1,667
Ding	diz	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	275
Dinka	dip	Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	2,210
Diola-Fogny (Jola-Fogny)	dyo	Gambia, Senegal	Niger-Congo	N Atlantic	624
Ditammari	tbz				177
Dogon	dba, dts	Burkina Faso, Mali	Niger-Congo	Dogon	784
Dogri (Dogri-Kangri)	dgo, xnr	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	1,575
Doko	→ Ngombe
Domari	rmt	Iran, Israel, Jordan, Syria	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	374
Dong	doc, kmc	China	Tai-Kadai	Kam-Tai	1,701
Dongolawi	→ Kenuzi
Dongxiang (Santa)	sce	China	Altaic	Mongolic	266
Duala	dua	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	147
Dubla (Dubli)	dub	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	250
Duruma	dug	Kenya	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	311
Dusun	dun, duq, duw	Malaysia	Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian	241
Dutch	nld	Netherlands	Indo-European	Germanic	21,023
Dyerma (Zarma)	dje	Niger, Nigeria	Nilo-Saharan	Songhay	2,970
Dyula (Jula)	dyu	Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali	Niger-Congo	W Mande	1,952
Dzongkha	dzo	Bhutan, India, Nepal	Sino-Tibetan	Tibeto-Burman	440
Ebira	igb	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Nupoid	1,234
Ebrié	ebr	Côte d'Ivoire	Niger-Congo	Kwa	101
Ede Idaca	idd	Benin	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	103
Ede Nago	nqg	Benin	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	398
Edo	→ Bini
Efik	efi	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Cross River	799
Eggon	ego	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	170
Ekari	ekg	Indonesia	Trans-New Guinea	Wissel Lakes-Kemandoga	103
Ekit	eke	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	243
Ekpeye	ekp	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	287
Emai-Iuleha-Ora	ema	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Edoid	121
Embu (Embo)	ebu	Kenya	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	547
Endo	enb	Kenya	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	100
Enga	enq	PNG	Trans-New Guinea	Engan	254
English	eng	UK, USA, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, worldwide	Indo-European	Germanic	361,762 + 1,500,000 [[L2]
Erzya	→ Mordvin
Esan	ish	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	144
Estonian	est	Estonia	Uralic	Finnic	962
Etsako	ets	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Edoid	332
Éwé	ewe	Ghana, Togo	Niger-Congo	Kwa	3,731
Ewondo	ewo	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	925
Fang	fak, fan	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	713
Fante	→ Akan
Farefare	→ Gurenne
Farsi	→ Persian
Fe'fe'	fmp	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	178
Fiji Hindustani	hif	Fiji	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	403
Fijian	fij	Fiji	Austronesian	Oceanic	478
Finnish	fin	Finland	Uralic	Finnic	5,165
Fipa	fip	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	390
Fongbe (Fon)	fon	Benin	Niger-Congo	Kwa	1,868
French	fra	France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, worldwide	Indo-European	Romance	74,521 + 500,000 L2
Frisian	fri	Germany, Netherlands	Indo-European	Germanic	433
Friulian (Furlan)	fur	Italy	Indo-European	Romance	600
Fulani (Fula, Pulaar, Fulacunda)	fub, fuc, fuf, fuh	Cameroon, Nigeria, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone	Niger-Congo	N Atlantic	14,853
Fulfulde	ffm	Mali	Niger-Congo	N Atlantic	7,525
Fuliiru	flr	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	580
Fur	fvr	Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Fur	915
Fuzhou	→ Min Dong
Gã	gaa	Ghana, Togo	Niger-Congo	Kwa	953
Gaelic, Irish	gle	Ireland	Indo-European	Celtic	350
Gaelic, Scots	gla	UK	Indo-European	Celtic	168
Gagauz	gag	Moldova	Altaic	Turkic	190
Galician	glg	Spain	Indo-European	Romance	2,425
Gallong	→ Adi
Gamit	gbl	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	296
Gamo	→ Kullo
Gamo-Gofa-Dawro	→ Kullo
Gan	gan	China	Sino-Tibetan	Chinese	21,880
Ganda	→ Luganda
Garhwali	gbm	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	3,201
Garífuna	cab	Belize, Guatemala, Honduras	Arawakan	Arawakan	138
Garo	grt	India	Sino-Tibetan	Baric	810
Garreh-Ajuran	ggh	Kenya	Afro-Asiatic	Cushitic	162
Gayo	gay	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	188
Gbaya (Gbagyi, Gwaya)	gby, krs, gbp, gbq, gya	Central African Rep.	Niger-Congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	1,128
Gedeo	drs	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Cushitic	910
Gen	gej	Togo, Benin	Niger-Congo	Kwa	409
Georgian	kat	Georgia	Kartvelian	Kartvelian	3,579
Gera	gew	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	Chadic	243
German	deu	Austria, Germany, Switzerland	Indo-European	Germanic	92,113
Ghomálá' (Bamendjuu)	bbj	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	379
Gidar	gid	Cameroon	Afro-Asiatic	Biu-Mandara	102
Gikuyu	→ Kikuyu
Gilaki	glk	Iran	Indo-European	Iranian	3,097
Giryama	nyf	Kenya	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	786
Giziga	gis, giz	Cameroon	Afro-Asiatic	Biu-Mandara	116
Goajiro (Guajiro)	guc	Colombia, Venezuela	Arawakan	Arawakan	310
Goemai	ank	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	West Chadic	243
Gogo	gog	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,524
Gojri (Gujari)	gju	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	1,237
Gokana	gkn	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Cross River	121
Gola	gol	Liberia, Sierra Leone	Niger-Congo	S Atlantic	143
Gondi	ggo, gno	India	Dravidian	S-C Dravidian	2,569
Gonja	gjn	Ghana	Niger-Congo	Kwa	231
Gor	gqr	Chad	Nilo-Saharan	Bongo-Bagirmi	175
Gorontalo	gor	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	934
Gourmanchéma (Gurma)	gux	Burkina Faso	Niger-Congo	Gur	1,116
Grebo	gry	Liberia	Niger-Congo	Kru	396
Greek (Modern)	ell	Greece, Cyprus	Indo-European	Greek	11,832
Guaraní	grn, gug	Paraguay	Tupian	Tupi-Guaraní	4,482
Gujarati	guj	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	50,415
Gujari (Gujuri)	→ Gojri
Gulay	gvl	Chad	Nilo-Saharan	Bongo-Bagirmi	265
Gumuz	guk	Ethiopia, Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Gumuz	240
Gun	guw	Benin	Niger-Congo	Kwa	648
Gurenne	gur	Ghana	Niger-Congo	Gur	474
Guro	goa	Côte d'Ivoire	Niger-Congo	E Mande	415
Gurung	ggn, gvr	Nepal	Sino-Tibetan	Bodic	377
Gusii	guz	Kenya	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	2,001
Gwere	gwr	Uganda	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	497
Gworok	kcg	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Platoid	157
Ha	haq	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,242
Hadiyya	hdy	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Cushitic	1,320
Hakka	hak	China	Sino-Tibetan	Chinese	30,789
