List of countries by spoken languages
This list shows countries/disputed countries organised by the languages which are spoken there.
Indo-European languages
Albanian
Country/disputed territory | Status | Speakers |
---|---|---|
official | 1,570,000 (Tosk)[1] 1,200,000 (Gheg)[2] | |
minority | 50,000 (Arvanitika)[3] 10,000 (Tosk)[1] 600,000 (Standard Albanian / Albanian immigrants) | |
minority | 100,000 (Arbëreshë)[4] | |
official | (Gheg)[2] | |
official nationwide as of 2018[2] | 522,000 (Gheg)[2] | |
official in some municipalities[2] | 32,700 (Gheg)[2] | |
recognized minority[2] | (Gheg)[2] | |
language of provincial identity in some municipalities[2] | 10,000 (Gheg)[2] | |
recognized minority[2] | 7,180 (Gheg)[2] | |
minority | 65,000 (Tosk)[1] (Gheg)[2] | |
Total | 4,082,380[5] |
Armenian
Country | Status | Speakers |
---|---|---|
official | 2,960,000[6] | |
minority | 120,000[6] | |
minority | 1,410[6] | |
minority | 315,000[6] | |
minority | 440[6] | |
minority | 102,000[6] | |
recognized minority[6] | 60,000[6] | |
minority | 3,000[6] | |
minority | 6,500[6] | |
language of national identity[6] | 218,000[6] | |
recognized minority[6] | 2,210[6] | |
recognized minority[6] | 740[6] | |
minority | 83,000[6] | |
minority | 61,000[6] | |
recognized minority[6] | 50,300[6] | |
Total | 5,169,640[6] |
Baltic
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Latgalian | unofficial, spoken in Latgale | |
significant minority in Siberia | ||
Latvian | official | |
Lithuanian | minority | |
official | ||
minority, majority in the city of Puńsk |
Celtic
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Breton | minority language in | |
Cornish | minority language in | |
Irish | minority, co-official with English | |
minority and official in Northern Ireland | ||
minority | ||
Manx | minority, very limited official use | |
Scottish Gaelic | minority ,official in | |
official in | ||
minority | ||
Welsh | significant minority in | |
spoken by about 20% of the population in | ||
minority |
Germanic
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Afrikaans | co-official with 10 other languages | |
recognised minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Alsatian | regional language in | |
Danish | official | |
in | ||
co-official alongside Faroese | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Faroese | co-official with Danish | |
unofficial | ||
Frisian | minority | |
official recognised minority language | ||
minority language in | ||
Icelandic | official | |
minority | ||
Low German (Low Saxon) |
Niederdeutsch or more usual Plattdeutsch, recognized as regional language | |
Nederduits, recognized as regional language | ||
Luxembourgish | co-official with French and German | |
minority language in the Belgian Province of Luxembourg | ||
minority language in the German Regierungsbezirk Trier ("moselfränkisch") | ||
Norwegian | official, including Svalbard and Jan Mayen | |
Scots | minority in Scotland | |
minority in Ireland | ||
Swedish | official | |
co-official with Finnish. | ||
official | ||
minority |
Dutch
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Europe | official | |
co-official with French and German | ||
in French Flanders | ||
in Low Rhine Country | ||
Africa | spoken as minority, often used together with daughter language Afrikaans | |
Asia | regional language in minority (historic language) | |
Oceania | Minority | |
North America | co-official with Papiamento | |
co-official with English and Papiamento | ||
co-official with English | ||
spoken in minority primarily in Michigan and Indiana | ||
Minority | ||
South America | official | |
unofficial, spoken in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni |
English
German
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Europe | official | |
official | ||
official | ||
co-official with French and Italian | ||
co-official with French and Flemish | ||
co-official with Hungarian in the city of Sopron | ||
co-official with Italian in South Tyrol | ||
minority | ||
co-official with French and Luxembourgish | ||
co-official as auxiliary language in the Opole Voivodeship | ||
official with other languages, language of the Swiss Guard | ||
minority in Alsace and Lorraine | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Africa | minority | |
co-official as auxiliary language | ||
Asia | minority | |
minority | ||
North America | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority[9] | ||
South America | minority | |
official in some municipalities, see Brazilian German | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority (see: Colonia Tovar dialect) |
Greek
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Greek | official | |
co-official with Turkish | ||
significant minority, widely spoken and co-official with Albanian in Himara, Dropull, Finiq and Derviçan regions | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority |
Iranian
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Balochi | minority | |
minority | ||
significant minority in Balochistan | ||
minority | ||
Majority in Balochistan | ||
minority | ||
Persian | co-official as Dari, with Pashto | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
official | ||
significant minority | ||
minority, as Tajik | ||
minority, as Tajik | ||
minority, as Dari and Hazaragi | ||
official, as Tajik | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority, as Tajik | ||
Ossetic | majority in North Ossetia-Alania | |
majority | ||
minority | ||
Caucasian Tat | minority in Dagestan | |
minority | ||
Tajik | minority, as Tajik | |
minority, as Tajik | ||
