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Ethnologue lists about 7,330 main languages in its language name index (see the external link) and distinguishes about 39,491 alternate language names and dialects. However, in this article, only a few are given. // [edit] Some major language families Examples of language families (see image summary [1]) Afro-Asiatic Altaic (disputed) Austro-Asiatic Austronesian Dravidian Eskimo-Aleut Indo-European Khoisan Na-Dené Niger-Congo Nilo-Saharan (disputed) Pama-Nyungan Sino-Tibetan Tai-Kadai Uralic [edit] Largest families According to the numbers in Ethnologue[2... ISO 639 is one of several international standards that lists short codes for language names. ... These are lists of ISO 639-3 language codes Index: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z (Wikipedia:Babel) · Language · ISO 639 · ISO 639-2 (RA) · ISO 639-3 (RA) Language... . ... The factual accuracy of part of this article is disputed. ... This is a list consisting of the approximate dates when the first written accounts of various languages were found. ... Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian linguistic service organization which studies lesser-known languages primarily to provide the speakers with Bibles in their native language. ...

This list deals with particular languages, and includes only natural languages spoken or signed by humans. For other kinds of information about language see: The term natural language is used to distinguish languages spoken and signed (by hand signals and facial expressions) by humans for general-purpose communication from constructs such as writing, computer-programming languages or the languages used in the study of formal logic, especially mathematical logic. ...

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A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual communication instead of sound to convey meaning - simultaneously combining handshapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to express fluidly a speakers thoughts. ... Sign language is not universal. ... An artificial or constructed language (known colloquially as a conlang among aficionados), is a language whose phonology, grammar and vocabulary are specifically devised by an individual or small group, rather than having naturally evolved as part of a culture the way natural languages do. ... This list of constructed languages is in alphabetical order, and divided into auxiliary, engineered, and artistic languages, and their respective subgenres. ... There are a lot of kinds of listing. ...

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1. Abanyom (Bantu)
2. Abaza (Northwest Caucasian)
3. Abkhaz or Abkhazian (Northwest Caucasian)
4. Abujmaria (Dravidian)
5. Acehnese (Malayo-Polynesian)
6. Adamorobe Sign Language (Signing)
7. Adele (Kwa)
8. Adyghe (Northwest Caucasian)
9. Afar (Cushitic)
10. Afrikaans (Germanic)
11. Afro-Seminole Creole (English-based creole)
12. Aimaq or Barbari (Iranian)
13. Aini (Turkic)
14. Ainu (language isolate)
15. Akan (Kwa)
16. Akawaio (Carib)
17. Akkadian (Semitic) (extinct)
18. Aklanon (Malayo-Polynesian)
19. Albanian (Indo-European)
20. Aleut (Eskimo-Aleut)
21. Algonquin (Algonquian)
22. Alemán Coloneiro (Germanic)
23. Alsatian (Germanic)
24. Altay (Turkic)
25. Alutor (Chukotko-Kamchatkan)
26. American Sign Language (Signing)
27. Amharic (Semitic)
28. Amorite (Semitic) (extinct)
29. Anglo-Saxon or Old English (Germanic)
30. Amdang (Nilo-Saharan)
31. Ammonite (Semitic) (extinct)
32. Andalusian (Romance)
33. Angaur (Malayo-Polynesian)
34. Angika (Indo-Aryan)
35. Ao (Tibeto-Burman)
36. A-Pucikwar (Andamanese)
37. Arabic (Semitic)
38. Aragonese (Romance)
39. Aramaic (Semitic)
40. Are (Malayo-Polynesian)
41. Argobba (Semitic)
42. Aromanian or Macedo-Romanian (Romance)
43. Armenian (Indo-European)
44. Arpitan or Francoprovençal (Romance)
45. Arvanitic (Albanian dialect) (Indo-European)
46. Ashkenazi Hebrew (Semitic)
47. Ashkun (Indo-Iranian)
48. Assamese (Indo-Iranian)
49. Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (Semitic)
50. Ateso or Teso (Nilotic)
51. Asi (Malayo-Polynesian)
52. Asturian (Romance)
53. Auslan (Signing)
54. Avar (Northeast Caucasian)
55. Avestan (Indo-Iranian)
56. Awadhi (Indo-Iranian)
57. Aymara (Aymaran)
58. Azerbaijani (Turkic)

Abanyom is a language of the Bantu language family. ... Map showing the approximate distribution of Bantu (dull yellow) vs. ... The Abaza language (Абаза Бызшва/Abaza Byzšwa) is a language of the Caucasus mountains in the Russian autonomous republic of Turkey, where the Roman alphabet is used. ... The Northwest Caucasian languages, also called Pontic or Abkhaz-Adyg/Circassian, are a group of languages spoken in Caucasian Russia, Turkey, Jordan, Kabardino-Balkaria (an autonomous republic in Russia) and Abkhazia ( de facto independent formally an autonomous republic in Georgia). ... Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Georgia and Turkey. ... The Northwest Caucasian languages, also called Pontic or Abkhaz-Adyg/Circassian, are a group of languages spoken in Caucasian Russia, Turkey, Jordan, Kabardino-Balkaria (an autonomous republic in Russia) and Abkhazia ( de facto independent formally an autonomous republic in Georgia). ... Abujmaria is a language spoken in Hill Maria, a sub-group of Gond tribes, the largest tribal group in India. ... The Dravidian family of languages includes approximately 73[1] languages that are mainly spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka, as well as certain areas in Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and eastern and central India, as well as in parts of Afghanistan and Iran, and by overseas Dravidians in other countries... Acehnese (also Achinese, Achehnese) or Aceh (formerly Atjeh) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... Adamorobe Sign Language is an indigenous sign language used in Adamorobe, an Akan village in eastern Ghana. ... A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual communication instead of sound to convey meaning - simultaneously combining handshapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to express fluidly a speakers thoughts. ... The Adele language is spoken in eastern Ghana and als well in Togo. ... The Kwa languages are spoken in the south-eastern part of Côte dIvoire, in Ghana, Togo and Benin, and the south-Western corner of Nigeria. ... Adyghe (адыгэбзэ adygebze, adÉ™găbză) is one of the two official languages