Halbi	hlb	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	580
Hangaza	han	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	209
Hani	hni	China	Sino-Tibetan	Burmese-Lolo	553
Harauti	hoj	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	972
Haryanvi	bgc	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	14,271
Hausa	hau	Niger, Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	West Chadic	38,398
Havu	hav	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	911
Haya	hay	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,685
Hazaragi	haz	Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan	Indo-European	Iranian	3,797
Hebrew (Modern)	heb	Israel	Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	3,569
Hehe	heh	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,302
Hema	nix	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	223
Hemba	hem	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	323
Herero	her	Botswana, Namibia	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	172
Higi	→ Kamwe
Hiligaynon	hil	Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	8,446
Hindi	hin	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	304,058
Hindko	hno, hnd	Pakistan	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	3,195
Hlai	→ Dai
Hmong	hmn	China, Thailand, Vietnam	Hmong-Mien	Hmong-Mien	8,436
Hmong Daw	mww	China, Vietnam	Hmong-Mien	Hmong-Mien	243
Hmong Njua	blu	China	Hmong-Mien	Hmong-Mien	220
Ho	hoc	India	Austro-Asiatic	Munda	1,169
Hokkien	→ Min Nan
Honi	how	China	Sino-Tibetan	Tibeto-Burman	106
Hre	hre	Vietnam	Austro-Asiatic	Bahnaric	121
Huastec	hsf	Mexico	Mayan	Mayan	152
Huba	hbb	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	Chadic	212
Huli	hul	PNG	Austronesian	Oceanic	108
Hunde	hke	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	355
Hungarian (Magyar)	hun	Hungary	Uralic	Ugric	12,755
Hyam	jab	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	121
Iban	iba	Malaysia	Austronesian	Sundic	561
Ibanag	ibg	Philippines	Austronesian	N Philippines	642
Ibibio	ibb	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Cross River	2985
Icelandic	isl	Iceland	Indo-European	Germanic	308
Idakho-Isukha-Tiriki	ida	Kenya	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	386
Idoma	idu	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Idomoid	972
Ifè	ife	Togo, Benin	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	217
Ifugao	ifb	Philippines	Austronesian	N Philippines	215
Igala	igl	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	1,392
Igbo (Ibo)	ibo	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Igboid	20,810
Ijo lgs.	ijc	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Ijoid	4,767
Ikposo	→ Kposo
Ikwere	ikw	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	929
Ilanun	mbi	Philippines	Austronesian	S Philippines	196
Ilocano	ilo	Philippines	Austronesian	N Philippines	9,610
Indonesian	→ Malay
Ingessana (Gaam)	tbi	Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	E Jebel	111
Ingush	inh	Russia	Nakh-Daghestanian	Nakh	375
Inonhan	loc	Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	107
Inor	ior	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	399
Iraqw	irk	Tanzania	Afro-Asiatic	S Cushitic	575
Isan	→ Thai
Isekiri	its	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Defoid	4,798
Isoko	iso	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Edoid	595
Italian	ita	Italy, Switzerland	Indo-European	Romance	59,393
Itawis (Itawit)	itv	Philippines	Austronesian	N Philippines	197
Iu Mien	ium	China	Hmong-Mien	Hmong-Mien	1,011
Izi-Ezaa-Ikwo-Mgbo	izi	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Igboid	719
Izon	ijc	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Ijoid	1,217
Jadgali	jdg	Pakistan, Iran	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	105
Jalonke (Yalunka)	yal	Guinea	Niger-Congo	W Mande	162
Japanese	jpn	Japan	Japanese	Japanese	127,005
Jarai	jra	Vietnam, Cambodia	Austronesian	Chamic	356
Jarawa	jar	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	182
Javanese	jav	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	78,810
Jingpho	kac	Myanmar	Sino-Tibetan	Jinghpo	828
Jita	jit	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	303
Jju	kaj	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	363
Johari	→ Kumauni
Jumli	jml	Nepal	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	984
Jur Mödö	bex	Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Bongo-Bagirmi	185
Juray	juy	India	Austro-Asiatic	Munda	878
Kabardian	kbd	Russia	Northwest Caucasian	Northwest Caucasian	1,054
Kabiyé	kbp	Togo	Niger-Congo	Gur	964
Kabyle	kab	Algeria	Afro-Asiatic	Berber	3,392
Kachchi	kfr	India, Pakistan, Kenya	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	678
Kadara	kad	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	217
Kadazan	kzj	Malaysia	Austronesian	Borneo	109
Kado	kdv	Myanmar, China	Sino-Tibetan	Tibeto-Burman	219
Kagulu (Kaguru)	kki	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	303
Kaili	lew	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	300
Kako	kkj	Cameroon, Central African Rep.	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	138
Kakwa	keo	Uganda, Sudan, DR Congo	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	220
Kalabari	ijn	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Ijo	313
Kalagan	kqe	Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	114
Kalanga	kck	Botswana, Zimbabwe	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	623
Kalenjin	→ Nandi
Kalmyk	→ Oirat
Kamayo	kyk	Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	107
Kamba	kam	Kenya	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	3,668
Kambera	xbr	Indonesia	Austronesian	Central Malayo-Polynesian	244
Kamwe	hig	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	Chadic	363
Kana (Khana)	ogo, tkq	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Cross River	243
Kanauji	bjj	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	6,579
Kanembu	kbl	Chad, Niger, Nigeria	Nilo-Saharan	Saharan	672
Kangri	xnr	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	1,863
Kanjobal (E)	kjb	Guatemala	Mayan	Mayan	104
Kankanay	kne	Philippines	Austronesian	N Philippines	308
Kannada	kan	India	Dravidian	S Dravidian	39,291
Kanuri	knc	Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Saharan	5,092
Kanyok	kny	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	392
Kaonde	kqn	Zambia, DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	350
Kapampangan	pam	Philippines	Austronesian	N Philippines	2,719
Kaqchikel	cak, ckk, cke, chc, cki, ckj	Mesoamerica	Mayan	Quichean	590
Kara	reg	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	121
Karachay-Balkar	krc	Russia	Altaic	Turkic	282
Karakalpak	kaa	Uzbekistan	Altaic	Turkic	525