minority | ||
official, as Tajik | ||
minority | ||
Kurdish | recognized minority | |
regional | ||
co-official with Arabic | ||
significant minority | ||
significant minority | ||
Gilan | unofficial, in Gilan, Māzandarān and Qhazvin Province | |
Talysh | minority | |
minority | ||
Pashto | co-official with Dari | |
majority in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA | ||
minority |
Indo-Aryan
Bengali language
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Asia | official | |
official, along with 21 others; primarily spoken in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, with significant minority in Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa | ||
significant minority[10] | ||
significant minority[11] | ||
minority[12] | ||
minority[13] | ||
minority[14] | ||
minority[15] | ||
minority. Mostly used in Karachi, where it holds the status as that of a recognized secondary language[16][17][18][19] | ||
Europe | minority[20] | |
significant minority[21] | ||
North America | minority[22][23][lower-alpha 1] | |
minority[24] | ||
Oceania | minority[25] |
Domari
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Africa | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Asia | minority | |
significant minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Europe/Asia | minority |
Romani
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Asia | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Europe | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
significant minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
officially recognised minority language | ||
minority | ||
officially recognised minority language | ||
minority | ||
significant minority, officially recognised minority language | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
officially recognized minority language | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
official in Šuto Orizari Municipality | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
officially recognised minority language | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
co-official in 79 rural communes | ||
officially recognised minority language | ||
officially recognised minority language | ||
minority | ||
officially recognised minority language | ||
minority | ||
officially recognised minority language | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
North America | minority | |
minority |
Hindi
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Asia | official, along with 21 others; official in the Indian states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. | |
more than half of the population can understand and speak | ||
minority, 90,000[26] | ||
minority, 58,000[26] | ||
significant minority, 8 million speakers | ||
more than half of the population can understand and speak | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Oceania | Fiji Hindi is an official language | |
minority | ||
minority, 20,000 speakers | ||
Africa | significant minority, 436,000 speakers[26] | |
minority, 37,000 speakers[26] | ||
minority, 66,000 speakers[26] | ||
minority, 5,300 speakers[26] | ||
Europe | minority | |
North America | minority, 268,000 speakers [26] | |
minority, 650,000 speakers[27] | ||
Caribbean | minority | |
minority | ||
minority |
Gujarati
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Asia | official in Gujarat, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli | |
significant minority | ||
Africa | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
North America | minority | |
minority | ||
Europe | significant minority | |
Oceania | minority |
Other Indo-Aryan
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Angika | majority in Anga, significant minority in the rest of the country | |
minority language, in Terai region | ||
Assamese | minority | |
official language along with 21 others | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Awadhi[28] | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
majority in Uttar Pradesh, minority in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Delhi | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Bhili | minority | |
Bhojpuri | minority | |
minority | ||
in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Bishnupriya Manipuri | minority, mostly in Manipur, Assam and Tripura | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
Chakma | minority, mostly in Chittagong Division | |
minority, mostly in Tripura, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh | ||
Chhattisgarhi | majority in Chhattisgarh, minority in Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, and Bihar | |
Chittagonian | significant minority, major language of Chittagong Division of Bangladesh | |
minority, mostly in Arakan and Yangon | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority, mostly in Karachi | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Dhivehi | in Lakshadweep | |
official | ||
Dogri | in Punjab, and Azad Kashmir | |
in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh | ||
Hajong | minority, mostly in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and West Bengal | |
minority | ||
Halbi | in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh | |
Kalasha-ala | minority | |
Kalasha-mun | minority | |
Kashmiri | official, spoken in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh | |
spoken in Azad Kashmir | ||
minority, mostly by immigrants from Azad Kashmir | ||
Khandeshi | minority, spoken in Maharashtra, Gujarat | |
Khowar | majority in Chitral, minority in Gilgit | |
Kannada | official in Karnataka state | |