of the Federal Republic of Adygea in the Russian Federation, the other being Russian. ... The Northwest Caucasian languages, also called Pontic or Abkhaz-Adyg/Circassian, are a group of languages spoken in Caucasian Russia, Turkey, Jordan, Kabardino-Balkaria (an autonomous republic in Russia) and Abkhazia ( de facto independent formally an autonomous republic in Georgia). ... Afar is a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. ... The Cushitic languages are a subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic languages, named after the Biblical figure Cush by analogy with Semitic. ... Look up Wiktionary:Swadesh lists for Afrikaans and Dutch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Afro-Seminole Creole is an English-based creole spoken in Brackettville, Texas, in the United States and in Nacimiento de los Negros, Coahuila, in Mexico. ... An English-based creole language, or English creole for short, is a creole language that was significantly influenced by the English language. ... Aimaq is a dialect of the Persian language of Afghanistan spoken in West of the Hazara, central northwest Afghanistan, eastern Iran, and Tajikistan. ... Aini is a Turkic language spoken in western China known as Aini, variously spelled Aynu or Ainu, though it is unrelated to the Ainu language of Japan and Russia. ... The Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken across a vast area from Eastern Europe to Siberia and Western China with an estimated 140 million native speakers and tens of millions of second-language speakers. ... The Ainu language (Ainu: , aynu itak; Japanese: ainu-go) is spoken by the Ainu ethnic group on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō. It was once spoken in the Kurile Islands, the northern part of HonshÅ«, and the southern half of Sakhalin. ... A language isolate, in the absolute sense, is a natural language with no demonstrable genealogical (or genetic) relationship with other living languages; that is, one that has not been demonstrated to descend from an ancestor common to any other language. ... The Akan language belongs to the Kwa language family. ... The Kwa languages are spoken in the south-eastern part of Côte dIvoire, in Ghana, Togo and Benin, and the south-Western corner of Nigeria. ... Akawaio is a Carib language spoken mainly in Guyana, most commonly in the region of the Upper Mazaruni. ... The Cariban languages are an indigenous language family of South America. ... Akkadian (lišānum akkadÄ«tum) was a Semitic language (part of the greater Afro-Asiatic language family) spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, particularly by the Assyrians and Babylonians. ... 14th century BC diplomatic letter in Akkadian, found in Tell Amarna. ... Aklanon refers to the people of Aklan province in the Philippines, their language and culture. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... The Indo-European languages comprise a family of several hundred related languages and dialects [1], including most of the major languages of Europe, as well as many spoken in the Indian subcontinent (South Asia), the Iranian plateau (Southwest Asia), and Central Asia. ... Aleut (Unangam Tunuu) is a language of the Eskimo-Aleut language phylum. ... Eskimo-Aleut languages Eskimo-Aleut is a language family native to Greenland, the Canadian Arctic, Alaska, and parts of Siberia. ... Algonquin (or Algonkin) is an Algonquian language closely related to Ojibwe. ... Pre-contact distribution of Algonquian languages The Algonquian (also Algonkian) languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (the two Algic languages that are not Algonquian are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California). ... Alemán Coloneiro, spoken in Colonia Tovar, is a dialect that belongs to the Low Alemannic branch of German. ... This inscription in Alsatian on a window in Eguisheim, Alsace, reads: Dis Hausz sted in Godes Hand - God bewar es vor Feyru (This house stands in Gods hand - God beware it for fire) Alsatian (French Alsacien, German Elsässisch) is a Low Alemannic German dialect spoken in Alsace, a... Altay is a language of the Turkic group of languages. ... The Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken across a vast area from Eastern Europe to Siberia and Western China with an estimated 140 million native speakers and tens of millions of second-language speakers. ... Alutor is a language of Russia that belongs to the Chukchi-Koryak group of the Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages. ... The Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages (commonly also Chukchi-Kamchatkan) are a language family of northeastern Siberia. ... American Sign Language (ASL; less commonly Ameslan) is the dominant sign language of the Deaf community in the United States, in the English-speaking parts of Canada, and in parts of Mexico. ... A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual communication instead of sound to convey meaning - simultaneously combining handshapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to express fluidly a speakers thoughts. ... Amharic (አማርኛ āmariññā) is a Semitic language spoken in North Central Ethiopia by the Amhara. ... 14th century BC diplomatic letter in Akkadian, found in Tell Amarna. ... The Amorite language is the term used for the early (North-)West Semitic language, spoken by the north Semitic Amorite tribes prominent in early Middle Eastern history. ... 14th century BC diplomatic letter in Akkadian, found in Tell Amarna. ... Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ... Amdang (self-named: sìmí amdangtí) is a tongue of near kin to Fur spoken in Chad by about 5,000 people (as of 1983). ... Map showing the distribution of the Nilo-Saharan languages. ... The Ammonite language is the extinct Canaanite language of the Ammonite people mentioned in the Bible, who used to live in modern-day Jordan, and after whom its capital Amman is named. ... 14th century BC diplomatic letter in Akkadian, found in Tell Amarna. ... Andalusian language (andalùh, es: Andaluz) is a proposed term to classify the various Romance lects spoken in the Andalusia region of Spain as a full language. ... The Romance languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, comprise all languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. ... Angaur is one of the official languages of Palau. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... Angika is a language of the Ang or Anga region of India, a 58,000 km² area of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal states. ... The Indo-Aryan languages form a subgroup of the Indo-Iranian languages, thus belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. ... Ao is a Kuki-Chin-Naga language (of the Tibeto-Burman family) spoken by the Ao of Nagaland in northeast India. ... Sino-Tibetan languages form a language family of about 250 languages of East Asia, in number of speakers worldwide second only to Indo-European. ... A-Pucikwar (also known as Pucikwar) is a nearly extinct language of the Andaman Islands, India. ... Ethnolinguistic map of the precolonial Andaman Islands (drawn 1902) The Andamanese languages form a language family spoken in the Andaman Islands, a India. ... The Arabic language ( ), or simply Arabic ( ), is the largest member of the family of Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic. ... 14th century BC diplomatic letter in Akkadian, found in Tell Amarna. ... Languages distribution in Aragon (Aragonese in red). ... The Romance languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, comprise all languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. ... Aramaic is a group of Semitic languages with a 3,000-year history. ... 14th century BC diplomatic letter in Akkadian, found in Tell Amarna. ... The Are language is one of the Are languages. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... Argobba is an Ethiopic language that was spoken in an area north-east of Addis Ababa. ... 14th century BC diplomatic letter in Akkadian, found in Tell Amarna. ... Aromanian (also known as Macedo-Romanian, Arumanian or Vlach in most other countries; in Aromanian: limba aromână, limba armânească, armâneashti or armãneshce) is an Eastern Romance language spoken in Southeastern Europe. ... The Romance languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, comprise all languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. ... The Indo-European languages comprise a family of several hundred related languages and dialects [1], including most of the major languages of Europe, as well as many spoken in the Indian subcontinent (South Asia), the Iranian plateau (Southwest Asia), and Central Asia. ... Arpitan or Francoprovençal is a Romance language consisting of dialects that can be found in Italy (Valle dAosta, Piemonte, Calabria, Apulia), in Switzerland (cantons Fribourg, Valais, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Geneva, non-German speaking parts of Bern, but not Jura, where the dialects spoken are French) and in France... The Romance languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, comprise all languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. ... Arvanitic or Arvanitika (Greek: Αρβανίτικα; native name: Arbëríshte; spelled in the Greek-based Arvanitic alphabet) is the variety of Albanian traditionally spoken by the Arvanites, a population group in Greece. ... The Indo-European languages comprise a family of several hundred related languages and dialects [1], including most of the major languages of Europe, as well as many spoken in the Indian subcontinent (South Asia), the Iranian plateau (Southwest Asia), and Central Asia. ... The Ashkenazi Hebrew language is a descendant of Biblical Hebrew favored for liturgical use by Ashkenazi Jewish practice. ... 14th century BC diplomatic letter in Akkadian, found in Tell Amarna. ... Ashkun is a language of Afghanistan in the region of Pech Valley around Wama, northwest of Asadabad in Kunar province. ... The Indo-Iranian language group constitutes the easternmost extant branch of the Indo-European family of languages. ... Assamese (অসমীয়া) or Ôxômiya (IPA [É”xÉ”mija]) is the language spoken by some of the natives of the state of Assam in northeast India. ... The Indo-Iranian language group constitutes the easternmost extant branch of the Indo-European family of languages. ... Assyrian Neo-Aramaic is a modern Eastern Aramaic or Syriac language. ... 14th century BC diplomatic letter in Akkadian, found in Tell Amarna. ... The Ateso language (also known as Teso, Iteso, or any of various other names) is a language of Uganda. ... The Nilotic languages are a group of Eastern Sudanic languages spoken across a wide area between southern Sudan and Tanzania by the Nilotic peoples, particularly associated with cattle-herding. ... The Asi language is spoken in towns on Tablas Island as well as the islands of Banton, Simara, and Maestro de Campo. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... Asturian, Leonese, Astur-Leonese or Bable (Asturianu in Asturian, Llïonés in Leonese) is a Romance language spoken in some parts of the provinces of Asturias, León, Zamora and Salamanca in Spain, and in the area of Miranda de Douro in Portugal (where it is officially recognized as... The Romance languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, comprise all languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. ... Auslan is the sign language used by the Australian Deaf community. ... A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual communication instead of sound to convey meaning - simultaneously combining handshapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to express fluidly a speakers thoughts. ... This article is about the Avar Language, for information on the Avar people please see Caucasian Avars. ... The Northeast Caucasian languages, also called East Caucasian, Caspian, Nakh-Dagestanian, or Dagestanian, are a family of languages spoken mostly in the Dagestan, Chechnya, and Ingushetia regions of Russia, in Northern Azerbaijan, and in Georgia. ... Avestan is an Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta. ... The Indo-Iranian language group constitutes the easternmost extant branch of the Indo-European family of languages. ... Awadhi is an Indian language, often considered a dialect of Hindi, spoken in the Awadh (Oudh) region of Uttar Pradesh. ... The Indo-Iranian language group constitutes the easternmost extant branch of the Indo-European family of languages. ... Help wikipedia by translating the Spanish article into this article. ... The Aymaran languages are a South American language family. ... The Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken across a vast area from Eastern Europe to Siberia and Western China with an estimated 140 million native speakers and tens of millions of second-language speakers. ...