Karamojong (Karimojong)	kdj	Uganda	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	631
Karbi	mjw	India	Sino-Tibetan	Tibeto-Burman	497
Kare	kbn	Central African Rep.	Niger-Congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	137
Karekare	kai	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	Chadic	212
Karen (Pwo)	kjp, pwo, pww	China, Myanmar	Sino-Tibetan	Karen	931
Karen (Sgaw)	ksw	Myanmar	Sino-Tibetan	Karen	974
Karen, other		China, Myanmar	Sino-Tibetan	Karen	631
Kasem	xsm	Burkina Faso	Niger-Congo	Gur	302
Kashmiri	kas	India, Pakistan	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	5,785
Kataang	kgd	Laos	Austro-Asiatic	Mon-Khmer	125
Katcha-Kadugli-Miri	xtc	Sudan	Kadugli	Kadugli	137
Kayah Li (E)	eky, kvu, kvy, kxf, kyu	Myanmar, Thailand	Sino-Tibetan	Karen	483
Kazakh	kaz	Kazakhstan, Russia, China	Altaic	Turkic	11,037
Kefa (Kafa)	kbr	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Omotic	814
K'ekchí	kek	Guatemala	Mayan	Mayan	743
Kele	khy	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	284
Kemak	kem	East Timor, Indonesia	Austronesian	Timor	122
Kendayan	knx	Indonesia	Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian	155
[[Kenuzi(Kunuz, Dongolese)	kzh	Egypt, Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Nubian	407
Kenyi	lke	Uganda	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	430
Kerewe (Kerebe)	ked	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	139
Kewa	kew, kjs	PNG	Trans-New Guinea	Engan	132
Khandesi	khn	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	1,545
Kharia	khr	India	Austro-Asiatic	Munda	306
Khasi	kha	India	Austro-Asiatic	Khasian	1,012
Khengkha	xkf	Bhutan	Sino-Tibetan	Tibeto-Burman	125
Khmer	khm, kxm	SE Asia	Austro-Asiatic	Khmer	15,928
Khmu'	kjg	Laos, Thailand	Austro-Asiatic	Palaung-Khmuic	552
Khowar	khw	Pakistan	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	248
Khün	kkh	Myanmar, Thailand	Tai-Kadai	Kam-Tai	105
K'iche'	quc	Guatemala	Mayan	Mayan	1,210
Kikongo	kon	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Atlantic-Congo	4,458
Kikuyu	kik	Kenya	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	6,754
Kim Mun	mji	China	Hmong-Mien	Hmong-Mien	391
Kimbu	kiv	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	109
Kimbundu	kmb	Angola	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	2,004
Kinaray-A	krj	Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	799
Kinga	gmx, zga	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	196
Kinyarwanda	→ Rwanda
Kirghiz	kir	Kyrgyzstan, China	Altaic	Turkic	4,183
Kiribati	gil	Kiribati	Austronesian	Oceanic	115
Kirike	okr	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Ijo	301
Kisi (Kissi)	kqs, kss	Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone	Niger-Congo	S Atlantic	796
Kistane	→ Soddo
Klao	klu	Liberia	Niger-Congo	Kru	256
Kofyar	kwl	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	Chadic	133
Kohistani	plk	Pakistan	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	232
Koho	kpm	Vietnam	Austro-Asiatic	Bahnaric	137
Kohumono	bcs	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Cross River	240
Kokborok	trp	India	Sino-Tibetan	Baric	884
Kokota	kkk	Solomon Islands	Austronesian	Oceanic	262
Koli	gjk, kxp	Pakistan, India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	524
Kom	bkm	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	223
Komering	kge	Indonesian	Austronesian	Lampungic	731
Komi-Zyrian	kpv	Russia	Uralic	Finnic	202
Komo	xom	Ethiopia, Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Koman	731
Kongo	→ Kikongo
Konjo	kjc	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	803
Konkani	knn	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	7,667
Konkomba	xon	Ghana, Togo	Niger-Congo	Gur	567
Kono	kno	Sierra Leone	Niger Congo	W Mande	252
Kono	knu	Guinea, Liberia	Niger Congo	W Mande	135
Koranko (Kuranko)	knk	Guinea, Sierra Leone	Niger-Congo	W Mande	347
Korean	kor	North Korea, South Korea	Korean	Korean	75,915
Korku	kfq	India	Austro-Asiatic	Munda	537
Koromfé	kfz	Burkina Faso, Mali	Niger-Congo	Gur	273
Koya	kff	India	Dravidian	S-C Dravidian	361
Koyaga	kga	Côte d’Ivoire	Niger-Congo	Manding-Jogo	106
Koyra (Koorete)	kqy	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Omotic	148
Kpelle	xpe	Liberia	Niger-Congo	W Mande	1,151
Kposo	kpo	Togo	Niger-Congo	Kwa	199
Kui	kxu	India	Dravidian	S-C Dravidian	871
Kukele	kez	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	114
Kukú	→ Bari
Kulango	kzc	Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana	Niger-Congo	Gur	348
Kullo	gmo	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Omotic	4,682
Kumam	kdi	Uganda	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	200
Kuman	kue	PNG	Trans-New Guinea	Chimbu	123
Kumauni	kfy	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	2,595
Kumyk	kum	Russia	Altaic	Turkic	382
Kunama	kun	Eritrea, Ethiopia	Nilo-Saharan	Kunama	164
Kunda	kdn	Zimbabwe, Zambia	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	148
Kupsabiny	→ Sebei
Kurdish (Kurmanji)	kmr	Turkey, Iran, Iraq	Indo-European	Iranian	20,525
Kuria	kuj	Tanzania, Kenya	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	577
Kurumba	kfi	India	Dravidian	Tamil-Kannada	244
Kurux (Kurukh)	kru	India	Dravidian	N Dravidian	2,179
Kusaal	kus	Ghana, Burkina Faso	Niger-Congo	Gur	454
Kuvi	kxv	India	Dravidian	S-C Dravidian	229
Kuy	kdt	Thailand, Laos, Cambodia	Austro-Asiatic	Mon-Khmer	454
Kwanyama	kua	Angola	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	885
Kwaya	kya	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	142
Kwere	cwe	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	137
Kwese	kws	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	106
Lahu	lhu	China, Myanmar, Thailand	Sino-Tibetan	Burmese-Lolo	604
Lak	lbe	Russia	Nakh-Daghestanian	Lak-Dargwa	152
Lala-Bisa	leb	Zambia, DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	318
Lama	las	Togo	Niger-Congo	Gur	219
Lamaholot	slp	Indonesia	Austronesian	Central Malayo-Polynesian	155
Lamani (Lambadi)	lmn	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	3,143
Lamba	lam	DR Congo, Zambia	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	201
Lambya	lai	Malawi, Ranzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	111
Lamnso'	lns	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	172
Lampung	ljp	Indonesia	Austronesian	Lampungic	1,563
Langi	lag	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	489
Lango	laj	Uganda	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	1,666
Lao (Laotian)	lao	Laos, Thailand	Tai-Kadai	Kam-Tai	3,996
Latvian	lav	Latvia	Indo-European	Baltic	1,491
Lawangan	lbx	Indonesia	Austronesian	Barito	103
Ledo	→ Kaili
Lega	lea, lgm	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	791
Lele	lln	Chad	Afro-Asiatic	East Chadic	127
Lendu	led	DR Congo	Nilo-Saharan	Lendu	1,357