minority | ||
Kumaoni | majority in Uttarakhand, minority in Assam | |
Lomavren | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Magadhi | official in Bihar | |
Maithili | official in Bihar | |
significant minority in Terai | ||
Mal Paharia | minority, mostly in Jharkhand and West Bengal | |
minority | ||
Marathi | official along with 21 others, widely spoken in Maharashtra & Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Sindh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Telangana, Daman and Diu. | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Significant minority | ||
Significant minority | ||
Significant minority | ||
Significant minority | ||
Significant minority | ||
Significant minority | ||
Significant minority | ||
Marwari | primarily in Rajasthan and Gujarat and it is also spoken in west Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Eastern U.P., Assam, and northeastern states | |
Nepali | unofficial | |
unofficial | ||
official in Sikkim, regional language in West Bengal | ||
unofficial | ||
official | ||
unofficial | ||
Oriya | minority | |
official in Orissa | ||
Punjabi | official with others | |
majority in Punjab | ||
significant minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Rajasthani | official along with others | |
minority | ||
Rajbanshi | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
Rohingya | minority, mostly in Arakan, Burma | |
minority, mostly in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh | ||
minority, mostly in Karachi | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Sindhi | minority | |
official with others | ||
minority | ||
majority in Sindh | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Sinhalese | official; known natively as Sinhala is the native language of the Sinhalese people, who make up the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka and also spoken as a second language by other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka. | |
Sylheti | major language of Sylhet Division of Bangladesh | |
significant minority in the state of Assam, especially in Barak Valley | ||
minority | ||
significant minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Tanchangya | minority; mainly in Chittagong Division, related to Chakma, Chittagonian, Pali, Prakrit, Sanskrit Rohingya and Bengali language | |
minority; mainly in Indian states of Assam, Tripura and Mizoram | ||
minority; mainly in Rakhine State, and few of them in Chin State and Yangon Division of Burma | ||
Urdu | minority | |
significant minority | ||
co-official as Hindustani with English and Fijian | ||
co-official with 21 others; understood and spoken in the Indian states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
co-official with English | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority |
Italic & Romance
French
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Europe | spoken, not official | |
co-official with Dutch and, German | ||
official | ||
co-official in the | ||
co-official with Luxembourgish | ||
official | ||
co-official with German, Italian, and Romansh | ||
Africa | unofficial, but widely used | |
official | ||
official | ||
co-official with Kirundi | ||
co-official with English | ||
co-official with Sango | ||
co-official with Arabic | ||
co-official with Arabic and Comorian | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
co-official with Arabic | ||
co-official with Spanish and Portuguese | ||
official | ||
official | ||
co-official with Malagasy | ||
official | ||
de facto | ||
de facto | ||
de facto | ||
official | ||
official | ||
co-official with English and Kinyarwanda | ||
official; Wolof most widely spoken | ||
co-official with English and Seychellois Creole | ||
official | ||
unofficial, but widely used | ||
Asia | minority | |
minority | ||
administrative language | ||
unofficial, but spoken by the majority | ||
in Puducherry, co-official with Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam | ||
North America | co-official with English; majority in Template:Flagcon, minority in New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island | |
official | ||
co-official with Haitian Creole | ||
minority | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
minority language, especially in Louisiana, Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire[9] | ||
Oceania | official | |
official | ||
co-official with English and Bislama | ||
official | ||
South America | minority | |
minority, significantly in RJ/ES and other coastal states; see French, Belgian and Swiss Brazilians | ||
minority | ||
official | ||
minority |
Italian
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Europe | unofficial, but widely spoken; some 70% of the population | |
minority | ||
official status in Istria | ||
minority language in | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
official | ||
minority | ||
unofficial, but widely spoken; some 66% of the population | ||
unofficial, but widely spoken | ||
official | ||
co-official in Koper, Izola and Piran | ||
co-official with French, German, and Romansh | ||
official | ||
Africa | widely spoken | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
Americas | minority | |
official in some municipalities, see Talian dialect | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Oceania | minority |
Portuguese
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Europe | official | |
significant minority in Olivenza | ||
significant minority | ||
significant minority | ||
significant minority | ||
significant minority | ||
significant minority | ||
