LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD Compiled by Henrik Söderberg, Jim Wardrip and Dave McAlister
Indo-European Germanic
Romance
Africaans Danish Dutch (Flemish) English German Norwegian Swedish Yiddish Catalán French Galician Italian Portuguese Provençal Romanian (Moldovan) Spanish
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
Albanian Armenian Greek Baltic Balto-Slavic
Uralic Finno-Ugric
Altaic Turkik
Mongolian
Assamese Baluchi Bengali Bihari Gilaki Gujarti Hindi Kashmiri Kinkani Luri Mazandarani Nepali (Gurhali) Oriya Persian (Farsi) Pushto (Pashto) Rajasthani Sindhi Sinhalese Taijki Urdu Bulgarian Czech Macedonian Russian Polish Serbo-Croatian Albanian Armenia Greek Latvian Lithuanian Slovak Slovene Ukrainian
Estonian Finnish Magyar Mordvin
South Africa Denmark Netherlands UK, USA, Canada, Australia , Austria, Switzerland Norway Sweden, Finland Israel, Central Europe, USA Spain, , Andorra , Canada, Africa, Switzerland Spain Italy, Switzerland Portugal, Brazil, Angola Romania, Moldova Spain, Latin America, South America India, Bangladesh Pakistan, Iran Bangladesh, India India Iran India, Pakistan India India, Pakistan India Iran, Iraq Iran Nepal, India, Bhutan India Iran, Afghanistan Iran India India, Pakistan Sri Lanka Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Pakistan, India Bulgaria Czech Republic Macedonia Russia, former Soviet states Poland Balkan Europe Balkan Europe Armenia Greece Latvia Lithuania Slovakia Slovenia Ukraine, Russia, Poland
Estonia Finland Hungary Russia
Caucasian Northeastern Caucasian
Georgian
Afro-Asiatic Cushitic
Semitic
Chadic Berber Munda
Indo-Aryan Central Indo-Aryan
East Info-Aryan
Dravidian South-Central Dravidian South Dravidian
North Dravidian
Afar Hadiyya Oroma (Galla) Somali Amharic Arabic Hebrew Tigrinya Hausa Kabyle Tachelhit Tarifit Santali
Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethiopia Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya Ethiopia North Africa, Middle East Israel Ethiopia Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon Algeria Morocco, Algeria Morocco, Algeria India, Nepal
Bagri Braj Bhasha Bundeli Kanauji Marwari Bhojpuri Sylhetti
India India India India India India, Nepal Bangladesh
Gondi
India
Kannada (Kanarese) Malayalam Tamil Tulu Kurux (Oraon)
India India India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia India India
Nilo-Saharan Songhai Saharan Nilotic
Dyerma Kanuri Luo Teso
Sino-Tibetan Sinitic
Tai Karen Burmic Tibeto-Burman
Cantonese Hakka Mandarin Miao (Meo) Min Wu Lao Thai (Siamese) Zhuang Sgaw Shan Burmese Tibetan Yi
Austro-Asiatic Mon Khmer Azerbaijani Chuvash Kazakh Kyrgya Tatat (Kazan Turkik) Turlish Turkoman Uighur Uzbek Khalkha Mongolian
Azerbaijan, Iran Russia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Turkey Turkmenistan, Afghanistan China Uzbekistan Mongolia, China Mongolia, China
Khmer Vietnamese
North America ---
Georgia
Athapascan Uto-Aztecan
Algonquian Iroqoian Soiuan
Niger Central and West Africa Kenya, Tanzania Uganda, Kenya
China China China Southeast Asia China, Taiwan, Malaysia China Laos Thailand China Myanmar Myanmar Myanmar Tibet, China, Nepal China
Cambodia, Vietnam Vietnam
Apache, Navaho Arapaho, Comanche, Pueblo, Shoshone Blackfoot, Cheyenne Cherokee Crow, Sioux
Niger-Congo Benue-Congo
Kwa
West Atlantic
Niger-Bantu Benue-Bantu
Ngbardi Mande
Edo Efik (Ibibio) Ganda (Luganda) Gusii Kikuyu (Grkoya) Kongo (Kikongo) Luhya Ngala (Lingala) Nyanja Ruanda Rundi Sotho (Northern) Sotho (Southern) Thonga (Tonga) Tiv Tswana Ewe Fon Ga-Adangme Ibo (Ibgo) Makua Twi-Fante (Akan) Yoruba Fula (Fulani) Fulakunda Futa Jalon Tukolor (Toucouleur) Wolof Swazi (Swati) Bemba Beti Kamba Kituba Luba-Lulua Mbundu (Umbundu) Mbundu (Kimbundu) Nyamwezi-Sukumat Shona Swahili Xhosa Zulu Sango Malinke-MambaraDyula Mende
Quechumaran Andean
Aymara
South America Tupian Andean-Equatorial
Isolate ---
Sierra Leone
Boliva, Peru
Guarani Quechua
Paraguay Peru, Boliva, Equador
Basque Japanese Korean
Spain, Japan Korea, China
Austronesian West MalayoPolynesia
Nigeria Nigeria Uganda Kenya Kenya Zaire, Congo Kenya, Tanzania Zaire, Congo Zimbabwe Rwanda, Uganda, Zaire Burundi South Africa South Africa, Lesotho Mozambique, South Africa Nigeria, Cameroon Botswana, South Africa Ghana, Togo Benin, Togo China Niger, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea Tanzania, Mozambique Ghana, Côte d'Ivorie Nigeria, Benin Cameroon, Nigeria Guinea Guinea Senegal Senegal, Gambia Swaziland, South Africa Zambia Cameroon, Gabon Kenya Zaire Zaire Angola Angola Tanzania Zimbabwe East Africa South Africa South Africa Central African Republic West Africa
Achinese Balinese Batak Bikol Bugis Cebuano Dayak Ilocano (Iloka) Javanese Madurese Malagasay Malay-Indonesian Maori Minankabau Panay-Hiligaynon Samar-Leyte Sundanese Tagalog
Indonesia Indonesia Indonesia Philippines Indonesia Philippines Borneo, Indonesia Philippines Indonesia Indonesia Madagascar, Comoros Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei New Zealand Indonesia Philippines Philippines Indonesia Philippines
Austronesian Pama-Nyungan
Aboriginal English Anjumarla Arabana Arrernte Awabakal Ayapathu Bundjalung Bunuba Darug Dyirbal Gooniyandi Gumbaynggir Gunggari Guugu Yimithirr Ilgar Jagera/Yuragubul Jaru Jiwarli Kamilaroi/ Gamilaraay Kaurna Kriol, pidgins Kuku Yalanji Kutthung Luritja/Pintupi Martuthunira Mawng Meriam Mir Murrinh-Patha Narrungga Ngadjon Ngarrindjeri Ngiyampaa Nhirrpi Noongar Paakantyi Pakanh Palawa Kani Pitjantjatjara Pitta Pitta Tjapukai Uw Oykangand Wagiman Wangkatha Wardaman Warlpiri Warrungu Warumungu Wemba Wemba Wiradjuri Woi wurrung Yaegl Yandrruwandha Yanyuwa Yindjibarndi Yolngu Yorta Yorta Yugambeh Yukulta
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