Lengola	lej	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	177
Lenje	leh	Zambia	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	148
Letzebuergesch	→ Luxembugeois
Lewotobi	lwt	Indonesia	Austronesian	Timor	300
Lezgian (Lezgi)	lez	Azerbaijan, Russia	Nakh-Daghestanian	Lezgic	541
Limba	lia, lma	Sierra Leone, Guinea	Niger-Congo	Atlantic	481
Limbu	lif	Bhutan, India	Sino-Tibetan	Bodic	414
Limbum	lmp	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	106
Lingala	lin	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	4,228
Lingao	onb	China	Tai-Kadai	Kam-Tai	638
Li'o	ljl	Indonesia	Austronesian	Central Malayo-Polynesian	136
Lisu	lis	China, Myanmar	Sino-Tibetan	Burmese-Lolo	745
Lithuanian	lit	Lithuania	Indo-European	Baltic	3,180
Lobala	loq	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	106
Lobi	lob	Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire	Niger-Congo	Gur	560
Logo	log	DR Congo	Nilo-Saharan	Moru-Ma'di	376
Logooli	rag	Kenya	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	248
Lokaa	yaz	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Cross River	195
Loko	lok	Sierra Leone	Niger-Congo	W Mande	160
Lolo	llb	Mozambique	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	154
Loma	lom	Guinea, Liberia	Niger-Congo	W Mande	206
Lomwe	ngl	Mozambique	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,940
Londo	→ Bakundu
Low German	nds	Germany	Indo-European	Germanic	3,103
Lozi	loz	Zambia	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	776
Lü	khb	China, Laos, Myanmar	Tai-Kadai	Kam-Tai	703
Luba	→ CiLuba
Lucazi (Luchazi)	lch	Angola	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	216
Luganda	lug	Uganda	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	5,259
Lugbara	lgg	DR Congo, Uganda	Nilo-Saharan	Moru-Ma'di	2,456
Luguru	ruf	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,014
Lunda	lun	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	355
Luo	luo	Kenya, Tanzania	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	4,391
Luri	lrc	Iran	Indo-European	Iranian	3,453
Luvale	lue	Angola	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	592
Luwo	lwo	Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	134
Luxembourgeois	ltz	Luxembourg	Indo-European	Germanic	392
Luyia	luy	Kenya	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	5,177
Lyélé	lee	Burkina Faso	Niger-Congo	Gur	245
Ma'anyan	mhy	Indonesia	Austronesian	Borneo	155
Maasai	mas	Kenya, Tanzania	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	1,005
Maay	ymm	Somalia	Afro-Asiatic	Cushitic	665
Maba	mde	Chad	Nilo-Saharan	Maban	621
Macedonian	mkd	Macedonia	Indo-European	Slavic	1,901
Machame	→ Chaga
Mada	mda	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Platoid	122
Ma'di	mhi	Sudan, Uganda	Nilo-Saharan	Moru-Ma'di	344
Madurese (Madura)	mad	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	14,308
Mafa	maf	Cameroon, Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	Chadic	214
Magahi	mag	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	14,287
Magar	mgp, mrd	Nepal	Sino-Tibetan	Bodic	852
Magindanao	mdh	Philippines	Austronesian	S Philippines	1,292
Magyar	→ Hungarian
Mahasu Pahari	bfz	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	548
Maithili	mai	India, Nepal	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	27,631
Makaa	mcp	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	110
Makasae	mkz	East Timor	Trans-New Guinea	Timor-Alor-Pantar	141
Makassar (Makasar)	mak	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	1,666
Makhuwa-Meetto	mgh	Mozambique, Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	506
Makonde	kde	Mozambique, Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,763
Makua (Makhuwa)	vmw	Mozambique	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	5,476
Malagasy	bhr	Madagascar	Austronesian	Borneo	19,292
Malay (Malaysian, Indonesian)	mly, ind	Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei	Austronesian	Sundic	74,802
Malayalam	mal	India	Dravidian	S Dravidian	39,015
Maldivian	→ Divehi
Malinke	mlq, mwk	Senegal, Gambia, Mali	Niger-Congo	Manding-Jogo	749
Maltese	mlt	Malta	Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	510
Malvi	mup	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	1,208
Mam	mvc, mms	Guatemala	Mayan	Mayan	601
Mamasa	mqj	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	103
Mambae	mgm	East Timor	Austronesian	Timor	197
Mambila	mcu, mzk	Cameroon, Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	166
Mambwe-Lungu	mgr	Tanzania, Zambia	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	378
Mampruli	maw	Ghana, Togo	Niger-Congo	Gur	221
Mamvu	mdi	DR Congo	Nilo-Saharan	Mangbutu-Efe	106
Mandar	mdr	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	206
Mandari	mqu	Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	199
Mandarin (Chinese)	cmn	China, Taiwan, SE Asia	Sino-Tibetan	Chinese	940,856
Mandeali	mjl	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	850
Mandinka	mnk	Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Gambia	Niger-Congo	W Mande	1,483
Mangbetu	mdj	DR Congo	Nilo-Saharan	Mangbetu	1,105
Manggarai	mqy	Indonesia	Austronesian	Central Malayo-Polynesian	518
Mangghuer (Tu)	mjg	China	Altaic	Mongolic	162
Mango	mge	Chad	Nilo-Saharan	Bongo-Bagirmi	161
Maninka	emk, mlq	Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali	Niger-Congo	W Mande	3,369
Manjaku (Mandjak)	mfv	Guinea-Bissau	Niger-Congo	N Atlantic	277
Mann (Mano)	mev	Guinea, Liberia	Niger-Congo	E Mande	340
Manobo	mbb	Philippines	Austronesian	S Philippines	275
Manyawa	mny	Mozambique	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	154
Manyika	mxc	Zimbabwe, Mozambique	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	741
Manza	mzv	Central African Rep.	Niger-Congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	279
Mapudungun	arn	Chile	Araucanian	Araucanian	304
Maranao	mrw	Philippines	Austronesian	S Philippines	1,178
Marathi	mar	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	75,186
Marba	mpg	Chad	Afro-Asiatic	Chadic	200
Marghi (Margi)	mrt, mfm	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	Biu-Mandara	163
Mari (Cheremis)	mrj, mhr	Russia	Uralic	Finnic	435
Maria	mrr	India	Dravidian	S-C Dravidian	268
Marka	rkm	Burkina Faso, Mali	Niger-Congo	Manding-Jogo	316
Marwari	rwr	India, Nepal	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	14,532
Masa (Masana)	mcn	Cameroon, Chad	Afro-Asiatic	Masa	335
Masaba	myx	Uganda	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,340
Masalit	mls	Chad, Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Maban	425
Masbatenyo	msb	Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	508
Matuumbi (Matumbi)	mgw	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	100
Mauka (Mahou)	mxx	Côte d'Ivoire	Niger-Congo	W Mande	227