Africa | official | |
official | ||
official | ||
co-official with Spanish and French | ||
official | ||
official | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Asia | co-official with Tetum | |
significant minority; see Brazilians in Japan | ||
co-official with Cantonese | ||
minority in Malacca ; see Kristang language | ||
minority in Goa State | ||
North America | significant minority | |
significant minority | ||
South America | official, see Brazilian Portuguese | |
significant minority | ||
minority; see Portuñol | ||
significant minority |
Spanish
The following is a list of the 22 countries where Spanish is an official language:
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Europe | official | |
majority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
not official – majority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Africa | co-official with French and Portuguese | |
not official – minority | ||
co-official with Arabic | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
Asia | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
former official language, spoken by a minority; see Spanish language in the Philippines | ||
North America | plurality, but unofficial | |
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
de facto, official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
Co-official language in New Mexico and Puerto Rico. Spoken by a majority in PR and a significant minority in NM. Minority elsewhere[9] | ||
South America | de facto | |
co-official with Quechua and Aymara and another 35 languages | ||
minority | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
co-official with Guaraní | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official |
Other Italic languges
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Catalan | official | |
in Northern Catalonia | ||
a significant minority in Alghero | ||
co-official with Spanish in | ||
Corsican | regional language in | |
minority in | ||
Sardinian | co-official in | |
Galician | co-official with Spanish in | |
minority, from immigration | ||
minority, from immigration | ||
minority, from immigration | ||
minority, from immigration | ||
minority, from immigration | ||
minority, from immigration | ||
minority, from immigration | ||
minority, from immigration | ||
Jèrriais | unofficial | |
unofficial | ||
Latin | official, but not spoken | |
Mirandese | co-official with Portuguese in the municipalities of Miranda do Douro, Mogadouro and Vimioso | |
Occitan | minority | |
recognised minority language | ||
co-official with Catalan and Spanish in | ||
Romanian | minority | |
minority | ||
official | ||
official | ||
minority | ||
co-official in province of Vojvodina with 5 other languages | ||
Romansh | co-official with French, Italian, and German |
Slavic
Language | Country/disputed territory | Status |
---|---|---|
Belarusian | co-official with Russian | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Bosnian | co-official with Croatian and Serbian | |
significant minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
significant minority, official in Sandžak | ||
significant minority | ||
Bulgarian | official | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Croatian | co-official with German and Hungarian in Burgenland | |
co-official with Bosnian and Serbian | ||
official | ||
co-official in Molise | ||
minority | ||
official in the municipalities of Carașova and Lupac[29] | ||
co-official in province of Vojvodina with 5 other languages | ||
Czech | minority | |
minority | ||
official | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Kashubian | official in Pomerania | |
Macedonian | minority, official in Pustec Municipality | |
official | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority, official in two municipalities | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Montenegrin | minority | |
minority | ||
official | ||
minority, official in some municipalities | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Polish | significant minority | |
significant minority | ||
official | ||
significant minority | ||
minority; see Polish Brazilian | ||
minority | ||
not official – minority[9] | ||
Russian | ||
significant minority | ||
significant minority | ||
co-official with Belarusian | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
significant minority | ||
minority | ||
significant minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
significant minority | ||
significant minority | ||
co-official with Kazakh | ||
minority | ||
co-official with Kyrgyz | ||
significant minority | ||
minority | ||
co-official with Ukrainian and Romanian | ||
significant minority | ||
co-official in Gagauzia with Gagauz and Romanian | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
significant minority | ||
official | ||
minority | ||
significant minority | ||
significant minority | ||
significant minority | ||
significant minority, regional in some regions | ||
significant minority | ||
Rusyn | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
official in Zakarpattia | ||
co-official in The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina with Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, and Croatian. | ||
Serbian | official with Croatian and Bosnian | |
significant minority | ||
co-official with Albanian | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
co-official in Caraşova | ||
official | ||
Slovak | Co-official | |
official | ||
Slovene | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
co-official in Friuli-Venezia Giulia with Friulian, Italian and German | ||