B

1. Badaga (Dravidian)
2. Badeshi (Indo-Iranian)
3. Bahnar (Austroasiatic)
4. Bajelani (Indo-Iranian)
5. Balinese (Malayo-Polynesian)
6. Balochi (Indo-Iranian)
7. Balti (Tibeto-Burman)
8. Bambara or Bamanankan (Mande)
9. Banjar (Malayo-Polynesian)
10. Banyumasan (Malayo-Polynesian)
11. Basaa (Bantu)
12. Bashkir (Turkic)
13. Basque (Isolated)
14. Batak Dairi (Malayo-Polynesian)
15. Batak Karo (Malayo-Polynesian)
16. Batak Mandailing (Malayo-Polynesian)
17. Batak Simalungun (Malayo-Polynesian)
18. Batak Toba (Malayo-Polynesian)
19. Bats (North Caucasian)
20. Bavarian (Germanic)
21. Beja (Cushitic)
22. Belarusian (Slavic)
23. Belhare (Tibeto-Burman)
24. Bellari (Dravidian)
25. Berta (Nilo-Saharan)
26. Bemba (Bantu)
27. Bengali (Indo-Aryan)
28. Bezhta (Northeast Caucasian)
29. Beothuk (unclassified) (extinct)
30. Berber (Afro-Asiatic)
31. Bete (Niger-Congo)
32. Bété (Niger-Congo)
33. Bhili (Indo-Aryan)
34. Bhojpuri (Indo-Aryan)
35. Bijil Neo-Aramaic (Semitic)
36. Bikol (Malayo-Polynesian)
37. Bikya or Furu (Bantu)
38. Blackfoot (Algonquian)
39. Boholano (Malayo-Polynesian)
40. Bohtan Neo-Aramaic (Semitic)
41. Bolgar (unclassified) (extinct)
42. Bonan or Paoan (Mongolic)
43. Bororo (Bororoan)
44. Bosnian (Slavic)
45. Brahui (Dravidian)
46. Breton (Celtic)
47. British Sign Language (Signing)
48. Bua (Niger-Congo)
49. Buginese (Malayo-Polynesian)
50. Bukusu (Bantu)
51. Bulgarian (Slavic)
52. Bunjevac (Slavic)
53. Burmese (Tibeto-Burman)
54. Burushaski (language isolate)
55. Buryat (Mongolic)

The Badaga language is a southern Dravidian language (Tamil-Kannada branch) spoken by approximately 250,000 people (the Badagas) in the Nilgiri Hills in Southern India. ... The Dravidian family of languages includes approximately 73[1] languages that are mainly spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka, as well as certain areas in Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and eastern and central India, as well as in parts of Afghanistan and Iran, and by overseas Dravidians in other countries... Badeshi is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken by over 10,000 people in upper reaches of Bishigram Valley (Chail), east of Madyan, Swat, Kohistan in Northern Areas of Pakistan. ... The Indo-Iranian language group constitutes the easternmost extant branch of the Indo-European family of languages. ... The Austroasiatic languages are a large language family of Southeast Asia and India. ... The Indo-Iranian language group constitutes the easternmost extant branch of the Indo-European family of languages. ... Balinese is the language spoken by people in the island of Bali, Indonesia. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Indo-Iranian language group constitutes the easternmost extant branch of the Indo-European family of languages. ... Balti is a language spoken in Baltistan, in what is now part of the Pakistan-controlled Northern Areas of Jammu & Kashmir State. ... The Tibeto-Burman linguistic subfamily of the proposed Sino-Tibetan language family is spoken in various central and south Asian countries: Myanmar (the Burmese language as well as the languages of minorities like the Karens and Kachins), Tibet (Tibetan language), northern Thailand (Lahu, Lisu, Akha languages), southern China, Nepal, Bhutan... Bambara, also known as Bamanankan in the language itself, is a language spoken in Mali by as many as six million people (including second language users). ... Mandé is the name of an ethnic group or nation, as well as a group of languages which are spoken in several countries in West Africa, including Mandinka, Soninke, Bambara, Dioula, Kagoro, Bozo, Mendé, Yacouba, and Vai. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... In modern language classification, the Banyumasan language is usually considered a dialect of Javanese. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... Basaa (also spelled Bassa, Basa, Bissa) is a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon. ... Map showing the approximate distribution of Bantu (dull yellow) vs. ... The Bashkir language is a Turkic language, a member of the Kyphchak group of languages. ... The Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken across a vast area from Eastern Europe to Siberia and Western China with an estimated 140 million native speakers and tens of millions of second-language speakers. ... Basque (native name: Euskara) is the language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain and the adjoining region of South-Western France. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... The Batak Toba language is an Austronesian / Malayo-Polynesian language that originates from Northern Sumatra, in Indonesia, mostly west of Lake Toba. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... Bats (also Batsi, Batsbi, Batsb or Batsaw) is the language of the Bats people, a Caucasian minority group, and is part of the Nakh family of Caucasian languages. ... North Caucasian languages is a blanket term for two distinct, but possibly related, phyla of languages spoken in the north Caucasus and in Turkey. ... Austro-Bavarian or Bavarian is a major group of Upper German varieties. ... Beja (also called Bedawi, Bedauye, To Bedawie) is an Afro-Asiatic language of the southern coast of the Red Sea, spoken by about two million nomads in parts of Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea. ... The Cushitic languages are a subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic languages, named after the Biblical figure Cush by analogy with Semitic. ...  