Maxi	mxl	Benin, Togo	Niger-Congo	Kwa	136
Maya	→ Yucatec
Mayogo	mdm	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	177
Mazahua	maz, mmc	Mexico	Oto-Manguean	Otomian	134
Mazanderani	mzn	Iran	Indo-European	Iranian	2,696
[[Mazatec(o)	maq, mau	Mexico	Oto-Manguean	Popolocan	216
Mbala	mdp	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	355
Mbandja	zmz	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	635
Mbay	myb	Chad	Nilo-Saharan	Bongo-Bagirmi	141
Mbembe	mfn	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Cross River	195
Mbere	mdt	Congo, Gabon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	203
Mbunda	mck	Zambia, Angola	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	218
Mbundu	→ Kimbundu
Mbwela	mfu	Angola	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	154
Medumba	byv	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	274
Mehri	gdq	Yemen	Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	153
Meithei (Meitei)	mni	India	Sino-Tibetan	Kuki-Chin-Naga	1,516
Melpa	med	PNG	Trans-New Guinea	Main	200
Mende	men	Sierra Leone	Niger-Congo	W Mande	1,908
Meru	mer	Kenya	Niger-congo	Bantoid	1,972
Meta'	mgo	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	126
Mewari	mtr	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	1,160
Mewati	wtm	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	5,480
Mikir	→ Karbi
Milang	→ Adi
Min Bei	mnp	China, Singapore	Sino-Tibetan	Chinese	10,944
Min Dong	cdo	China, Malaysia, Thailand	Sino-Tibetan	Chinese	9,602
Min Nan	nan	China, Taiwan	Sino-Tibetan	Chinese	46,974
Mina	myi	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	986
Minangkabau	min	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	6,270
Mingrelian	xmf	Georgia	Kartvelian	Kartvelian	360
Mising (Miri)	mrg	India	Sino-Tibetan	Mirish	449
Mískito	miq	Nicaragua	Misumalpan	Misumalpan	121
Mizo	lus	Bangladesh, India	Sino-Tibetan	Kuki-Chin-Naga	618
Moba	mfq	Togo, Burkina Faso	Niger-Congo	Gur	273
Mochi	old	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	869
Mom Jango	ver	Nigeria, Cameroon	Niger-congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	126
Mon	mnw	Myanmar, Thailand	Austro-Asiatic	Monic	1,000
Mongo	lol	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,008
[[Mongol(ian)	khk, mvf	China, Mongolia	Altaic	Mongolic	6,596
Mongondow	mog	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	934
Mooré (Mòoré)	mos	Burkina Faso	Niger-Congo	Gur	7,824
Mordvin (Erzya)	myv	Kazakhstan, Russia	Uralic	Finnic	380
Mordvin (Moksha)	mdf	Russia	Uralic	Finnic	193
Moru	mgd	Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Moru-Ma'di	121
Mpoto	mpa	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	112
Mpuono	zmp	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	324
Mro Chin	cmr	Myanmar	Sino-Tibetan	Kuki-Chin-Naga	119
Mumuye	mzm	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	485
Mun	→ Kim Mun
Muna	mnb	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	234
Mundang	mua	Chad	Niger-Congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	344
Mundani	mnf	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	2,093
Mundari	muw	India	Austro-Asiatic	Munda	2,045
Muong	mtq	Vietnam	Austro-Asiatic	Viet-Muong	1,215
Murle	mur	Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Surmic	102
Musey	mse	Chad, Cameroon	Afro-Asiatic	Chadic	334
Musgu	mug	Cameroon, Chad	Afro-Asiatic	Biu-Mandara	128
Mwaghavul (Mupun)	sur	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	West Chadic	357
Mwera	mwe	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	656
Naba	mne	Chad	Nilo-Saharan	Bongo-Bagirmi	401
Nafusi	jbn	Libya, Tunisia	Afro-Asiatic	Berber	138
[[Nahua(tl)	nhn, nhe, nhw, nhx, ncl, ncj, nhp, azz, nhg, ngu	Mexico	Uto-Aztecan	Aztecan	1,464
Nama	naq	Namibia, South Africa, Botswana	Khoisan	Nama	282
Nancere	nnc	Chad	Afro-Asiatic	Chadic	123
Nande	nnb	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,620
Nandi	kln	Kenya	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	3,929
Nara	nrb	Eritrea	Nilo-Saharan	Nara	107
Navajo	nav	USA	Na-Dene	Athapaskan	183
Nawdm	nmz	Togo, Ghana	Niger-Congo	Gur	212
Naxi	nbf	China	Sino-Tibetan	Naxi	328
Ndali	ndh	Tanzania, Malawi	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	314
Ndau	ndc	Mozambique, Zimbabwe	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	2,501
Ndebele	nbl	South Africa	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	2,289
Ndendeule	dne	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	139
Ndengereko	ndg	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	154
Ndo	ndp	Uganda, DR Congo	Nilo-Saharan	Mangbutu-Efe	407
Ndonga	ndo	Angola, Namibia	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	598
Neo-Aramaic	cld, aij, aii, trg	Iraq, Israel, Syria, Iran	Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	1,293
Nepali	nep	Nepal	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	17,159
Newari	new	Nepal	Sino-Tibetan	Bodic	1,035
Ngäbere	gym	Panama	Chibchan	Guaymi	136
Ngaju	nij	Indonesia	Austronesian	Borneo	831
Ngambay	sba	Cameroon, Chad	Nilo-Saharan	Bongo-Bagirmi	1,219
Ngando	ngd, nxd	DR Congo, Central African Rep., Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	395
Ngas	→ Angas
Ngbaka	nga	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	1,815
Ngbaka Ma'bo	nbm	Central African Rep., DR Congo, Congo	Niger-Congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	141
Ngbandi	nbw, ngb	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	634
Ngiemboon (Ngyemboon)	nnh	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	137
Ngindo	nnq	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	307
Ngiti	niy	DR Congo	Nilo-Saharan	Lendu	177
Ngombe	ngc	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	268
Ngoni	ngo	Mozambique, Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	395
Ngulu	ngp	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	184
Ngwe	nwe	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	101
Nias	nia	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	497
Nilamba	nim	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	720
Nimadi	noe	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	1,489
Nishi (Nisi)	dap	India	Sino-Tibetan	Mirish	261
Nkhumbi	khu	Angola	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	205
Nkore-Kiga	→ Chiga
Nobiin	fia	Egypt, Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Nubian	692
Norwegian	nob	Norway	Indo-European	Germanic	4,452
Nsenga	nse	Zambia	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	627
Ntcham	bud	Togo, Ghana	Niger-Congo	Gur	203
Ntomba	nto	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	195
Nubian	→ Kenuzi
Nuer	nus	Ethiopia, Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	1,362
Nung	nut	Vietnam	Tai-Kadai	Kam-Tai	924