official | ||
minority in Ohio[30] | ||
Sorbian, Lower | regional language in Brandenburg | |
Sorbian, Upper | regional language in Brandenburg and Saxony | |
Ukrainian | minority | |
significant minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
significant minority | ||
minority | ||
significant minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
significant minority | ||
significant minority | ||
co-official with Romanian and Russian | ||
official | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority |
Mongolic languages
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Mongolian | official | |
regional, co-official with Chinese in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region | ||
Kalmyk Oirat | official language in | |
Daur | minority, spoken by Daur people in Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner of Inner Mongolia |
Turkic languages
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Azerbaijani | official | |
co-official, as well as in Iranian Azerbaijan | ||
minority | ||
regional | ||
co-official in Dagestan | ||
minority | ||
regional | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Uyghur | regional, co-official with Chinese in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region | |
minority | ||
Uzbek | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
official | ||
Kazakh | minority | |
regional, co-official with Chinese in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region | ||
minority | ||
official | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Kyrgyz | minority | |
minority | ||
official | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Turkish | official | |
co-official with Greek | ||
recognized regional lang. | ||
recognized regional lang. | ||
recognized regional lang. | ||
recognized regional lang. | ||
recognized minority lang. | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
significant minority | ||
significant minority | ||
Turkmen | official | |
majority in northern Iraq | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
spoken in Stavropol Krai | ||
minority | ||
Gagauz | official language of the autonomous region of Gagauzia, Moldova | |
recognized minority language | ||
recognized minority language | ||
Tatar | official language of the Republic of Tatarstan | |
spoken in Russia and in former Soviet Union | ||
minority | ||
Crimean Tatar | spoken in | |
minority language in Dobroudja | ||
minority |
Afro-Asiatic languages
Arabic
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Islam | Liturgical language of Islam | |
Africa | co-official with Berber | |
co-official with French | ||
co-official with French | ||
co-official with French | ||
official | ||
co-official with Tigrinya | ||
official | ||
official | ||
co-official with Berber | ||
co-official with Somali | ||
co-official with English | ||
official | ||
co-official with Spanish | ||
Asia | official | |
co-official with Kurdish | ||
special status; formerly co-official with Hebrew | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
official | ||
regional | ||
optional language/religious | ||
regional/religious | ||
optional language along with Spanish | ||
Europe | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
significant minority | ||
minority | ||
Oceania | minority | |
North America | significant minority[9] | |
minority | ||
South America | minority, immigrants from Lebanon | |
minority, see Arab Brazilian | ||
minority, from immigration. See Arab Venezuelan |
Other Semitic languages
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Amharic | official | |
Hebrew | Judaism | Liturgical language of Judaism |
official | ||
Maltese | official | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Tigrinya | de facto |
Dravidian languages
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Badaga | minority | |
Brahui | minority, spoken in Balochistan | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Chenchu | minority | |
Duruwa | minority | |
Gondi | minority | |
Kannada | official language in the state of Karnataka | |
minority | ||
Kolami | minority | |
Koraga | minority | |
Kota | minority, endangered Dravidian language | |
Koya | minority | |
Kui | minority | |
Kumarbhag Paharia | minority | |
Kurukh | minority | |
minority | ||
Maria | minority | |
Nagarchal | minority, endangered Dravidian language | |
Pardhan | minority | |
Sauria Paharia | minority | |
minority | ||
Toda | minority, endangered Dravidian language | |
Telugu | official Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Yanam | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Tamil | official language in the state of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |
official (national) language along with Sinhalese, 1,229,000 Muslims, 4,656,000 Hindu[32] | ||
official language along with Tamil, Mandarin, and Malay, 127,000 speakers[32] | ||
minority | ||
minority, 35,000 speakers[32] | ||
significant minority, 200,000 speakers[32] | ||
significant minority, 78,000 speakers[32] | ||
significant minority | ||
minority, 33,000 speakers[32] | ||
significant minority 1.8 million speakers[32] | ||
significant minority, 115,200 speakers[32] | ||
significant minority, 151,000 speakers[32] | ||
minority | ||
minority, 101,000 speakers[32] | ||
significant minority, 600,000 speakers[32] | ||
minority, 34,200 speakers[32] | ||
Significant minority | ||
significant minority, 250,000 speakers[32] | ||
minority | ||
significant minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Malayalam | official at state of Kerala and Union Territory of Lakshwadeep.