Countries where a West Slavic language is the national language  Countries where an East Slavic language is the national language  Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages), a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup... Belhare (in Nepali Belhaareor) is a Kiranti language spoken by some 2,000 people living on the Belhara hill, at the southern foothills of the Himalayas situated in the Dhankuta district in Eastern Nepal. ... The Tibeto-Burman linguistic subfamily of the proposed Sino-Tibetan language family is spoken in various central and south Asian countries: Myanmar (the Burmese language as well as the languages of minorities like the Karens and Kachins), Tibet (Tibetan language), northern Thailand (Lahu, Lisu, Akha languages), southern China, Nepal, Bhutan... The Dravidian family of languages includes approximately 73[1] languages that are mainly spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka, as well as certain areas in Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and eastern and central India, as well as in parts of Afghanistan and Iran, and by overseas Dravidians in other countries... The Berta language is spoken in Sudan and Ethiopia, and is generally classified as a branch of Nilo-Saharan. ... Map showing the distribution of the Nilo-Saharan languages. ... Bemba, also known as Chibemba and Ichibemba, is a Bantu language that is spoken primarily in Zambia but is also spoken in surrounding countries. ... Map showing the approximate distribution of Bantu (dull yellow) vs. ... Bengali or Bangla (বাংলা, IPA: ) is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from Prakrit, Pāli and Sanskrit. ... The Indo-Aryan languages form a subgroup of the Indo-Iranian languages, thus belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. ... The Bezhta language (also known as Kapucha) belongs to the Tsezic group of the North Caucasian language family. ... The Northeast Caucasian languages, also called East Caucasian, Caspian, Nakh-Dagestanian, or Dagestanian, are a family of languages spoken mostly in the Dagestan, Chechnya, and Ingushetia regions of Russia, in Northern Azerbaijan, and in Georgia. ... Pre-contact distribution of Beothuk language The Beothuk language (also Beothukan) was the language spoken by the Beothuk indigenous people of Newfoundland. ... Unclassified languages are languages whose genetic affiliation has not been established, mostly due to lack of reliable data. ... Afro-Asiatic - Berber The Berber languages (or Tamazight) are a group of closely related languages mainly spoken in Morocco and Algeria. ... The Afro-Asiatic languages constitute a language family with about 375 languages (SIL estimate) and more than 300 million speakers spread throughout North Africa, East Africa, the Sahel, and Southwest Asia (including some 200 million speakers of Arabic). ... The B languages are spoken in south-eastern C dIvoire. ... Map showing the distribution of Niger-Congo languages The Niger-Congo languages constitute one of the worlds major language families, and Africas largest in terms of geographical area, number of speakers, and number of distinct languages. ... The Bété languages are spoken in south-eastern Côte dIvoire. ... Map showing the distribution of Niger-Congo languages The Niger-Congo languages constitute one of the worlds major language families, and Africas largest in terms of geographical area, number of speakers, and number of distinct languages. ... Bhili is a Central Indo_Aryan language spoken in west_central India, in the region east of Ahmadabad. ... The Indo-Aryan languages form a subgroup of the Indo-Iranian languages, thus belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. ... Bhojpuri is a popular regional language spoken in northeastern India in the western part of state of Bihar, the northwestern part of Jharkhand, and the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, as well as an adjoining area of southern plains of Nepal. ... The Indo-Aryan languages form a subgroup of the Indo-Iranian languages, thus belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. ... Bijil Neo-Aramaic is a modern Jewish Aramaic language, often called Neo-Aramaic or Judeo-Aramaic. ... 14th century BC diplomatic letter in Akkadian, found in Tell Amarna. ... Bicolano or Bikol is an Austronesian language used in the Philippines particularly on the Bicol Peninsula on the island of Luzon. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... Bikya (also known as Furu) is a language of the Niger-Congo family that is spoken in Cameroon. ... Map showing the approximate distribution of Bantu (dull yellow) vs. ... Blackfoot is the name of any of the Algonquian languages spoken by the Blackfoot tribe of Native Americans, who currently live in the northwestern plains of North America. ... Pre-contact distribution of Algonquian languages The Algonquian (also Algonkian) languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (the two Algic languages that are not Algonquian are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California). ... Boholano is a dialect that is spoken on the island of Bohol. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... Bohtan Neo-Aramaic is a modern Eastern Aramaic or Syriac language. ... 14th century BC diplomatic letter in Akkadian, found in Tell Amarna. ... Bolgar (also BolÄŸar), also Proto-Bulgarian is the language of the Bulgars, now extinct, whose classification is unclear. ... Unclassified languages are languages whose genetic affiliation has not been established, mostly due to lack of reliable data. ... The Bonan language is the Mongolic language of the Bonan ethnic group of China. ... The Mongolic languages are a group of thirteen languages spoken in Central Asia. ...  