Nuni	nuv	Burkina Faso	Niger-Congo	Gur	263
Nupe	nup	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Nupoid	1,150
Nyakyusa-Ngonde	nyy	Tanzania, Malawi	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,443
Nyambo	now	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	562
Nyamwanga	mwn	Zambia, Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	259
Nyamwezi	nym	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,219
Nyaneka	nyk	Angola	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	183
Nyanga	nyj	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	266
Nyanja	→ Chichewa
Nyankore	nyn	Uganda	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	2,884
Nyaturu (Rimi)	rim	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	778
Nyemba	nba	Angola	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	174
Nyiha	nih	Tanzania, Zambia	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	613
Nyimang	→ Ama
Nyole	nuj	Uganda	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	386
Nyore	nyd	Kenya	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	151
Nyoro	nyo	Uganda	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	863
Nyungwe	nyu	Mozambique	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	269
Nzema	nzi	Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire	Niger-Congo	Kwa	347
Obolo	ann	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Cross River	243
Occitan	lnc	France	Indo-European	Romance	1,430
Ogbah	ogc	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	206
Ogbia	ogb	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Cross River	243
Oirat	xal	China, Mongolia, Russia, Kyrgyzstan	Altaic	Mongolic	470
Oriya	ori, ort	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	34,453
Oroko	→ Bakundu
Oromo	gax, hae, ssn, gaz	Ethiopia, Kenya	Afro-Asiatic	E Cushitic	24,803
Osing	osi	Indonesia	Austronesian	Javanese	500
Ossetic (Osetin)	oss	Georgia, Russia	Indo-European	Iranian	532
Otomí	otz, ote, otq, otm	Mexico	Oto-Manguean	Otomian	294
Otuho	lot	Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	227
Palaung	pce, rbb	Myanmar	Austro-Asiatic	Palaung-Khmuic	340
Pamona	bcx	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	110
Pampangan	→ Kapampangan
Pana	pnz	Central African Rep., Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	123
Panchpargania	tdb	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	300
Pangasinan	pag	Philippines	Austronesian	N Philippines	1,690
Pangwa	pbr	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	133
Panjabi	pan	India, Pakistan	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	96,975
Pa'o Karen	blk	Myanmar, Thailand	Sino-Tibetan	Tiboto-Burman	424
Papel	pbo	Guinea-Bissau	Niger-Congo	Atlantic	106
Parauk	prk	China, Myanmar	Austro-Asiatic	Palaung-Khmuic	497
Pare	→ Asu
Parsi	prp	India	Indo-European	Iranian	174
Parsi-Dari	prd	Iran	Indo-European	Iranian	936
Pashayi	aee, glh, psi, psh	Afghanistan	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	399
Pashto	pst	Afghanistan, Pakistan	Indo-European	Iranian	38,549
Pengo	peg	India	Dravidian	S-C Dravidian	383
Persian (Farsi)	pes	Iran	Indo-European	Iranian	46,371
Pesisir	pec	Indonesia	Austronesian	Lampungic	415
Phende	pem	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	826
Phu Thai	pht	Thailand, Laos, Vietnam	Tai-Kadai	Tai	557
Phuan	phu	Thailand, Laos	Tai-Kadai	Tai	237
Pilipino	→ Tagalog
Pogoro	poy	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	259
Pökoot (Pokot)	pko	Kenya, Uganda	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	419
Polish	pol	Poland	Indo-European	Slavic	40,329
Portuguese	por	Brazil, Portugal, parts of Africa	Indo-European	Romance	206,303
Provençal	prv	France	Indo-European	Romance	142
Pubian	pun	Indonesia	Austronesian	Lampungic	415
Punjabi	→ Panjabi
Punu	buh	China	Hmong-Mien	Hmong-Mien	220
Purépecha	tsz	Mexico	Tarascan	Tarascan	122
Purik (Purki)	prx	India	Sino-Tibetan	Bodic	130
Pu-Xian	cpx	China, Malaysia	Sino-Tibetan	Chinese	2,748
Pwo	→ Karen (Pwo)
Qafar	→ Afar
Q'anjob'al	→ Kanjobal
Qashqa'i	qxq	Iran	Altaic	Turkic	1,009
Q'eqchi'	→ K'ekchí
Qiang	cng, qxs	China	Sino-Tibetan	Qiangic	147
Quechua	qxa, quy, quh, qul, qvc, quh, quz, qug, qvh, qvi, qvn	Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador	Quechuan	Quechuan	9,042
Quiché	→ K'iche'
Rade	rad	Vietnam	Austronesian	Sundic	289
Rajbanshi	rjb	India, Nepal	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	3,288
Rejang	rej	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	1,041
Rhaeto-Romance (Romansch)	roh	Switzerland	Indo-European	Romance	568
Romani	rmn, rmo, rmy, rml, rmw	Balkans, W Europe	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	3,101
Romanian	ron	Romania, Moldova	Indo-European	Romance	24,405
Romblomanon	rol	Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	223
Ron	cla	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	West Chadic	139
Ronga	rng	Mozambique	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	659
Rufiji	rui	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	280
Ruli	ruc	Uganda	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	147
Rundi	run	Burundi	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	9,176
Runyankore	→ Nyankore
Runyoro-Rutooro	→ Nyoro
Russian	rus	Russia, Eurasia	Indo-European	Slavic	158,857 + 150,000 L2
Ruund	rnd	DR Congo, Angola	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	408
Rwa	rwk	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	126
Rwanda	kin	Rwanda	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	11,132
Saafi-Saafi	sav	Senegal	Niger-Congo	Atlantic	146
Sabaot	spy	Kenya	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	180
Sabu (Sawu)	hvn	Indonesia	Austronesian	Central Malayo-Polynesian	115
Sadri	sck	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	2,385
Sadri, Oraon	sdr	Bangladesh	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	191
Safwa	sbk	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	221
Sagala	sbm	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	110
Saho	ssy	Eritrea, Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	E Cushitic	247
Sakata	skt	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	133
Salampasu	slx	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	106
Sama	sse, sml, ssb	Philippines	Austronesian	Sama-Bajaw	304
Samba Daka	ccg	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	129
Samburu	saq	Kenya	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	176
Samo	sbd, sym, stj	Burkina Faso	Niger-Congo	E Mande	316
Samoan	smo	American Samoa, Samoa	Austronesian	Oceanic	427
Sanga	sng	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	767
Sangir	sxn	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	275
Sango	sag	Central African Rep.	Niger-Congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	589