co-official in Puducherry (Mahe) | |
significant minority, 319,000 speakers[33] | ||
minority | ||
minority, 51,000 speakers[33] | ||
minority, 18,000 speakers[33] | ||
minority | ||
minority, 172,000 speakers[33] | ||
minority, 6,000 speakers[33] | ||
minority, 69,000 speakers[33] | ||
minority, 63,000 speakers[33] | ||
minority | ||
minority, 24,000 speakers[33] | ||
minority | ||
minority, 84,000 speakers[33] | ||
Tulu | minority | |
minority; mainly in the region of Tulu Nadu and in the state of Maharashtra | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
significant minority | ||
minority | ||
significant minority | ||
Kodava | minority | |
Ollari | minority |
Japonic languages
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Japanese | minority | |
national | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Official in Angaur | ||
minority | ||
Ryukyuan | minority | |
minority | ||
minority |
Language isolate
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Basque | ||
majority in Northern Basque Country | ||
co-official with Spanish in | ||
minority, from immigration. See Basque Venezuelan | ||
Korean | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority, co-official with Chinese in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province | ||
minority | ||
official | ||
official | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Nihali | minority, endangered language |
South Caucasian languages
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Georgian | official | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Mingrelian language | significant language | |
significant language | ||
Svan language | minority | |
Laz language | significant language | |
minority |
Sino-Tibetan languages
Other Sino-Tibetan
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Burmese[34] | official | |
minority | ||
minority, 50,000 p. | ||
minority | ||
Dzongkha | official | |
Tibetan[35] | minority, official in Tibet Autonomous Region | |
minority, in Upper Mustang | ||
minority | ||
Hani[36] | minority, in Yunnan province. | |
minority, called "Hà Nhì" | ||
minority, | ||
Karen[34] | minority, 7 mi. p., Kayin state | |
minority, 1 mi. p., | ||
minority, 70,000 p. | ||
minority, 11,000 p. | ||
Lahu[37] | minority, 720,000 peoples, in Yunnan province. | |
minority, 150,000 peoples | ||
minority, 100,000 peoples | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority, called "La Hủ" | ||
Meithei | recognized minority, spoken by 1.25 mi. p. in Manipur and others | |
Nuosu (Yi, Lolo) | minority, spoken by 7.76 mi. of Yi people in South China[38] | |
minority, called "Lô Lô". |
Yue language
Cantonese
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Africa | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Asia | minority | |
minority | ||
regional | ||
co-official with English | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
co-official with Portuguese | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Europe | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
North America | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Oceania | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
South America | minority | |
minority | ||
regional | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority |
Taishanese
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Africa | minority | |
Asia | regional | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Europe | minority | |
North America | minority | |
minority | ||
Oceania | minority | |
minority | ||
South America | minority | |
minority | ||
minority |
Hakka
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Africa | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Asia | minority | |
minority | ||
regional | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
co-official with Chinese | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Europe | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
North America | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Oceania | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
South America | minority | |
minority | ||
regional | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority |
Mandarin
Standard Chinese
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Africa | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Asia | minority | |
minority | ||
national | ||
co-official with English and Cantonese | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
co-official with Portuguese and Cantonese | ||
significant minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
co-official with English, Malay and Tamil | ||
official | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Europe | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
North America | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority[9] | ||
Oceania | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
South America | minority | |
minority | ||
regional | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority |
Min/Min Nan
Regions | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Africa | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Asia | minority | |
minority | ||
regional | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority, lingua franca in Penang | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
widely spoken among the older generation, still a minority for the younger generation | ||
widely spoken, lingua franca alongside Hakka, see Taiwanese Hokkien, statutory language for public transportation announcements | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Europe | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
North America | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Oceania | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
South America | minority | |
minority | ||
regional | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority |
Other Sinitic languages
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Gaoyang | regional | |
Hui | regional | |