Countries where a West Slavic language is the national language  Countries where an East Slavic language is the national language  Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages), a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup... The Brahui language is mainly spoken in Balochistan, Pakistan, although also in Afghanistan and Iran. ... The Dravidian family of languages includes approximately 73[1] languages that are mainly spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka, as well as certain areas in Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and eastern and central India, as well as in parts of Afghanistan and Iran, and by overseas Dravidians in other countries... Breton (Breton: Brezhoneg) is a Celtic language spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany (Breizh) and Loire-Atlantique (historically part of Brittany) in France. ... The Celtic languages are the languages descended from Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, spoken by ancient and modern Celts alike. ... British Sign Language (BSL) is the sign language used in the United Kingdom (UK), and is the first or preferred language of an unknown number of deaf people in the UK (published estimates vary from 30,000 to 250,000 but the actual number is likely to be closer to... A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual communication instead of sound to convey meaning - simultaneously combining handshapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to express fluidly a speakers thoughts. ... The Bua language is spoken by some 7,708 people (as of 1993) north of the Chari River around Korbol and Gabil; it is the largest member of the small Bua subgroup of the Mbum-Day subgroup of the Adamawa languages. ... Map showing the distribution of Niger-Congo languages The Niger-Congo languages constitute one of the worlds major language families, and Africas largest in terms of geographical area, number of speakers, and number of distinct languages. ... Buginese (locally Basa Ugi, elsewhere also Bahasa Bugis, Bugis, Bugi, De) is the language spoken by about four million people mainly in the southern part of Sulawesi, Indonesia. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... Bukusu (or LuBukusu) is the Bantu language of the Bukusu people of western Kenya. ... Map showing the approximate distribution of Bantu (dull yellow) vs. ...  Countries where a West Slavic language is the national language  Countries where an East Slavic language is the national language  Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages), a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup... Bunjevac language or Bunjevac dialect (Bunjevački jezik or Bunjevački dijalekat) is a language/dialect spoken by Bunjevac ethnic group in Vojvodina province of Serbia and Montenegro. ...  Countries where a West Slavic language is the national language  Countries where an East Slavic language is the national language  Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages), a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup... The Tibeto-Burman linguistic subfamily of the proposed Sino-Tibetan language family is spoken in various central and south Asian countries: Myanmar (the Burmese language as well as the languages of minorities like the Karens and Kachins), Tibet (Tibetan language), northern Thailand (Lahu, Lisu, Akha languages), southern China, Nepal, Bhutan... Burushaski (ISO/DIS 639-3 bsk) is a language isolate spoken by some 50,000-60,000 Burusho people in the Hunza, Nagar, Yasin, and parts of the Gilgit valleys in northern Pakistan and Kashmir. ... A language isolate, in the absolute sense, is a natural language with no demonstrable genealogical (or genetic) relationship with other living languages; that is, one that has not been demonstrated to descend from an ancestor common to any other language. ... The Buryat language is a Mongolic language spoken by the Buryats. ... The Mongolic languages are a group of thirteen languages spoken in Central Asia. ...

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1. Caluyanon or Caluyanun (Malayo-Polynesian)
2. Camunic (unclassified) (extinct)
3. Cantonese (Sinitic)
4. Carian (Anatolian) (extinct)
5. Catawba (Siouan) (extinct)
6. Catalan (Romance)
7. Cayuga (Iroquoian)
8. Cebuano (Malayo-Polynesian)
9. Chabacano or Chavacano (Creole)
10. Chaga or Kichagga (Bantu)
11. Chagatai (Turkic) (extinct)
12. Chaldean Neo-Aramaic (Semitic)
13. Chamorro (Malayo-Polynesian)
14. Chaouia or Tachawit (Berber)
15. Chechen (Northeast Caucasian)
16. Chemakum (Chimakuan) (extinct)
17. Chenchu (Dravidian)
18. Chenoua (Berber)
19. Cherokee (Iroquoian
20. Cheyenne (Algonquian)
21. Chhattisgarhi (Indo-Aryan)
22. Chhintang or Chintang (Tibeto-Burman)
23. Chilcotin (Athabaskan)
24. Chinese (Sinitic)
25. Chiricahua or Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache (Athabaskan)
26. Chichewa or Nyanja (Bantu)
27. Chipewyan (Athabaskan)
28. Chittagonian (Indo-Aryan)
29. Choctaw (Muskogean)
30. Chorasmian or Khwarezmian (Iranian)
31. Chukchi or Chukot (Chukotko-Kamchatkan)
32. Chulym (Turkic)
33. Church Slavonic (Slavic)
34. Chuukese or Trukese (Malayo-Polynesian)
35. Chuvash (Turkic)
36. Cocoma or Cocama (Tupian)
37. Cocopa (Hokan)
38. Coeur d’Alene (Salishan)
39. Comorian (Bantu)
40. Coptic (Egyptian) (extinct)
41. Cornish (Celtic)
42. Corsican (Romance)
43. Cree (Algonquian)
44. Crimean Tatar or Crimean Turkish (Turkic)
45. Croatian (Slavic)
46. Cuman (Turkic) (extinct)
47. Cumbric (Celtic) (extinct)
48. Curonian (Baltic) (extinct)
49. Cuyonon (Malayo-Polynesian)
50. Czech (Slavic)

Caluyanon or (Caluyanun, Caluynanen, Caluyanhon) Is a Visayan language that is spoken in Caluya Islands, Antique in the Philippines. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... Camunic is an extinct language once spoken by the Camunni tribe that dwelt in the Val Camonica, Brescia, Italy. ... Unclassified languages are languages whose genetic affiliation has not been established, mostly due to lack of reliable data. ... This article is on all of the Yue dialects. ... ... The Carian language was the language of the Carians. ... The Anatolian languages are a group of extinct languages, either Indo-European or (in some classifications) closely related to Indo-European, which were spoken in Asia Minor, including Hittite. ... The Catawba (also known as Issa or Esaw) are a tribe of Native Americans that traditionally lived in the Southeast United States, along the border between North and South Carolina. ... Pre-contact distribution of the Siouan languages The Siouan (a. ... Catalan in Europe Catalan IPA: (català ) is a Romance language, the official language of Andorra and co-official in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Valencia (under the name Valencian) and Catalonia. ... The Romance languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, comprise all languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. ... Cayuga (In Cayuga Goyogohó:nǫ’) is a Northern Iroquoian language of the Iroquois Proper (a. ... Iroquoian languages The Iroquoian languages are a Native American language family. ... Cebuano, also known as Sugboanon, is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 20,000,000 (ethnologue) people and is a subgroup or member of Bisaya, Visayan and Binisayâ. The name came from the Philippine island of Cebu, with the Spanish suffix -ano meaning native, of a place... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... Chabacano, (also Chavacano), is a Spanish creole spoken in the Philippines. ... A creole is a language descended from a pidgin that has become the native language of a group of people. ... Kichagga (kichaga) is one of the Bantu languages spoken by the people of Tanzania, South of Mount Kilimanjaro. ... Map showing the approximate distribution of Bantu (dull yellow) vs. ... The Chagatai language is an extinct Turkic language which was once widely spoken in Central Asia. ... The Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken across a vast area from Eastern Europe to Siberia and Western China with an estimated 140 million native speakers and tens of millions of second-language speakers. ... Chaldean Neo-Aramaic is a modern Eastern Aramaic or Syriac language. ... 14th century BC diplomatic letter in Akkadian, found in Tell Amarna. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... Chaouia is the Zenati Berber language of the Chaoui people of eastern Algeria, around Batna and Khenchela. ... The Berber languages (or Tamazight) are a group of closely related languages mainly spoken in Morocco and Algeria. ... The Chechen language has about 1,200,000 speakers, most of whom live in Russia. ... The Northeast Caucasian languages, also called East Caucasian, Caspian, Nakh-Dagestanian, or Dagestanian, are a family of languages spoken mostly in the Dagestan, Chechnya, and Ingushetia regions of Russia, in Northern Azerbaijan, and in Georgia. ... Chemakum (English pronunciation: [ˈʧɛməkəm]) (also written as Chimakum or Chimacum) were a Native American group that once lived on western Washington states Olympic Peninsula. ... The Chimakuan language family consists of two languages that are spoken in northwestern Washington, USA on the Olympic Peninsula. ... Chenchu is a langua of India (region of Andhra Pradesh), which is spoken by 28,754 (1981 census). ... The Dravidian family of languages includes approximately 73[1] languages that are mainly spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka, as well as certain areas in Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and eastern and central India, as well as in parts of Afghanistan and Iran, and by overseas Dravidians in other countries... The Chenoua language (self-denomination: Haqbaylit̠) is the Zenati Berber language of Jebel Chenoua in Algeria, just west of Algiers near Tipasa and Cherchell. ... The Berber languages (or Tamazight) are a group of closely related languages mainly spoken in Morocco and Algeria. ... Cherokee (Cherokee: Tsalagi) is an Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee people. ... Iroquoian languages The Iroquoian languages are a Native American language family. ... The Cheyenne language (TsÄ—hesenÄ—stsestotse or, in easier spelling, Tsisinstsistots) is a Native American language spoken in present-day Montana and Oklahoma, USA. It is part of the Algonquian language family. ... Pre-contact distribution of Algonquian languages The Algonquian (also Algonkian) languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (the two Algic languages that are not Algonquian are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California). ... Chhattisgarhi is a language of India. ... The Indo-Aryan languages form a subgroup of the Indo-Iranian languages, thus belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. ... The Tibeto-Burman linguistic subfamily of the proposed Sino-Tibetan language family is spoken in various central and south Asian countries: Myanmar (the Burmese language as well as the languages of minorities like the Karens and Kachins), Tibet (Tibetan language), northern Thailand (Lahu, Lisu, Akha languages), southern China, Nepal, Bhutan... Chilcotin (also Tsilhqot’in, Tzilkotin) is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in British Columbia and Washington. ... Athabaskan or Athabascan (also Athapascan or Athapaskan) is the name of a large group of distantly related Native American peoples, also known as the Athabasca Indians or Athapaskes, and of their language family. ... ... Chiricahua is a Southern Athabaskan language spoken by the Chiricahua tribe in Oklahoma and New Mexico. ... Athabaskan or Athabascan (also Athapascan or Athapaskan) is the name of a large group of distantly related Native American peoples, also known as the Athabasca Indians or Athapaskes, and of their language family. ... Chichewa (Chicheŵa in Malawian English) is one of the two official national languages of the Republic of Malawi, the other being English. ... Map showing the approximate distribution of Bantu (dull yellow) vs. ... The Chipewyan language is the language spoken by the Chipewyan people of central Canada (parts of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan) and is also called Dene. ... Athabaskan or Athabascan (also Athapascan or Athapaskan) is the name of a large group of distantly related Native American peoples, also known as the Athabasca Indians or Athapaskes, and of their language family. ... Chittagonian is an Indo-European language spoken by the people of Chittagong in Bangladesh and the much of the southeast of the country. ... The Indo-Aryan languages form a subgroup of the Indo-Iranian languages, thus belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. ... The