Sangu	sbp	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	105
Santali	sat	India	Austro-Asiatic	Munda	6,689
Sar	mwm	Chad	Nilo-Saharan	Bongo-Bagirmi	298
Sardinian	sro	Italy	Indo-European	Romance	800
Sasak	sas	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	2,186
Saurashtra	saz	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	340
Saya	say	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	Chadic	153
Seba	kdg	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	296
Sebat Bet Gurage	sgw	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	628
Sebei	kpz	Uganda	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	202
Sedang	sed	Vietnam	Austro-Asiatic	Bahnaric	122
Sehwi	sfw	Ghana	Niger-Congo	Kwa	245
Selako	skl	Indonesia, Malaysia	Austronesian	Malayo-Polynesian	107
Sena	seh	Mozambique	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,821
Senoufo	seq, sef	Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso	Niger-Congo	Gur	3,350
Seraiki	skr	Pakistan, India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	16,497
Serbian (*)	srp	Serbia and Montenegro	Indo-European	Slavic	10,200
Serbo-Croatian (*)	bos, hrv, srp	Balkans	Indo-European	Slavic	19,532
Serer-Sine	srr	Senegal	Niger-Congo	Atlantic	1,499
Sesotho	→ Sotho
Sgaw	→ Karen (S'gaw)
Shambala	ksb	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,084
Shan	shn	Myanmar	Tai-Kadai	Kam-Tai	3,427
Shekhawati	swv	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	3,289
Sherbro	bun	Sierra Leone	Niger-Congo	Atlantic	183
Sherpa	xsr	Nepal	Sino-Tibetan	Bodic	160
Shi	shr	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,300
Shilluk	shk	Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	297
Shina	scl	Pakistan	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	527
Shona (Karanga)	sna	Zimbabwe	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	8,412
Shubi	suj	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	214
Sidamo	sid	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Cushitic	2,685
Sika (Sikka)	ski	Indonesia	Austronesian	Central Malayo-Polynesian	180
Silt'e	xst	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	1,181
Simeulue	smr	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	103
Sindhi	snd	India, Pakistan	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	24,854
Sinhala (Singhalese)	sin	Sri Lanka	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	17,139
Sisaala	ssl	Ghana	Niger-Congo	Gur	170
Sizaki	szk	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	114
Slovak	slk	Slovakia	Indo-European	Slavic	4,832
Slovene (Slovenian)	slv	Slovenia	Indo-European	Slavic	2,097
Sô	teu	Uganda	Nilo-Saharan	Kuliak	189
Soddo	gru	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	363
Soga	xog	Uganda	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	2,510
Somali	som	Somalia	Afro-Asiatic	E Cushitic	15,123
Sonde	shc	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	170
Songe	sop	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,967
Songhay	ddn, knb, ses, khq	Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali	Nilo-Saharan	Songhai	1,096
Soninke	snk	Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Senegal	Niger-Congo	W Mande	1,573
Sora	srb	India	Austro-Asiatic	Munda	315
Sotho (Northern)	nso	South Africa	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	3,396
Sotho (Southern)	sot	Lesotho, South Africa	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	6,135
Spanish	spa	Spain, Americas	Indo-European	Romance	391,117
Sre	→ Kroho
Suba	suh	Kenya, Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	207
Subanen	laa, stb, sgb	Philippines	Austronesian	S Philippine	204
Subanon	skn, suc	Philippines	Austronesian	S Philippine	102
Sui	swi	China	Tai-Kadai	Kam-Tai	212
Sukuma	suk	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	4,361
Sumbawa	smw	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	312
Sumbwa	suw	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	267
[[Sunda(nese)	sun	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sundic	35,915
Surajpuri	sjp	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	299
Surigaonon	sul	Philippines	Austronesian	S Philippine	482
Susu	sus	Guinea	Niger-Congo	W Mande	1,482
Swahili	swh	E-C Africa	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	5,468 + 30,000 L2
Swati (Swazi)	ssw	South Africa, Swaziland	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	2,169
Swedish	swe	Finland, Sweden	Indo-European	Germanic	8,522
Sylheti	syl	Bangladesh, India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	10,982
Tabassaran	tab	Russia	Nakh-Daghestanian	Lezgic	119
Tabwa (Taabwa)	tap	DR Congo, Zambia	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	506
Tachawit	shy	Algeria	Afro-Asiatic	Berber	1,863
Tae'	rob	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	260
Tagalog (Pilipino)	tgl	Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	26,042
Tahitian	tah	French Polynesia	Austronesian	Oceanic	105
Tai Daeng	tyr	Vietnam, Laos	Tai-Kadai	Tai	176
Tai Dam	blt	Vietnam, Laos	Tai-Kadai	Tai	771
Tai Dón	twh	Vietnam, Laos	Tai-Kadai	Tai	518
Tai Hongjin	tiz	China	Tai-Kadai	Tai	159
Tai Nüa	tdd	China, Myanmar, Laos	Tai-Kadai	Tai	369
Taita	dav	Kenya	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	285
Taiwanese	→ Min Nan
Tajik (Tajiki)	tgk	Tajikistan	Indo-European	Iranian	4,812
Takwane	tke	Mozambique	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	154
Talinga-Bwisi	tlj	DR Congo, Uganda	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	139
Talysh (Talishi)	tly	Azerbaijan, Iran	Indo-European	Iranian	323
Tamajaq (Tamasheq)	ttq, thc, taq	Algeria, Morocco	Afro-Asiatic	Berber	1,415
Tamajeq	tmh	Algeria, Morocco	Afro-Asiatic	Berber	378
Tamang	taj, tge	Nepal	Sino-Tibetan	Bodic	1,472
Tamil	tam	India, Sri Lanka	Dravidian	S Dravidian	72,256
Tangale	tan	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	West Chadic	158
Tarifit	rif	Algeria, Morocco	Afro-Asiatic	Berber	1,826
Tarok	yer	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Platoid	375
Tashlhiyt (Tachelhit)	shi	Morocco, Algeria	Afro-Asiatic	Berber	4,119
Tatar	tat	Russia	Altaic	Turkic	4,893
Tausug	tsg	Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	1,195
Tavoyan	tvn	Myanmar	Sino-Tibetan	Tibeto-Burman	345
Tay	tyz	Vietnam	Tai-Kadai	Tai	1,582
Teke	ebo, ifm, kkw, lli, teg, tyi, tyx	Congo, Gabon, DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,417
Telugu	tel	India, SE Asia	Dravidian	S-C Dravidian	78,332
Tem	kdh	Benin, Ghana, Togo	Niger-Congo	Gur	381
Tembo	tbt	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	266
Tengger	tes	Indonesia	Austronesian	Javanese	518
Tera	ttr	Nigeria	Afro-Asiatic	Biu-Mandara	121
Teso	teo	Uganda, Kenya	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	1,898