Jin | regional | |
Hainanese | regional | |
Pinghua | regional | |
Wu | regional | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Xiang | regional |
Malayo-Polynesian languages
Bornean
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Brunei Malay | regional | |
minority | ||
Coastal Kadazan | minority | |
Iban | regional | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
Malagasy | minority | |
official | ||
minority |
Filipino
East Fijian
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Fijian | official |
Micronesian
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Carolinian | official | |
minority | ||
Chuukese | regional | |
Gilbertese | minority | |
official | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Kosraean | regional | |
Marshallese | official | |
Nauruan | official | |
Pohnpeian | regional | |
Sosorolese | regional | |
Tobian | regional | |
Ulithian | regional | |
Yapese | regional |
Polynesian
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Cook Islands Māori | official | |
Futunan | official | |
Hawaiian | official | |
Māori | co-official with English and New Zealand Sign Language | |
Niuean | minority | |
official | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Rapa Nui | official | |
Samoan | official | |
official | ||
Tahitan | official | |
Tokelauan | official | |
Tongan | official | |
Tuvaluan | official | |
Wallisian | official |
Sunda–Sulawesi
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Batak Toba | minority | |
Buginese | minority | |
minority | ||
Chamorro | official | |
official | ||
Sundanese | minority, 40 mil. spk. |
Malayo-Sumbawan
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Acehnese | minority | |
Balinese | minority | |
Banjarese | minority | |
Cham[39] | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
Indonesian | official | |
co-official with Tetum | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
widely spoken, the people were historically in charged to colonize Dutch East Indies and Indonesia has become the biggest work force in Taiwan | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Jarai[40] | minority | |
minority | ||
Javanese | regional | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
Lampung | minority | |
Madurese | minority | |
Makassarese | minority | |
Malay | official | |
official | ||
co-official | ||
regional | ||
significant minority from historical event, see Japanese Empire | ||
minority | ||
Minangkabau | regional | |
regional | ||
minority | ||
Palauan | official | |
Rejang | minority | |
Sasak | minority | |
Tetum | official |
Tungusic languages
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Evenki | minority, in Siberia | |
minority, in Evenki Autonomous Banner of Inner Mongolia | ||
minority | ||
Nanai (Hezhen) | minority, in Khabarovsk Krai | |
minority, in Heilongjiang Province |
Uralic languages
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Estonian | official | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
Finnish | co-official with Swedish except in Åland Islands, where Swedish is the only official language. | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Hungarian | official | |
minority | ||
significant minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Sami | official minority language in Lapland. | |
official | ||
non-recognised minority | ||
official regional minority language |
Na-Dene
Apachean
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Navajo | minority | |
Apache | minority | |
Chiricahua | minority | |
Jicarilla | minority | |
Lipan Apache | minority | |
Plains Apache | minority | |
Mescalero | minority | |
Western Apache | minority |
Iroquoian
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Cherokee | minority; mostly spoken in the region of |
Austroasiatic
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Bahnar[42] | minority, 227,716 p. in south Vietnam (2009) | |
Bru[43] | minority, 69,000 p. in south Laos. | |
minority, 74,500 p. in central Vietnam (2009) | ||
minority | ||
Khasi | official language in Meghalaya | |
minority | ||
Khmer[44] | official | |
minority, 1.26 mi. p. in south Vietnam | ||
minority | ||
Khmu[43] | minority, 621,000 p. | |
minority, 73,000 p. | ||
minority, 10,000 p. | ||
minority | ||
Kuy[45] | minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
Mnong[42] | minority | |
minority | ||
Mon | Recognised regional language | |
minority | ||
Muong[42] | minority, spoken by 1.6 mi. Muong peoples in north Vietnam | |
Vietnamese | official | |
minority[46] | ||
minority[9] | ||
minority, 0.21 mi.p.[47] | ||
minority, 0.6 mi.p.[48] | ||
minority, 0.22 mi.p. | ||
minority, 0.3 mi.p. | ||
minority, 0.1 mi.p. | ||
Wa[49] | minority, 0.9 mi. peoples in Shan state | |
minority, 0.4 mi. peoples in China's Yunnan Province. |
Tai–Kadai
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Bouyei[50] | minority, in south China | |
minority, called "Giáy", in north Vietnam | ||
Lao | official | |
minority, known as Isan, 20 mi. p. in northern and eastern Thailand | ||
Thai | official | |
minority, spoken by Dai people in south China, noted as Tai Lü and Tai Nüa | ||
minority, | ||
minority, 1.6 mi. p., as Thái dialect in north Vietnam | ||
Shan[34] | minority, but majority in Shan state | |
minority, in north-west | ||
Nung[42] | minority, spoken by 1 mi. p. in north Vietnam | |
Tày[42] | minority, spoken by 1.6 mi. p. in north Vietnam | |
Zhuang | minority,[51] 18 mi. peoples, most in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. |
Hmong–Mien
Language | Country | Status |
---|---|---|
Hmong[52] (Miao) |
minority | |
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
minority | ||
Mienic (Yao) |
minority | |
minority, called "Dao" | ||
minority | ||
minority |
Notes
- ↑ Includes Bangladeshi Americans, Americans of Bangladeshi descent and Bengali Indian Americans, Americans of Indian descent whose ancestral origins are in West Bengal, the Barak Valley and Tripura
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