Choctaw language, traditionally spoken by the Native American Choctaw people of the southeastern United States, is a member of the Muskogean family. ... Pre-contact distribution of Muskogean languages Muskogean (also Muskhogean, Muskogee) is a language family of the U.S. Southeast. ... Chukchi (Luoravetlan (in native language), Chukot, Chukcha) is a Palaeosiberian language spoken by circa 10,400 people (2001) (Chukchi) in the easternmost extremity of Siberia, mainly in the region called Chukotka. ... The Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages (commonly also Chukchi-Kamchatkan) are a language family of northeastern Siberia. ... Chulyum also known as Chulym-Turkic , Chulym Tatar (not at all related to the Tatar language), or Küerik is a language of Chulyms. ... The Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken across a vast area from Eastern Europe to Siberia and Western China with an estimated 140 million native speakers and tens of millions of second-language speakers. ... Page from the Spiridon Psalter in Church Slavonic. ...  Countries where a West Slavic language is the national language  Countries where an East Slavic language is the national language  Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages), a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup... Chuukese (also called Trukese) is a Trukic language of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the islands of Chuuk in the Caroline Islands in Micronesia. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ... Chuvash language (pronounced /ˈʧu. ... The Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken across a vast area from Eastern Europe to Siberia and Western China with an estimated 140 million native speakers and tens of millions of second-language speakers. ... Cocoma is a language which is spoken by Indian tribesmen in northeastern lower Ucayali, lower Marañon and Huallaga rivers area, Peru. ... The Tupi languages are a language family of 70 languages which are spoken by Indian tribesmen in South America. ... The Hokan language family is a hypothetical grouping of a dozen small language families spoken in California and Mexico. ... The Coeur dAlene are a First Nations/Native American people who lived in villages along the Coeur dAlene, St. ... The Salishan (also Salish) languages are a group of languages of western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ... Comorian (Shikomor) is the most widely used language on the Comoros (independent islands in the Indian Ocean, off Mozambique and Madagascar). ... Map showing the approximate distribution of Bantu (dull yellow) vs. ... Coptic is the most recent phase of ancient Egyptian. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Celtic languages are the languages descended from Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, spoken by ancient and modern Celts alike. ... Corsican (Corsu or Lingua Corsa) is a Romance language spoken on the island of Corsica (France), alongside French, which is the official language. ... The Romance languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, comprise all languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. ... Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador. ... Pre-contact distribution of Algonquian languages The Algonquian (also Algonkian) languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (the two Algic languages that are not Algonquian are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California). ... Crimean Tatar language (Qırımtatar tili, Qırımtatarca), also known as Crimean (Qırım tili, Qırımca) and Crimean Turkish (Qırım Türkçesi) is the language of the Crimean Tatars. ... The Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken across a vast area from Eastern Europe to Siberia and Western China with an estimated 140 million native speakers and tens of millions of second-language speakers. ...  Countries where a West Slavic language is the national language  Countries where an East Slavic language is the national language  Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages), a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup... Cuman language was a Turkic language spoken by the Kipchaks (also known as the Cumans) similar to todays Crimean Tatar language. ... The Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken across a vast area from Eastern Europe to Siberia and Western China with an estimated 140 million native speakers and tens of millions of second-language speakers. ... Cumbric was the Brythonic Celtic language spoken in Cumbria, and the southern Lowland Scotland . ... The Celtic languages are the languages descended from Proto-Celtic, or Common Celtic, spoken by ancient and modern Celts alike. ... The term Curonian language may refer to two different, but genetically related Baltic languages. ... The Baltic languages are a group of related languages belonging to the Indo-European language family and spoken mainly in areas extending east and southeast of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. ... Cuyonon or (Cuyonen, Cuyono, Cuyunon, Cuyo, Kuyunon, Kuyonon) is the language and people, believed to be of Malay origin, of Cuyo Island, Palawan in the Philippines. ... The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages used by some 351 million speakers. ...  Countries where a West Slavic language is the national language  Countries where an East Slavic language is the national language  Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages), a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup...

D

1. Dacian (Indo-European) (extinct)
2. Dahlik (Semitic)
3. Dalecarlian (Germanic)
4. Dalmatian (Romance) (extinct)
5. Dameli (Indo-Aryan)
6. Danish (Germanic)
7. Dargin (Northeast Caucasian)
8. Dari (Zoroastrian) (Iranian)
9. Dari-Persian (Iranian)
10. Darkhat (Mongolic)
11. Daur or Dagur (Mongolic)
12. Dena'ina or Tanaina (Athapaskan)
13. Dhatki (Indo-Aryan)
14. Dhivehi or Maldivian (Indo-Aryan)
15. Dida (