Tetela	tll	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1476
Tetun	tet	East Timor	Austronesian	Central Malayo-Polynesian	552
Tewe	twx	Mozambique	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	256
Thai	tha, tts	Thailand	Tai-Kadai	Kam-Tai	56,539
Tharaka	thk	Kenya	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	142
Tharu	the, thg, thr	Nepal	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	1,555
Themne (Temne)	tem	Sierra Leone	Niger-Congo	S Atlantic	1,684
Tibetan	bod	China, Nepal	Sino-Tibetan	Bodic	4,316
Tigré	tig	Eritrea	Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	1,558
Tigrinya Tigrigna	tir	Eritrea, Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Semitic	6,973
Tikar	tik	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	994
Timorese	aoz	Indonesia	Austronesian	Central Malayo-Polynesian	607
Tippera	tpe	Bangladesh	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	114
Tiv	tiv	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	2,610
Tlapanec	tpx	Mexico	Subtiaba-Tlapanec	Subtiaba-Tlapanec	100
Tolaki	lbw	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	291
Toma	tod	Guinea	Niger-Congo	W Mande	214
Tonga	tog	Malawi	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	231
Tonga	toh	Mozambique	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	228
Tonga	toi	Zambia	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,218
Tongan	ton	Tonga	Austronesian	Oceanic	177
Tontemboan	tnt	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	155
Tooro	ttj	Uganda	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,319
Toposa	toq	Sudan	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	171
Toraja (Toraja-Sa'dan)	sda	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	518
Totonac	tlc, top, tos, too	Mexico	Totonacan	Totonacan	242
Tshangla	tsj	Bhutan, India	Sino-Tibetan	Bodic	510
Tsikimba	kdl	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	121
Tsishingini	tsw	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	121
Tsonga	tso	Mozambique, South Africa	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	4,289
Tsuvadi	tvd	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	182
Tswa	tsc	Mozambique, South Africa	Niger-Congo	Benue-Congo	716
Tswana	tsn	SE Africa	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	4,844
Tugen	tuy	Kenya	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	181
Tukang Besi	bhq, khc	Indonesia	Austronesian	Sulawesi	260
Tulu	tcy	India	Dravidian	S Dravidian	2,136
Tumbuka	tum	Malawi, Zambia	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,558
Tupuri	tui	Cameroon, Chad	Niger-Congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	325
Turkana	tuv	Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia	Nilo-Saharan	Nilotic	577
Turkish	tur	Turkey, Europe	Altaic	Turkic	63,229
Turkmen	tuk	Turkmenistan	Altaic	Turkic	15,873
Tuvan (Tuvinian)	tyv	Mongolia, Russia, China	Altaic	Turkic	257
Twi	→ Akan
Tyap	→ Gworok
Tzeltal	tzb, tzh	Mexico	Mayan	Mayan	288
Tzotzil	tzc	Mexico	Mayan	Mayan	301
Uab Meto	→ Timorese
Udmurt	udm	Russia	Uralic	Finnic	405
Ukrainian	ukr	Ukraine	Indo-European	Slavic	30,175
Umbundu	umb	Angola	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	3,798
Urdu	urd	Pakistan	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	67,556
Urhobo	urh	Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Edoid	1,019
Uyghur	uig	China	Altaic	Turkic	8,243
Uzbek	uzn, uzs	Afghanistan, Uzbekistan	Altaic	Turkic	25,993
Vai	vai	Liberia, Sierra Leone	Niger-Congo	W Mande	138
Varli	vav	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	466
Vasavi	vas	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	986
Venda	ven	South Africa, Zimbabwe	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,031
Vietnamese	vie	Vietnam	Austro-Asiatic	Viet-Muong	76,364
Vunjo	vun	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	419
Wa	wbm	Myanmar, China	Austro-Asiatic	Mon-Khmer	780
Waci	wci	Togo, Benin	Niger-Congo	Kwa	609
Waddar	wbq	India	Dravidian	S-C Dravidian	2,116
Wadiyara Koli	kxp	India, Pakistan	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	441
Wagdi	wbr	India	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	1,850
Wali	wlx	Ghana	Niger-Congo	Gur	166
Waneci	wne	Pakistan	Indo-European	Indo-Aryan	100
Waray-Waray	war	Philippines	Austronesian	Meso-Philippine	3,369
Wasa	wss	Ghana	Niger-Congo	Kwa	303
Waxianghua	wxa	China	Isolate		319
Wayuu	→ Goajiro
Wè (Wobe)	wob, gxx, wec	Côte d'Ivoire	Niger-Congo	Kru	475
Welsh	cym	UK	Indo-European	Celtic	527
Wéménugbé (Weme)	wem	Benin	Niger-Congo	Kwa	118
Wojenaka	jod	Côte d'Ivoire	Niger-Congo	Manding-Jogo	159
Wolaytta	wal	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Omotic	1,762
Wolof	wol	Gambia, Senegal	Niger-Congo	N Atlantic	6,105
Worodougou	jud	Côte d'Ivoire	Niger-Congo	Manding-Jogo	106
Wu (Changzhou)	wuu	China	Sino-Tibetan	Chinese	79,928
Xamtanga	xan	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Cushitic	204
Xasonga	kao	Mali, Senegal	Niger-Congo	W Mande	169
Xhosa	xho	South Africa	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	7,571
Xiamen	→ Min Nan
Xiang	hsn	China	Sino-Tibetan	Chinese	38,291
Yaka	yaf	DR Congo, Angola	Niger Congo	W Mande	1,402
Yakan	yka	Philippines	Austronesian	Sama-Bajaw	214
Yakut	sah	Russia	Altaic	Turkic	384
Yangbye	ybd	Myanmar	Sino-Tibetan	Tibeto-Burman	710
Yansi	yns	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	177
Yao	yao	Malawi, Mozambique	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	2,269
Yay	→ Bouyei
Yekhee	→ Etsako
Yemba	ybb	Cameroon	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	381
Yemsa	jnj	Ethiopia	Afro-Asiatic	Omotic	116
Yerukula	yeu	India	Dravidian	Tamil-Kannada	328
Yi	ycl, yio	China	Sino-Tibetan	Burmese-Lolo	6,910
Yiddish	ydd, yih	E Europe, USA, Israel	Indo-European	Germanic	607
Yombe	yom	DR Congo, Congo, Angola	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	1,222
Yoruba	yor	Benin, Nigeria	Niger-Congo	Defoid	25,691
Yucatec (Maya)	yua	Mexico	Mayan	Mayan	808
Yue	→ Cantonese
Zaghawa	zag	Sudan, Chad	Nilo-Saharan	Saharan	341
Zaiwa	atb	China, Myanmar	Sino-Tibetan	Tibeto-Burman	111
Zande	zne	Central African Rep., DR Congo, Sudan	Niger-Congo	Adamawa-Ubangian	2,538
Zapotec	zai, zpd, zaa, zaw, zpm, zpi, zab, zpz, zav, zpq	Mexico	Oto-Manguean	Zapotecan	457
Zarma	→ Dyerma
Zazaki	→ Dimli
Zhuang	ccx	China	Tai-Kadai	Kam-Tai	15,947
Zigula	ziw	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	497
Zimba	zmb	DR Congo	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	213
Zinza	zin	Tanzania	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	193
Zulu	zul	South Africa	Niger-Congo	Bantoid	10,335

(*) Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian are treated as one language (Serbo-Croatian) in most statistics outside the former Yugoslav republics.